Mahoney & Peck use the live environment to further their music.
Existing in the moment, their pieces seem to come into being
equally out of hours of conception and preparation as much as
from the happy accidents that plague and please such
performers. Their CD STARFEST 2007 (49'43") features six
concert tracks that show this duo to be traveling on the same
beam and sharing the same vision. Playing all manner of
synthesizers, Mahoney & Peck realize a unique and optimistic
style of electronic music. Based on ideas relating to tone and
mood they achieve an electronic sound that is remarkable - both
in its approach and in the way it is perceived at the listening
stage. Spontaneous modulations and weird changes in
direction provide a sense of excitement while the more recent
addition of synthetic percussion and bouncy sequencer riffs
propel tracks forward at a fast clip. Full-throated bold melodies
run above shifting synthesizer pads while samples of ancient
satellite telemetry mingles with spacey effects and reedy drones.
This album touches on many styles of Spacemusic (a byproduct
of this duo's multitude of influences) and leads the listener
through glowing clouds of digital ambiance, to the darkness of
space, and finally to float among the twinkling stars of a strange
celestial road.

Tune into STAR'S END this weekend for music from STARFEST
2007 by Mahoney & Peck

For more on Starfest 2007, access:
http://www.limitedwave.com/subterraneous

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Mahoney & Peck Live in Philadelphia

Mark Mahoney and Michael Peck utilize analogue, digital and
software synthesizers in their electronic realizations. Their work
is formed out of a balance between dark ambient soundscapes
and spare sequencer figures. The duo have performed live in
Philadelphia at Electro-Music and on STAR'S END Ambient
Radio, and have worked to develop the Spacemusic scene at
home in Tennesse. Their latest CD Starfest 2007 was recorded
live.

Mark Mahoney & Michael Peck will travel to Philadelphia to
perform live on Saturday 20 September 2008 at The Gatherings
Concert Series and then later on the 09.21.08 broadcast of
STAR'S END Ambient Radio. Please tune in for details.

For more about Mahoney & Peck at The Gatherings Concert
Series, access: http://www.thegatherings.org

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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
104.9fm Lehigh Valley, 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