The CD FILAMENTS (55'35") by Description Without Place
presents seven ambient stopovers - each inviting the listener
into its own unique atmosphere. With this work Anthony Paul
Kirby and James McDougal demonstrate the capability to
re-create, on an aural plane, the imaginings of the mind. The soft
tones and cloudy languor of these sound designs give the
impression of a deeper, unspoken meaning. Each piece
conveys a sense of environment - perhaps fog shrouded, frost
covered or, bathed in moonlight. The range of moods dispensed
by this album will engage the listener or, for those asleep and
dreaming, bestow the feeling of slowly moving between
amorphous territories. By combining digital clicks and grit with
synthesizer tones, reverberant piano and altered nature
recordings Kirby and McDougal realize a variety of soundworlds
that unfold over time. Indistinct rumbling beneath sparse
electrical snaps are a curious companion to the lovely ethereal
pads that materialize amidst layers of subliminal effects. The
bleak beauty and submerged perspective of FILAMENTS makes
for a penetrating experience. The soundfield it manages to
realize is so much bigger that what we can see.

Tune in to STAR'S END this weekend for music from FILAMENTS
by the duo Description Without Place

For more on FILAMENTS, please access:
http://www.dataobscura.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
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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