It is hard to be suave and stylish while exploring space - unless
you are Motionfield, the musical persona of Petter Friberg. His
soft grooving OPTICAL FLOW (52'39") CD brings a sultry trip-hop
influenced sensibility to the cerebral atmospheres of Ambient
Electronica. Each of the eight tracks offers a unique transient
intimacy. Friberg's rhythmic talents combine in perfect balance
with his ability to arrange simple melodic motifs, deconstructed
samples and fluttering modulations into an ingenious synthetic
shadowscape. Laconic piano melodies traipse above shuffling
electronic percussion riffs with an impression of cloudy
ethereality. Metallic drones ringing beneath dense plumes of
sound capture the vast silent space and solitude of the inner
mind. Some songs seem formed on a whim while others move
confidently from beginning to end. On a journey through
darkness this restrained work captures the audience
psychology. OPTICAL FLOW is so relaxing and seductive,
recalling the music on this disc is like trying to remember a
dream.

Tune in to STAR'S END this weekend for music from OPTICAL
FLOW the new live CD by the Sweish Electronica artist
Motionfield

For more on OPTICAL FLOW, access:
http://www.somniasound.com

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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 (EST) 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