On HIDDEN WORLD BEYOND (62'46") moderns and ancients mix in ways that are sometimes haunted, sometimes in contrast, but always beautifully crafted. Electronic...
Asking, "Where are these guys coming from?" is always a good musical question, but with Marconi Union, "Where are they going?" might be more appropriate. Their...
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...
On ARCTURUS (61'05"), the live album from Arc, the duo of Ian Boddy and Mark Shreeve sounds a bit more like Shreeve's side project Redshift in that the pieces...
Out of the mere arrangement of tones Anthony Paul Kirby recording as Nunc Stans is able to conjure up distinct and evocative Ambient atmospheres. Some of the...
Hidden in plain sight Cluster continue their decades long title as the most beloved and possibly eccentric artists in electronic sound. The duo of Hans-Joachim...
In the digital world distortion must be sought after. Having had all their interesting overloads and circuitry stresses engineered out, the newer digital...
Small spaces may be filled easily with vivid color. Free System Projekt knows that vast expanses must be filled by the imagination of the beholder. Their live...
Unaccompanied notes seem lonelier, as if they are searching for a companion. Much of the music on DUST OF TIME (46'02") by Eleni Karaindrou possesses this...
The work of Rhian Sheehan is quite polished, which allows his music's many colors to shine through. On his CD STANDING IN SILENCE (47'29") the mood of the...
Creating music as Between Interval began as a way for Stefan Strand to take a break from his more kinetic musical pursuits. THE EDGE OF A FAIRYTALE (62'41") is...
Clear meanings are nowhere to be found on CODE SENT (65'44"). A work that is equally experimental and accessible the electronica artist Con_Sense artfully...
From out of the atmospheric backwaters of the World Music genre flows the fascinating soundworlds of Forrest Fang. His work combines native flutes, eastern...
The Philadelphia based Spacemusic duo The Ministry of Inside Things exist outside the confines of the recording studio and in the realm of the live ...
Recording under the name Terra Ambient soundscape artist Jeff Kowal brings together his passion for Ambient and World Music in an impressionistic synthesis of...
Is Electronic Music an Art or a Science? Paul Ellis will tell you that it is both. While realized using machines his CD THE LAST HIDING PLACE OF BEAUTY...
While channeling classic releases by Vangelis and Jonn Serrie, Palancar has some fresh things to say. On ELYSIUM PLANITIA (60'17") he (a.k.a. Darrell Wade...
By combining minimalism, ambient and symphonic music Jóhann Jóhannsson realizes compelling works. On the CD FORDLANDIA (67'09"), compositions gently rise out...
STAR'S END Update 05.24.09 It is hard to know exactly what the music of Circular (Bjarte Andreassen & Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik) aligns with. On their CD SUBSTANS...
STAR'S END has been airing in its time slot on WXPN for over 30 years. It would be difficult to find a show of this nature, scope and duration elsewhere on the...
Whitetree (Ludovico Einaudi and Ronald & Robert Lippok) could easily fit in amongst all the other Jazz trios in the world, were it not for their special...
The parallel narratives of synthesists Paul Nagle and Peter Ruczynski converge under the name Ideation. This duo brings to their CD project ADRIFT (58'16") the...
Ethan Rose manufactures loveley Ambient Music on his computer. The CD OAKS (37'55") is the result of his skill and talent in manipulating the unlikeliest of...
Most music is all about pairing notes. Electronic Music is all about pairing sounds. Saul Stokes is an artist who lives in sound. His album METACOLLAGE...
Jason Sloan's explorations in sound, texture and atmosphere go a bit further on his cryptically named CD [--] (41'02"). Until his performance at The Gatherings...
The work of musical outlier Jon Hassell is resistant to description. Alone in his field, he continues a decades long career in opening up and exploring sonic...
While out exploring the aural universe one would be most fortunate to come in contact with Dutch Space Mission (Epple E. Hulshof and Bert Hülshoff). Their...
Jeffery Koepper first came to the attention of STAR'S END in the mid-1990s when he was part of the duo Pure Gamma. Their music was an interesting mix of the...
The genre of Spacemusic is truly a lost continent of sound. Those venturing into this expanse often return with vivid discoveries. One of the most intrepid...
The dreamy digitalia of Ian Boddy & Bernhard Wöstheinrich permeates HEMISPHERES (93'39"), their lushly imagined live recording from Germany's Bochum...
