WDIY's Space Music Program airs every Thursday at 11:04 pm.
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Host Bill Fox contracted Covid-19 which interrupted the January Special Focus.
Bill returns in February to complete the January Special Focus.
Jim Ottaway is an international award-winning composer, producer, and studio performer of original instrumental music covering many genres including space ambient, electronic, new age and music for film and television. The inspiration for Jim's music stems from his love of nature and his spiritual connection to the beautiful environment of the Gold Coast hinterland of Queensland, Australia. Jim's major musical influences include Tangerine Dream, Edgar Froese, Vangelis, Pink Floyd, Enigma, Johannes Schmoelling, Christopher Franke, Lisa Gerrard and fellow Australian musicians Christopher Buckman and Tony O'Connor. Jim has released over 30 albums since 2004. Click on the name or photo above to go to the artist's web site. Click this banner for the Special Focus listing on WDIY's website.  |
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Jim Ottaway has been a Special Focus on Galactic Travels™ before: |
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| Date | Album |
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| 01/07 | Southern Cross |
| 02/11 | Timeless e-Motion |
| 02/18 | Deep Space Blue |
| 02/25 | When Eternity Touches Time |
| Here is the Top 20 Monthly Report for January/February. |
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Broekhuis, Keller, and Schönwälder consists of Dutch drummer/percussionist
and sound technician Bas Broekhuis, German keyboard player and sequencing
specialist Detlef Keller, and German sound designer Mario Schönwälder.
Since September 1994, these three can be found on stage on a regular basis having performed in France, the UK, Poland, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, and the US. They have an extensive discography. These three friends always have a lot of fun with their musical adventures. Broekhuis and Keller have a technical background, developing, altering, and repairing instruments and other electronic devices. They do the bulk of the programming in the band. Schönwälder is the organizational mind, taking care of album releases, concert planning, and the oh so beloved bookkeeping. BK&S played played live on Galactic Travels™ on May 10, 2012. Two days later, they played locally at the Soundscapes Concert Series. Click on the name or photo above to go to the artist's web site. Click this banner for the Special Focus listing on WDIY's website. |
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BK&S have been a Special Focus on Galactic Travels™ before: |
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| Date | Album |
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| 03/04 | Project Inter.com |
| 03/11 | Blue |
| 03/18 | Red Live @ USA CD1 |
| 03/25 | Red Live @ USA CD2 |
| Here is the Top 20 Monthly Report for March. |
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Modulator Experimental Synthesis Project (Modulator ESP) is Jez
Creek from Nottingham in the UK. He performs improvised music that
explores the boundaries of dark ambient, drone, Berlin School
sequencing, and noise using modular synthesis, real-time sampling,
sound manipulation, and live looping.
Modulator ESP has been described variously as "vintage synth overload to propel you into the outer reaches of the cosmos" and "one man will descend to (this) earth in a hail of analogue synth tones; called upon from the singular consciousness of John Carpenter and Vangelis - like a 2046 dystopian dream with the optimism of Jean Michael Jarre, and his penguins." When Modulator ESP discovered that there was more to EM than TD, Jarre, Pickford and Shreeve by finding bands like Arc, RMI, Redshift, Airsculpture, and Arcane, bands that were doing a more retro-styled improvisational take on EM, it came as a revelation to him. One of the reasons he'd left the band he was in was because he wanted to do something a bit more freeform. He knew he still wanted to play live but without playing along to pre-programmed, structured backing tracks. Things started to snowball when he discovered certain synthesizers, both hardware and software, step sequencing, and delay processors. Modulator ESP loves playing synths because he loves the electronic, synthetic, other worldly nature of the sounds. This makes Ambient, Berlin School EM the best style for his interests. Click this banner for the Special Focus listing on WDIY's website. |
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Modulator ESP has been a Special Focus on Galactic Travels™ before: |
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| Date | Album |
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| 04/01 | Beyond the Silver Aether with Vince Cory |
| 04/08 | The Drone Out of Space |
| 04/15 | Invisible Forces |
| 04/22 | The Stillness |
| 04/29 | The Shadow of Poseidon |
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