AirSculpture, the synth trio from the UK, made their east-coast concert debut in Philadelphia at The Gatherings Concert Series on 17 April 2004. Recordings of...
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Chuck van Zyl
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Nov 17, 2006 4:30 am
AirSculpture formed in Britain during the early 1990's when the trio of Adrian Beasley, John Christian and Peter Ruczynski began pooling their talents and...
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Chuck van Zyl
c_vanzyl
Nov 24, 2006 5:00 am
If it were not know that CRYOSPHERE (79'23") was an anthology of various artists, one would think that its tracks were all by the same musician. So sharp is...
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Chuck van Zyl
c_vanzyl
Dec 1, 2006 6:09 am
It would seem that there is no place for the listener to hide in SANTIAGO'S DREAM (51'08"). Kevin Keller's blend of New Age, Jazz, Classical and even the...
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Chuck van Zyl
c_vanzyl
Dec 8, 2006 5:54 am
Years of experience are showing through in the work of Craig Padilla. His many concerts and collaborations with Skip Murphy have paid off in the form of a...
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Chuck van Zyl
c_vanzyl
Dec 15, 2006 4:35 am
Thomas Fanger brings his exquisite sensibility to bear on PARLEZ-VOUS ELECTRONIQUE? (77'23"), his first solo release. The contrasting tonalities and...
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Chuck van Zyl
c_vanzyl
Dec 22, 2006 6:53 am
The eight small tracks on PHONEMA SACRATA (53'17") by Cymphonic do not stimulate the edges of the listener's ears the way long-form pieces do, but rather they...
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Chuck van Zyl
c_vanzyl
Dec 29, 2006 6:15 am
PHASES is the five CD retrospective released to coincide with Steve Reich's 70th birthday. It is a fascinating look at an artist whose influential work spans...
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Chuck van Zyl
c_vanzyl
Jan 5, 2007 4:30 am
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...
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Chuck van Zyl
c_vanzyl
Jan 13, 2007 7:18 am
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...
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Chuck van Zyl
c_vanzyl
Jan 19, 2007 5:45 am
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...
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Chuck van Zyl
c_vanzyl
Jan 26, 2007 11:52 am
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,...
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Chuck van Zyl
c_vanzyl
Feb 2, 2007 4:28 pm
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...
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Chuck van Zyl
c_vanzyl
Feb 9, 2007 5:28 am
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...
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Chuck van Zyl
c_vanzyl
Feb 16, 2007 7:04 am
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...
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Chuck van Zyl
c_vanzyl
Feb 23, 2007 7:28 am
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...
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Chuck van Zyl
c_vanzyl
Mar 2, 2007 4:40 am
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...
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Chuck van Zyl
c_vanzyl
Mar 9, 2007 5:36 am
Jim Cole + Spectral Voices create intimate Ambient Music by the simplest means. Using only their voices and both natural reverberation and a few electronic...
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Chuck van Zyl
c_vanzyl
Mar 17, 2007 4:00 am
The Ambient Music of Kit Watkins is quietly magnificent. Simultaneously representational and abstract, his aural meditations have a way of expressing what the...
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Chuck van Zyl
c_vanzyl
Mar 23, 2007 4:34 am
Der Spyra (aka Wolfram Spyra) is a German synthesist with strong roots in the Berlin-School of Spacemusic. Embracing these essential concepts, he creates...
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Chuck van Zyl
c_vanzyl
Mar 30, 2007 3:35 am
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...
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Chuck van Zyl
c_vanzyl
Apr 6, 2007 5:07 am
On GLACIAL (48'14"), M Peck strikes an interesting balance between free-form impressionism and sonic narrative. His frigid constructs are understated yet...
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Chuck van Zyl
c_vanzyl
Apr 13, 2007 2:09 am
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...
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Chuck van Zyl
c_vanzyl
Apr 20, 2007 6:18 am
Giles Reaves has to his credit several influential albums of innovative electronic music, including the genre defining "Wunjo". Dreamy, trance-inducing melodic...
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Chuck van Zyl
c_vanzyl
Apr 27, 2007 3:30 am
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...
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Chuck van Zyl
c_vanzyl
May 4, 2007 6:09 am
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...
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Chuck van Zyl
c_vanzyl
May 11, 2007 5:25 am
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...
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Chuck van Zyl
c_vanzyl
May 18, 2007 5:46 am
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...
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Chuck van Zyl
c_vanzyl
May 25, 2007 4:43 am
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...
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Chuck van Zyl
c_vanzyl
Jun 1, 2007 5:01 am
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...
