Ethan Rose manufactures loveley Ambient Music on his computer. The CD OAKS
(37'55") is the result of his skill and talent in manipulating the unlikeliest
of instruments into vignettes of tone collage. By truncating his samples,
reversing or looping them, stretching, adding effects and all other manner of
digital rearrangement, Rose realizes wistful music rendered out of sounds played
on an old skating rink pipe organ. Quietly complex, OAKS presents different
moods on its eight tracks - which compare favorably to textural works by Brian
Eno and The Aphex Twin, yet maintain a distinctive profile. Pieces which layer
metallic chiming and rumbling bass beneath a grainy digital glow drift in
contrast to this album's more somber and open atmospheric compositions.
Crystalline timbres ring between plunking sonic droplets in a fascinating
arrangement of pleasant harmonies and counter drifting forms. The subtle
movement, gradual transition and fragile growth found in Rose's work transcends
sleep-inducement and keeps us interested in listening. Although the process
seems very experimental, the resulting music is easy and consonant - and always
delivered as if in intimate, personal contact with the listener.

Tune in to STAR'S END this weekend for music from Ethan Rose and his new CD OAKS

For more on OAKS, access: http://www.holocenemusic.com

For more on Ethan Rose, access: http://www.ethanrosemusic.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 (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