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The purpose of any decent anthology album is to present a variety of works by a diversity of artists. Through the ordering and selections of tracks, ...
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Apr 2, 2005
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For David Parsons, it's always been the delicate control and subtle organization of elements that has made his music a success. On the album INNER PLACES ...
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Apr 8, 2005
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The music of Tim Story comes off sounding perfect and effortless. Throughout his career, Story's compositions have remained open and elegant, aspiring to touch...
Chuck van Zyl
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Apr 15, 2005
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On his album MEDITATIONEN (71'03"), Spyra embraces the essential concepts of Spacemusic to create lengthy realizations which possess a transportative quality....
Chuck van Zyl
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Apr 22, 2005
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On AVALON SUTRA (46'03"), Harold Budd creates a contemporary chamber music that may be too warm and pleasant for the serious academic yet too complex and...
Chuck van Zyl
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Apr 29, 2005
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On ARCTURUS (61'05"), the live album from Arc, the duo of Ian Boddy and Mark Shreeve sounds a bit more like Shreeve's side project Redshift in that the pieces...
Chuck van Zyl
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May 6, 2005
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Hooked on the wonders of the cosmos as a youngster, who saw Sputnik tracking across the night sky, Jonn Serrie has become one of the foremost composers of...
Chuck van Zyl
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May 13, 2005
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Dedicated fans of Fripp & Eno will no doubt be looking for similarities between the duo's two previous (and profoundly influential) releases No Pussyfooting...
Chuck van Zyl
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May 20, 2005
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Each of the two CDs in the double disc set EMISSARIES by Radio Massacre Int'l, presents a distinctive facet of this interesting trio of English Spacemusicians....
Chuck van Zyl
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May 27, 2005
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The purpose of non-commercial radio is to present music and programming that is worthwhile, based not on marketability or popularity, but on artistic content...
Chuck van Zyl
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Jun 3, 2005
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Robert Rich advises those listening to ECHO OF SMALL THINGS (61'14") that, "meaning waits at the periphery." Yet Rich, an endlessly versatile musician, has...
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Jun 9, 2005
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There are certain signature sounds that give away a musical composition as one by Patrick O'Hearn. The wooden wavering sound of his sparse piano playing, the...
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Jun 17, 2005
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This weekend's broadcast of STAR'S END will include music by many of the show's most distinguished artists. Tune in for tracks from classic albums by such...
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Jun 24, 2005
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Mankind first created music using the voice. As this sound filled the air, a listening space was formed around the singer. On HARMONIC MEDITATIONS (71'33"),...
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Jul 1, 2005
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On his album GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM (62'03"), Off the Sky (aka Jason Corder) re-envisions Ambient Music into something more lineal. The focus is tighter, more...
Chuck van Zyl
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Jul 8, 2005
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When an album of Ambient Music opens with the reverberant sound of someone yanking the cork out of a wine bottle, one knows that one is in for something...
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Jul 15, 2005
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The album HOTEL by Moby is available as a single CD as well as (at about the same price) a limited edition double CD; with the included "bonus" CD being called...
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Jul 22, 2005
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Ken Martin works in a field of musicians who will not allow the ghosts of 1970's era spacemusic to rest in peace. His albums of drifting cosmic music...
Chuck van Zyl
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Jul 29, 2005
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In the opening moments of their self-titled debut CD, BYLA (48'39") deliberately shift mood a few times. This tactic has an unsettling effect on the listener....
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Aug 5, 2005
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BETWEEN HERE & THERE (67'10") by Brian Parnham opens with reassuring warm and bright harmonic motion. As layer upon layer of silvery synthesizer chords rise...
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Aug 12, 2005
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Paul Ellis understands that his purpose as an artist is to envision and communicate. His album SILENT CONVERSATIONS (76'30"), likes its author, is a...
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Aug 19, 2005
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On AT THE STILL POINT OF THE TURNING WORLD (69'05"), Robert Scott Thompson presents an alternative vision of Ambient Music. This album is weirdly unsettling...
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Aug 26, 2005
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Max Richter is composing music that has extended beyond the category of Classical. On THE BLUE NOTEBOOKS (40'36"), a pianist as well as an ensemble of stringed...
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Sep 2, 2005
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On BORDERS AND BARRENS (56'17"), Lammergeyer is working without much in the way of rhythm. This work often contains a pulse, but no apparent beat to carry it...
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Sep 9, 2005
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302 acid combine elements of computer technology with live instrumentation. Improvisation plays an integral role in the way they approach both composition and...
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Sep 16, 2005
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Public radio presents music and programming based upon artistic content and the material's ability to enhance the lives of the listeners. The only way to fund...
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Sep 24, 2005
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More than sonic wallpaper, VOLLEYED IRON (57'24") by Kettel is a kind of ambient symphony, in which disparate elements are combined into a composite...
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Sep 30, 2005
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The musical work of Dean DeBenedictis is one of continued engagement. With clear phrasing, pacing and feeling his realizations are infused with both thought...
Chuck van Zyl
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Oct 7, 2005
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Gert Emmens + Ruud Heij create evocative soundtracks, not for the cinema, but for the images appearing in the back of the listener's mind. Their imaginative...
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Oct 14, 2005
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When Jeff Pearce picked up the Chapman Stick, he wanted his new instrument to lead to new music. The album LINGERING LIGHT (44'25") came out of this...
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Oct 21, 2005
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