When Manuel Gottsching releases an album, he asks of his fans many things. While devotees look for references to classic works, Gottsching asks us to look...
Although FADE (25'11") is not what is nowadays considered to be a full-length CD, the listener will never even know. Once fully inside this piece, time becomes...
Approach the music of Slow Six from the perspective of inclusiveness as this ensemble's chamber music comprises several rarely assembled together styles. Their...
The musical mainstream has assigned the Ambient and Soundscape genres to serve as background filler for everyday life. The work of Steve Roach rises above this...
With ELEMENTAL JOURNEY (69'41"), Matt Coldrick and Matt Hillier affirm their commitment to music as a medium for the contemplation of nature. While exploring...
The major theme running through INFINITE GARDEN (66'23") by Elve is the world of living things. This ever-evolving work is an intricate and impressionistic...
Chihei Hatakeyama realizes music infused with a pleasant machine-like spirituality. On MINIMA MORALIA (51'45") the laptop computer serves as primary apparatus...
The music of Saul Stokes seems to have two centers. The first accommodates the current ideas of tonal and rhythmic organization while the other freely seeks...
Chad Hoefler explores the impressive range of moods and atmospheres capable with electronic sound. QUIET GLOW (63'26") consists of eight tracks which seem more...
Throughout his involvement in electronic sound, Ron Berry has realized an interesting array of work. From deeply shadowed dreamscapes to intricate and...
Chas Smith is fascinated by the sensation of tone. His early work was based around the sound of the pedal steel guitar and the innovative performance methods...
Saul Stokes is recognized as one of the leading voices in modern Electronic Music. Described as "fresh and inventive", Stokes brings together elements of...
K Leimer is a believer in the possibilities of the electronic music synthesizer. His charismatic musical vision is arrived at through the accumulation of...
Nowadays, clock time measures events. Yet in the past, events measured time. On his album THIS WORLD (55'28"), M Bentley presents two extended pieces dealing...
Robert Rich finds expression in his works by fusing nature, technology, art and craft into a musical replica of our earthly macrocosm. On ELECTRIC LADDER...
THE GATHERINGS Volume 2 double CD contains over 120 minutes of live music from 10 innovative artists. These unique concert recordings were culled from pre-year...
The central components in compositions by Loscil are the porous samples and grainy beats associated with Glitch Music. On PLUME (62'39") these systems are...
Free System Projekt is working to re-contextualize classic spacemusic. On their album MOYLAND (66'04") the trio again comes up with creative ways to express...
ESCAPE VELOCITY (63'26") by Synthetic Block presents six tracks of Prog-Rock influenced Spacemusic. While this album's plot is familiar, the execution is...
Working with museum-grade synthesizers and sequencers brings the realizations of Jeffrey Koepper all the closer to the electrical current at the source of all...
STAR'S END Update 06.04.06 Radio Massacre Int'l is a trio of English musicians (Steve Dinsdale, Duncan Goddard, Gary Houghton) known for their extended...
Three releases, RUBYCON, NO PUSSYFOOTING and RAINBOW DOME MUSICK, all from the 1970's, were not only among the core group of albums which helped define the...
Throughout its history the mode of Spacemusic has been used by musicians attempting to transmit cosmological concepts or supernatural mysteries to the...
It is said that music has the ability to transport the listener. With TRYSHALA (56'04") by Secede where one wanders will be different for each individual. This...
In his continuing investigation into contemporary electronic music, Paul Ellis has produced THE INFINITY ROOM (60'01"). On this sonic expedition he provides...
Jan Nemecek is one in a long line of musical outriders venturing into the long night of space. THROUGH THE PLANETARY VOID (56'00") is his extended meditation...
CHASING THE DAWN (78'08") is a compilation of various artists in electronic sound who help define the Ultima Thule radio program. Making up this anthology are...
Bob Holroyd's pluralistic approach to music takes the listener to many corners of the world as well as to the sensitive interior regions of being. HOLLOW MAN...
Ashes and Snow is an exhibition of Gregory Colbert's large scale photography and projected video, which (according to one reviewer) "evoke[s] a timeless...