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...
With each release, Arc (the British duo of Mark Shreeve and Ian Boddy) ventures out across new sonic territory. The CD FRACTURE (53'34") exists at the...
On GLACIATION (43'15"), Patrick O'Hearn applies his many musical talents to the ambient genre. When compared to earlier works this CD is quite subtle, but...
Radio Massacre International is a trio of English musicians (Duncan Goddard, Steve Dinsdale, and Gary Houghton) known for their extended concerts of epic aural...
On TINY COLOUR MOVIES (47'49"), John Foxx has assembled 15 different electronic pieces that, taken in sum, seem unconnected - until the album's smaller,...
What would it sound like if Franco Falsini was involved with "Sombre Reptiles"? Probably like the opening track on PRISM OF ETERNAL NOW (71'14") by White...
FLUX ECHOES (73'26") pulses within the aura of "Ricochet", "Rubycon" and "Phaedra". With these classics enshrined (along with an impressive inventory of '70s...
With KONTINUUM (76'22"), Klaus Schulze attracts new fans while holding old ones. His early works of the 1970s summon a mysterious cosmic energy - emanating...
There is presently nothing out there to match the power of Redshift. Starting from the groundbreaking "Phaedra", their music traces an unbroken line across 25...
Once all the synths and sequencers have echoed out and it is time to return to Earth, STAR'S END turns to THE MARMALADE BALLOON (36'42"), a smart, artfully...
Evan Bartholomew seeks an elite audience. His work represents a vast range of expression through which smart listeners will follow. Widely known as the techno...
2007 was a big year for STAR'S END. The show marked its 30th anniversary with an all-day celebration concert on Saturday 16 June and released a double CD...
The Circular Ruins (Anthony Paul Kirby) is exploring a personal realm of assertive, emotional ambient music. A fascinating series of electronic poems that...
The four Galilean moons are the inspiration for DAUGHTERS OF JUPITER (61'37"), the wonderful collaboration between Tony Andersen and Kent Eskildsen of...
The Winterhouse (the duo of Anthony Paul Kirby and Robert Davies) sonifies the cold interior isolation of the digital age. While SLOW PROMISES (62'57") is...
In the land of drones Pete Namlook is royalty. His murmuring soundscapes elicit a range of reactions, none of which is wrong. MUSIC FOR URBAN MEDITATION II...
Chris MacDonald has the great ability to make old ingredients new. Working under the name Telomere, his music grows more sophisticated with each new release....
Both Jeff Coulter and Harrison McKay have been kicking around the Philadelphia Spacemusic scene for 25 years or so. Coulter, along with Chris Schwartz, played...