This week's broadcast of STAR'S END will continue to compile the significant releases of 2002 in Part Two of the annual "Year in Review" program. As in years...
The concept behind Redshift is the voyage to where sound and space become indistinct. While the group uses the sounds and stylings that emerged out of the...
The main purpose of the film score is to further communicate themes portrayed on the screen. With the sound and vision of the cinema experience being...
The Philadelphia based spacemusic duo of The Ministry of Inside Things will perform their third annual live in-studio STAR'S END radio concert on the broadcast...
The group Wave World operates on many levels. Basically, they are the Dutch duo of Gert van Santen and Harry Kessels who realize interesting electronic...
Public Radio depends on its listening audience for support. In order to keep shows like STAR'S END on the air, we break from normal programming just two times...
When he is conceiving the music of Amongst Myselves, Steve Roberts must first describe the aural consistency of the work. On the album Sacred Black, we...
Hardcore ambient/spacemusic fans may feel some cultural distance upon hearing UNDERSTANDING WILDLIFE by Shuttle358. This new music gets away from the sense of...
Good sport can be made of collaborations if we attempt to distinguish who is responsible for each element - trying to recognize what each individual brings to...
Hypnosphere is yet another addition to the burgeoning ranks of the numerous devotees of the "Berliner Schule". This mode of expression arose quietly during the...
The music of Adham Shaikh hits the listener on several different levels. Take for instance the track "Sabadhi", found here on the album ESSENCE. Opening with a...
It sounds like night. That's what comes to mind upon listening to THE SPIRIT MOLECULE by Anomalous Disturbances. On his debut release, Terry O'Brien (aka...
If a Hawiian guitar dreamt it was the aurora borealis, once awake it'd want to be owned by Chas Smith - and ask, "please make me sound like those ribbons of...
The ambient/spacemusic capabilities of the synthesizer often work against the notions of "modern technology" in that the resultant music helps us to slow down...
"...rhythmatist Vir Unis and ambient-sound sculptor James Johnson -- both giants in the ambient field of technology -- make "trance" the old-fashioned way: by...
For Ian Boddy, performing music before an audience is both a personal and collective experience. The spacemusic aesthetic calls for him to travel inward to the...
On their self-titled debut full-length release, the duo of Loess (Ian Pullman and Clay Emerson) have produced an album that wanders between the fuzzy dreams of...
Pete Namlook and Klaus Schulze, two towering figures in electronic music, combine their talents and craft on their continuing series of THE DARK SIDE OF THE...
In a recent interview, David Borden mused, "It seems so strange to think that synthesizers were once such a rare thing that people would travel miles just to...
For John Luther Adams, composing is not about finding the notes, it's about losing them. His vast landscapes of sound deal with the beautiful desolation of...
TEXTURE :: A COMPILATION OF MINIMAL AMBIENT GUITAR (76'24") presents 13 artists eschewing the common musical rhetoric of the guitar. While the craft of these...
Renowned for his technical abilities and restorative powers, Jeffrey Koepper has become distinguished for his work in maintaining, reviving and often...
Jonn Serrie creates music that is irresistible to the ears and calming to the mind. Over the course of his illustrious career in Spacemusic, Serrie has...
Steve Roach is sometimes referred to as "the man in the maze" when actually the word labyrinth is much more appropriate; as the former is meant to confound...
This weekend, the 06.22.03 broadcast of STAR'S END will feature previously unreleased concert excerpts by Jeff Pearce, Robert Rich, Steve Roach and Jonn...
Constructing his music from the gear on up has given Saul Stokes a fascinating musical voice. The success of FIELDS (67:38) comes from a combination of his...
In September of 2002, Rudy Adrian performed several live concerts throughout the continental United States (most notably among them, his appearance in...
The "Hampshire Jam" electronic music festival grew out of a desire to foster community. Headed by EM impresario Steve Jenkins, the first event took place on 27...
The 07.20.03 broadcast of STAR'S END will present music originally realized live on the air. Past radio concerts by: 1am The Ministry of Inside Things 2am Rudy...
Small things are made perfectly. This could be said of music by Erik Wollo. The 15 tracks on THE POLAR DRONES (69'25"), his 11th album, are minute yet...