Recording under the name Terra Ambient soundscape artist Jeff Kowal brings
together his passion for Ambient and World Music in an impressionistic
synthesis of texture, sound and atmosphere. The CD title WANDERLUST
(51'26") epitomizes his drift between and across genres and disciplines.
Kowal's fascinating musical realm is part digital, part primordial, and
lies amidst his native flutes and tribal drums and the samplers and
synthesizers he manipulates and programs to produce what seems like a lost
continent of sound. The more energetic sections are propelled by
percussion riffs that snake through each piece - stiffening like a spine.
This area of Kowal's music is more about cycles than bars and measures.
There are also many passages of ethereal bliss where reverberant pads move
like slow clouds on the horizon and glowing tones flex and fade off into
the hum of the universe. Composing music that is informed by molecular
whispers in the blood yet still seems searching for a future; the work of
Terra Ambient successfully joins technology and spirituality. WANDERLUST
does more than provide an atmosphere, this music provokes the imagination
and gets to places we did not know were there.

Please tune into STAR'S END this weekend for music from Terra Ambient and
the CD WANDERLUST

For more on WANDERLUST, please access: www.lotuspike.com

For more on Terra Ambient, please access: www.terraambient.com

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WXPN Spring 2009 Fundraiser

Thank You for calling in on the 05.17.09 broadcast of STAR'S END and
pledging! Your generosity and support are sincerely appreciated - and are
needed to keep WXPN going! During the STAR'S END portion of the WXPN
Spring 2009 Fundraiser, 59 listeners called in with pledges totaling
nearly $5000.00.

We listen to STAR'S END because we seek music with substance - expressions
of the human spirit. STAR'S END and WXPN seek to facilitate the broadcast
of these unique artistic realizations - and the creation of an intimate
listening space for contemplation and reflection. Thank you for helping us
continue to have a pivotal role in Philadelphia's radio and cultural
landscape as a presenter of original contemporary works.

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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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Visit STAR'S END on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/starsendradio

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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