For Robert Rich & Ian Boddy, their third collaboration is the result
of their first live meeting. REACT (63'52") is a document of this
duo's performance at the STAR'S END 30th Anniversary
Celebration Concerts held in Philadelphia in June of 2007. The
11 tracks include live versions of pieces from their two earlier
studio CDs Lithosphere (2005) and Outpost (2001), as well as
new works conceived especially for their first outing. As with their
previous releases, REACT does not merely occupy the middle
ground between two talented musicians. It is a surreal, fanciful
and at times intense work that provokes and impresses with its
conceptual complexity. Rich's intoxicating glissando guitar and
echoing flute melodies inhabit the ether while Boddy produces
deep rumbling and neuron disabling effects across a shifting
digital terrain. Ravaging his keyboards, sounds stretch inside
out as intricate rhythms assemble, build and change. From
space-tribe drumming and wet bassline punch, to soft moonlit
chords and floating synth atmospheres, this work is panoramic
yet detailed. Rich and Boddy move through an interior landscape
with a unanimity that usually comes with years of experience -
and ask the listener to stop reacting to the external world, and to
explore the internal one.

Tune into STAR'S END this weekend for music from the live CD
REACT by Robert Rich & Ian Boddy

For more on REACT, access: http://www.din.org.uk

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Thanks for your support!

Thank you all for calling in on the 05.18.08 broadcast of STAR'S
END and pledging! Through the generosity of 33 listeners we
were able to raise $2785. Your support is sincerely appreciated!

Special Thanks to the phoneroom volunteers: Bill Beck, Art
Cohen, John Garaguso, John Garaguso Jr, Roycee Martin and
Bud Schoefer - plus Gino Wong and Jeff Towne for their pitching
efforts on-air.

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STAR'S END 30th Anniversary Anthology CD

To mark 30 years of continuous broadcast of STAR'S END,
WXPN has released the STAR'S END 30th Anniversary Anthology
CD. This double CD contains over 120 minutes of live music
from 12 renowned artists. The unique performances were culled
from on-air in-studio radio concerts by some of our community's
greatest talents. Included on the disc are previously unreleased
live selections donated by: The Ministry of Inside Things, Orbital
Decay, Ian Boddy, AirSculpture, Radio Massacre International,
Robert Rich, Rudy Adrian, Jonn Serrie, Jeff Pearce, Saul Stokes
and Steve Roach.

The STAR'S END 30th Anniversary Anthology CD is available for
a $60 donation to WXPN, which includes membership and all of
its benefits (current WXPN members can receive the STAR'S
END 30th Anniversary Anthology CD for a $25 donation). Call
1-800-565-WXPN for details.

Thanks very much for your support!

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STAR'S END broadcasts every Saturday night/Sunday morning
from 1am-6am (EDST) on:

88.5fm WXPN Philadelphia, PA
88.7fm WXPH Middletown, York and Lancaster, PA
90.5fm Worton/Baltimore, MD
99.7fm Harrisburg, PA
W285DH Whitehall, PA

and live on the web at http://xpn.org

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Chuck van Zyl
Host of STAR'S END Ambient Radio
http://www.starsend.org