In the digital world distortion must be sought after. Having had all their
interesting overloads and circuitry stresses engineered out, the newer digital
instruments seem cold and boring compared to their analogue predecessors. On
AUTUMN PERDUE (52'53"), Beta Two Agonist creates a lovely tension between
glitches, squeaks and weird artifacts (possibly culled from various forms of
overdriven audio) and pristine synthesized tones and pads. Vividly atmospheric
this album rises above the ordinary. Taming distortion into frozen sampled
moments out of time this artist transforms sounds that are usually discarded or
covered up into the prime elements of eight unique compositions. It is tough to
locate this music's obvious beat or pulse as sounds and forms seem to happen
periodically rather than in a discernable rhythm. Yet the music is engaging and
does achieve focus. It is something more than free-form sound collage, as each
track seems to have been composed in a purposeful manner. AUTUMN PERDUE
maintains a unique vaporous mood through the manipulation of timbre, the
essential character of sound. Both minimal and ambient, the listener's mind will
be elsewhere once this CD concludes. Interestingly, the point at which this
music becomes most noticeable is after it has ended.

Please tune into STAR'S END this weekend for music from the European Electronic
artist Beta Two Agonist and the album AUTUMN PERDUE

For more on Beta Two Agonist, please access: www.beta2agonist.com

For more on AUTUMN PERDUE, please access: www.databloem.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