Dwight Ashley may never learn to tame his impulses into a style. The smoldering emotion of ATAXIA (68'28") does not fit comfortably into any one movement. His...
If music can reflect the glow of galactic light, Kevin Kendle's Deep Skies series is it. LAGOON OF ETERNITY (69'50") is the second volume, and possesses a...
Tim Story comes from a small town near Toledo. Where the music on BUZZLE (51'48") comes from is hard to tell. Nothing at all like the introspective and elegant...
With Radio Massacre Int'l it's tough to know whether their music heralds the creation of the world or its end. On LOST IN SPACE, their six disc compilation,...
While the composers in the sub-genre of orchestral-based textural music seem unable to suspend time in their works as well as the best artists in electronic...
Utilizing large forms and expansive tonalities Craig Padilla realizes music to enhance sleep rather than induce it. THE LIGHT IN THE SHADOW (63'32") combines...
Ambient Music comes in many shades, and it is a green cast which permeates STILL LIFE volume two (51'56") by Nelson Foltz + Tom Lynn. Their work creates an...
With the three tracks on MOODS (77'47") Frank Klare further explores the concept of mood sustainment first heard on Klaus Schulze's early cosmic efforts. The...
Erik Wollo creates evocative electronic scores for the cinema of sleep. The imaginative soundtracks on his CD ELEVATIONS (65'09") conjure up vast panoramas and...
Jim Cole + Spectral Voices create intimate Ambient Music by the simplest means. Using only their voices and both natural reverberation and a few electronic...
The Ambient Music of Kit Watkins is quietly magnificent. Simultaneously representational and abstract, his aural meditations have a way of expressing what the...
Der Spyra (aka Wolfram Spyra) is a German synthesist with strong roots in the Berlin-School of Spacemusic. Embracing these essential concepts, he creates...
Allusions to "Discrete Music" by Brian Eno abound on AND THEIR REFINEMENT OF THE DECLINE, but Stars of the Lid gives Ambient Music nuances that even its...
On GLACIAL (48'14"), M Peck strikes an interesting balance between free-form impressionism and sonic narrative. His frigid constructs are understated yet...
For Steve Roberts, encounters with the environment are miraculous and reverential experiences. That is how it comes across in his music. Working under the name...
Giles Reaves has to his credit several influential albums of innovative electronic music, including the genre defining "Wunjo". Dreamy, trance-inducing melodic...
Good collaborations can bring out latent voices. On CONUNDRUM (56'43") the duo of Klaus Hoffmann-Hoock and Bernhard Wostheinrich speak in a language of...
The music of Jeff Greinke has always been about creating mood. To this end, his early works were comprised of a complex arrangement of drones and pads that...
K Leimer has a nuanced approach to music. His passionate and contemplative attributes may be found on THE USELESS LESSON (65'32") - an exercise in imaginative...
A pioneer in contemporary electronic music, Steve Roach is a leading innovator in the atmospheric/tribal/ambient music world. Drawing on the beauty and power...
The ATLAS DEI (66'24") CD by Robert Rich contains excerpts from the soundtrack to Daniel Colvin's DVD of the same name. For this project Rich re-imagined...
Listening to SOLAR MAXIMA (69'08") by Orbital Decay one would believe that digital synthesizers had never been invented. Existing on a plane outside the...
30 years ago, everybody thought that the works heard on STAR'S END were futuristic; that within a few decades this music, along with flying cars, robots and...
To mark its 30th year, WXPN will present the STAR'S END Spacemusic Festival. Performers include Robert Rich, Ian Boddy (in their worldwide concert debut), Jeff...
To mark its 30th year, WXPN presented the STAR'S END Spacemusic Festival on Saturday 16 June 2007 at The Iron Gate Theater on the Penn campus in West...
STAR'S END Update 07.01.07 To mark its 30th year, WXPN presented the STAR'S END Spacemusic Festival on Saturday 16 June 2007 at The Iron Gate Theater in West...
The major themes running through the work of Rudy Adrian are nature's earthly majesty and the navigation of space. On PAR AVION (78'45") Adrian adds a third...
On TREASURE (67'28") David Helpling and Jon Jenkins create a synthetic 7th heaven where the muses of Patrick O'Hearn, Steve Roach and Lanterna play. The 10...
For decades electronic musicians have been trying to synthetically recreate the quality of the human voice. On ANNO DOMINI (49'50"), Deborah Martin + J. Arif...
Watching Free System Projekt live it is easy to imagine the stationary figures manning the helm of a starship. With little movement or acknowledgement of the...
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