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...
STAR'S END Update 08.05.07 A single trip from evening to morning is chronicled on the album MOLENTRAAT, by Eric T'Sas and Matthew Florianz. The seven pieces...
"Highs in the 70s" is WXPN's monthly radio show hosted by Dan Reed featuring an eclectic mix of music drawn from the decade of the 1970s. Dan always does a...
In a mood of philosophical calm, Robert Rich realizes music imbued with a sense of wonder at creation. The seven works on ILLUMINATION (71'06") are based on...
Whether you are directly in front of the speakers or off in an adjacent room, INLAND (57'16") is an interesting album. The eight tracks on Tetsu Inoue's fourth...
Robin Guthrie and Harold Budd recollect classical, new age and post-rock styles into a kind of ambient chamber music. The collaboration AFTER THE NIGHT FALLS...
Through improvisation Gregory Taylor finds patterns, moods and native flavors in his electronic realizations. By varying the speed and timbre of the cycling...
STILL LIFE volume three (43'43") by Nelson Foltz + Tom Lynn blurs the borders between eastern drone, jazz and ambient music. One piece in three movements,...
Describing the music on RISE (65'17") by Russel Walder might rob it of its mystical emotional resonance. This CD features 12 compositions about more than just...
Over its 30 years on WXPN, STAR'S END has featured works from an enourmous cross-section of musicians and overseen the emergence and development of several new...
The collection SACRED TREASURES V: From a Russian Cathedral (51'17") includes 16 contemplative and uplifting compositions for choir. These striking works by...
On RADIO SILENCE (73'55"), Between Interval realizes music that inhabits two worlds - one of drones, texture and atmosphere, the other running along a digital...
STRATARADIALIS (53'55") by Cymphonic is as wispy as a dream you cannot recollect. This work appears to be a multi-movement piece in nine distinct parts, yet it...
Erik Wollo's dynamic sonic expeditions are well-conceived and melody driven. Lofty guitar themes intermingle easily with regal synth lines, cleverly crafted so...
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