Robert Fripp's collaboration with Theo Travis has resulted in
some very interesting textural music. Their album THREAD
(64'07") features nine compositions for flute or saxophone,
electric guitar and long lines of echo. Combining Travis' flute
tones with Fripp's guitar and synth sounds advances this
ambient music to a distinctive level. The duo brings out the best
in one another and easily transcends the gimmickry of noodling
around with a super long digital delay. Travis & Fripp use this
device as a compositional tool, creating lovely textures and
innovative reiterating phrases, all in the context of a directional,
fully realized improvisation. Travis' flute melody plays over top of
those previously captured in a loop, creating wonderful layers
and harmonies as well as interesting runs in the upper
structure. Fripp's guitar playing is just as emotive. Between his
clean and processed beautiful guitar tones and the synthesizer
he triggers with his instrument, Fripp works with a choice palette
of sounds and timbres. Giving rise to feelings of serenity within
the listener, this CD is as smart as it is sensitive. THREAD is
about improvisation and collaboration, but it is also about the
intangible plane of entranced time. In performing this music and
becoming fully absorbed in it, Travis & Fripp defy the passage of
time - but in recording this album, have preserved these
moments forever.

Tune in to STAR'S END this weekend for the track "As Snow
Falls" from the CD THREAD by Travis & Fripp

For more on THREAD, access: http://www.dgmlive.com

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Happy Holidays - Winter Soundscapes

On the 12.28.08 broadcast STAR'S END will present an
Electronic Winter Soundscape featuring music from Mossebo by
Johan Agebjorn, Aqua Vista by Vic Hennegan, Time Frost by
Rapoon, Frozen Light by Robert Scott Thompson, Iceland by
Richard Pinhas, Vostock by Craig Padilla and other regional
holiday, seasonal and solstice related tracks.

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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