Detlef Keller and Mario Schonwalder are not intimidated by the spirits of spacemusic masters past, but rather they are encouraged by their ghosts. Derived from...
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c_vanzyl
Dec 16, 2011 2:30 am
It has drums, bass and guitar, but it is not a rock album... loads of synth pads and sequences, though can not be classified as Spacemusic. It possesses a...
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c_vanzyl
Dec 23, 2011 2:09 am
Describing the CD SNOWBOUND (53'43") with terms such as "tinkling chimes" and "silver bells" or "white noise wind" would be an injustice to this work. The...
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c_vanzyl
Dec 30, 2011 2:12 am
Just when COAST/RANGE/ARC (54'26") seems quite the cooler compared to previous works by loscil, its ambiguous atmospherics give way to a beautiful breathing...
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c_vanzyl
Jan 6, 2012 3:51 am
It may be that for Mario Schonwalder concerts and collaborations are his primary contact with other human beings. Anyone who knows anything about Schonwalder...
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c_vanzyl
Jan 13, 2012 3:40 am
The Circular Ruins is one name under which Anthony Paul Kerby releases his atmospheric sonic excursions. His album WE LEAVE EVERYTHING BEHIND (61'35") sounds...
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c_vanzyl
Jan 20, 2012 2:46 am
The LP "Galaxie Cygnus-A" has been treasured quietly by those bright enough to have purchased a copy after its first release in 1982. A mystical bridge between...
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c_vanzyl
Jan 27, 2012 4:36 am
Some musical careers are noted for their velocity - a quick rise, and then? Ian Boddy's career is noted for its longevity - as, after a few decades, he remains...
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c_vanzyl
Feb 3, 2012 2:13 am
There are not too many recording artists who can point to the likes of Led Zeppelin, Saul Stokes, John Cage and Nine Inch Nails as direct influences on an...
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c_vanzyl
Feb 10, 2012 4:02 am
LAND OF THE RISING SUN (70'00") is not an album where we will hear strict recreations of vintage tracks such as "Picture Music" or "Blanche". What we find are...
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c_vanzyl
Feb 17, 2012 3:06 am
If the world took note of the STAR'S END 30th Anniversary a few years ago, the attention was due in part to the event's profound unlikelihood. It is rare in...
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c_vanzyl
Feb 24, 2012 3:02 am
Please do not disturb UNTIL WE MEET THE SKY (78'52") once it has begun playing. This excellent album by Solar Fields (a.k.a. Magnus Birgersson) lures the...
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c_vanzyl
Mar 2, 2012 11:34 am
THE STARS AND AFTERWARD (63'20") may at first seem like an album of charged sequencer music, but further into this release we also discover a variety of...
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c_vanzyl
Mar 9, 2012 3:29 am
Pjusk, the Norwegian duo of Rune Sagevik and Jostein Dahl Gjelsvik, strives to avoid any contact with the typical. Their CD TELE (50'55") drifts the listener...
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c_vanzyl
Mar 16, 2012 2:55 am
Most guys take up the guitar so they can have women. Robert Brown took up guitar because he wanted to have women (and everyone else within earshot) fall...
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c_vanzyl
Mar 23, 2012 3:58 am
Rather than picking just one style and exploring it, on his wonderful 15 track EP BRANCHES (36'10") Keith Kenniff blends elements of minimalism, classical and...
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c_vanzyl
Mar 30, 2012 5:46 am
QUIET PLACES (63'46") by Janne Hanhisuanto offers much more than the title suggests. Although subtle, it is a beautifully varied and colored album. Basic in...
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c_vanzyl
Apr 6, 2012 3:17 am
Presently, Philadelphia is the Spacemusic capital of the world. What with the number of continuing concert events and radio shows in the region presenting this...
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c_vanzyl
Apr 13, 2012 2:03 am
Wave World is an excellent example of an ensemble of multi-talented musicians and artists who are influenced equally by things both inside and outside music....
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c_vanzyl
Apr 20, 2012 5:26 am
Long well established as live performers, their first studio release "Surface" (2009) was "startlingly fresh". Three years later The Tangent Project returns...
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c_vanzyl
Apr 27, 2012 3:46 am
Just like Kraftwerk, J.R. Plankton (Robert Ohm and Jens Struver) is creating music to precisely fit in with its own time. Less cerebral than their predecessors...
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c_vanzyl
May 4, 2012 3:17 am
Spinning out a dozen or so great discs over the past several years Craig Padilla's lasting creations have always brought forth energies and memories of the...
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c_vanzyl
May 11, 2012 3:34 am
Something of a super-group, Broekhuis, Keller & Schonwalder has the ability to morph into any number of musical contexts while retaining the signatures of...
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c_vanzyl
May 18, 2012 2:29 am
After years of avidly following The Tangent Project it is easy to notice a duality. They utilize their live performance experience as a means to explore the...
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c_vanzyl
Jun 9, 2012 3:33 am
The CD MEMOIRS OF A LIFETIME (42'53") seems to have been built on Brian Vassallo's respectable 2003 release "Beyond". Upon a strong foundation his new sonic...
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c_vanzyl
Jun 15, 2012 2:15 am
On the CD DESCENDING INTO CREVASSE (52'47") centuries may pass in the span of mere moments. Realizing music under the name Retina.it, Lino Monaco and Nicola...
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c_vanzyl
Jun 22, 2012 2:06 am
MEETING UNKNOWN (43'54"), the third CD by Estonian duo Uma, aspires to the same ethereal realms as more overtly "electronic" albums. Aleksi Saks (trumpet) and...
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c_vanzyl
Jun 29, 2012 2:09 am
The music of Forrest Fang allows for a vast range of expression. Across its eight tracks his album ANIMISM (60'26") produces as many distinctive and engulfing...
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c_vanzyl
Jul 6, 2012 1:45 am
Marconi Union uses rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes. The intention is to give their audience something beyond the prescription of ordinary pop songs....
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c_vanzyl
Jul 13, 2012 1:54 am
Synth outfits such as Arc, Node, Redshift and Free System Projekt trace their inspiration back to the Spacemusic scene of 1970s Germany. Their music means to...
