Hidden in plain sight Cluster continue their decades long title as the most
beloved and possibly eccentric artists in electronic sound. The duo of
Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius realize music on a path parallel to
that of the mainstream and represent one of music's most enduring conversations
through collaboration. Quietly treasured, their music fulfills the promise of
the synthesizer to create sounds never before heard or imagined. Bypassing
conventional tonal grammar for conflicted harmonies and unanticipated
diversions, Cluster's work is still too playful to be considered Avant-Garde.
Their CD QUA (54'47") is made up of 17 brief tracks. But Cluster really packs
alot into a two-minute piece. Form results from sharp encounters between their
individual tonal spectrums as sounds are used to define mass and volume. Thank
goodness for the rhythm, what with everything else going on in this music it is
something reassuring to hold onto. Listeners are warned not to fall asleep
during this album. That would be too dangerous. Without the conscious mind
available to explain and filter this music QUA may inhabit at an elemental
level. Where does the music come from? What is it saying? It's just Cluster -
who seem like they have always been there. At this point Roedelius and Moebius
must believe that Music is enough for one lifetime, but wondering if one
lifetime is enough for Music?

Please tune into STAR'S END this weekend for music from the Electronic duo
Cluster and their first studio album in over ten years QUA

For more on Cluster, please access: www.myspace.com/theonlyclusterthatmatters

For more on QUA, please access: www.nepenthemusic.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