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...
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...
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...
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...
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"),...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
302 acid combine elements of computer technology with live instrumentation. Improvisation plays an integral role in the way they approach both composition and...
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...
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...
The musical work of Dean DeBenedictis is one of continued engagement. With clear phrasing, pacing and feeling his realizations are infused with both thought...
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...
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...
Add to the short list of classic Spacemusic albums exploring the relationship between electronic and acoustic music PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE (61'51") by Craig...
It will be difficult to find a conventional musical term to adequately describe LITHOSPHERE (52'44") by Robert Rich and Ian Boddy. This intriguing album arises...
The genre of Spacemusic was born out of a hand-full of albums released by a few Berlin based groups in the mid-1970s. Since that time, a great deal of music...
When Tim Story wanted to know what he was doing in New Orleans, Dwight Ashley replied, "standing and falling". While this tale explains how their third album...
Solar Fields is constantly reassessing his relationship with the Electronic Music of the past. His album EXTENDED (79'59") seeks to remake Spacemusic in a more...
The eight compositions appearing on ORCHESTRAL, CONCEPTUAL AND ENSEMBLE MUSIC (78'46") provide insight into the musical range of composer Steve Kornicki. The...
Were subtly and nuance the currency of the music community, Brian McBride would be its richest member. On his album WHEN THE DETAIL LOST ITS FREEDOM (63'19")...
Listening to ECLIPSE (44'15") by The Aeolian String Ensemble with the knowledge that a windharp is one of its sound sources may make some difference to the...
This weekend, STAR'S END presents "an electronic winter landscape" featuring music from the album this quote is taken from, "Crystal Lake" by Klaus Schulze, as...
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