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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| 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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| 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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| 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 |
| Here is the Top 20 Monthly Report for April. |
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In Greek mythology, Argyre is an island of silver. Argyre Planitia
is a plain located in the southern highlands of Mars. In electronic
music, Argyre Planitia is Stefan Voß, a dark ambient producer from
Hannover, Germany. He has released albums on various labels,
including Petroglyph Music, as well as on his own.
When Stefan first listened to electronic music in the '70s, he was immediately fascinated by synthesizers and what could be done with them. He never played one until 2011. The music of Argyre Planitia leans toward the darker edges of ambient and includes drones and experimental sounds. The main focus is on sounds. Melody and rhythm play only a minor role. Click this banner for the Special Focus listing on WDIY's website. |
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| 05/06 | Soundscapes | Petroglyph Music |
| 05/13 | Opening the Gates of the Crystal Cave | Petroglyph Music |
| 05/20 | Beyond the Wall of Sleep | self released |
| 05/27 | Echoes from the Past | self released |
| Here is the Top 20 Monthly Report for May. |
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Colin Rayment lives in the UK. His enthusiasm for electronic music started at an early
age when his eldest brother experienced Tangerine Dream in concert performing Phaedra
in the '70s. Exposure to this intriguing music continued throughout Colin's childhood.
In the '80s, Colin bought his first analogue synthesizers and started to explore this playground of sound exploration. Colin released his first album in 2002. After his third release, SynGate started to release his albums. Colin is planning a release which will include music from his virtual performance at Mountain Skies 2021 as well as album on SynGate in the year. Colin is motivated by the limitless sonic playground of electronic music. Delving deep into these musical avenues is creativity without boundaries. Now that he has gone down the rabbit hole of modular synthesis, he is adding new sonic textures to his music and finding huge rewards in combining it with more traditional analogue sounds and sequences. Click this banner for the Special Focus listing on WDIY's website. |
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| Date | Album | Label |
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| 06/03 | Morula | none |
| 06/10 | Abstract Dimensions | SynGate |
| 06/17 | Beyond the Aurora | SynGate |
| 06/24 | Architects of Orion | SynGate |
| Here is the Top 20 Monthly Report for June. |
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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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| Date | Album |
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| 07/01 | Inside Outside, Outside Inside |
| 07/08 | Living in the Sky |
| 07/15 | Vanishing Point |
| 07/22 | Astral Drift |
| 07/29 | The Room with No Doors |
| Here is the Top 20 Monthly Report for July. |
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Finite Element is Rich Kennicutt of Binghamton, NY. His music is keyboard-based.
His major influences are '70s era Berlin School electronic music artists Klaus
Schulze, Tangerine Dream, and Ashra. Elements of Ambient and Dark Ambient are
included in the mix.
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| Date | Album |
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| 08/05 | Convergence |
| 08/12 | Parallax |
| 08/19 | End of Daze |
| 08/26 | Binary Approach / EVAC |
| Here is the Top 20 Monthly Report for August. |
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Nigel Rushbrook's fluXus project consists of darker shades of ambience and
classic electronic sounds with Berlin style sequencing and a lo-fi edge. He uses
vintage analog and digital synths with old-school effects to achieve nostalgic
space music in which cosmic space is seen in mirrors of emotional space. His
electronic soundscapes are inhabited or haunted by humanity.
The name fluXus refers to the intended flow of the music and also to an awareness of the Fluxus art movement, using found sounds and randomised elements that are allowed to become co-creator, leaving room for the "divine" to enter. The fluXus project began in the late '90s and has performed at arts centers and as support for Banco de Gaia and others. Influences include Froese, Baumann, Schulze, John Surman, Nico, 20th Century classical music, and the bits between the tunes on Jean Michel Jarre albums. Click this banner for the Special Focus listing on WDIY's website. |
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| Date | Album |
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| 09/02 | Das Nichts mit Funkeln |
| 09/09 | Silent Seas |
| 09/16 | Shored Against My Ruins |
| 09/23 | fluXus Live 2002 and 2004 at Exeter Phoenix Art Centre |
| 09/30 | Circle Homeward |
| Here is the Top 20 Monthly Report for September. |
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The international ensemble of La Ponto Ensemblo consists of American E-Clark
Cornell (Ed) and German Hans-Dieter Schmidt (Ha-Di). Both have neo-classical
roots which they incorporate into their music.
They met in a very modern way. Ed noticed Ha-Di on-line and immediately connected with his music. Ed contacted Ha-Di and the parallels between their separate works became apparent. Ed feels that Ha-Di is his artistic twin from across the pond. The last three albums being featured this month (The CERN Diaries, ISHMAEL/ at Quintessence, and The Screaming Sky of Mike Stravinsky) comprise La Ponto's Multiverse Trilogy. All three albums share content and the concept of an alternate universe created in an experiment at CERN's giant particle accelerator. Cyclical Dreams plans to release the entire Multiverse Trilogy in February, 2022. Click this banner for the Special Focus listing on WDIY's website. |
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| 10/07 | Eniwetok Suite | SynGate / Luna |
| 10/14 | The CERN Diaries | none |
| 10/21 | ISHMAEL/ at Quintessence | none |
| 10/28 | The Screaming Sky of Mike Stravinsky | none |
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Nimanty is a Dutch producer of space ambient music. At a young age,
Nimanty was fascinated by astronomy and expressed the beauty of the Cosmos
in his music early on. After running
a professional recording studio for several years, Nimanty started
releasing his own music in 2000 and now regularly releases new material.
His own label Venonza Records serves as his home recording studio.
Nimanty lives in the Azores (Portugal) with his wife and twin daughters. Click this banner for the Special Focus listing on WDIY's website. |
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| Date | Album |
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| 11/04 | Calabi Yau Sphere |
| 11/11 | The Waves of Happiness |
| 11/18 | Galaxies Reborn |
| 11/25 | Time Space Light |
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Steve Roach is a leading American pioneer in the evolution of ambient/electronic
music, helping shape it into what it is today. Grammy nominated in 2018 and 2019,
his career spans four decades and nearly 150 releases. His massive
catalog of landmark recordings includes Structures from Silence, Dreamtime Return,
and Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces. Drawing from a vast, unique, and deeply
personal authenticity, his albums are fueled by the momentum of a lifetime dedicated
to the soundcurrent. Roach is an artist operating at the pinnacle of his artform,
driven by a passion and unbroken focus enhancing the emotive, soul-stirring depth
of his music.
From the expansive, time-suspending spaces reflecting his spiritual home in Arizona to the fire breathing, sequencer-driven rhythmic-tribal expressions woven from all things electric and organic, this innovative world of sound has been nourished by years of transcendent concerts worldwide. Always reaching towards what's next on the horizon, Roach refuses to be tied down to any one stylistic direction. Capturing peak moments as they occur in his Timeroom studio, he creates a sonic experience that breathes emotion and vital life energy that connects to an ever-growing worldwide audience. Click this banner for the Special Focus listing on WDIY's website. |
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| Date | Album |
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| 12/02 | Painting in the Dark |
| 12/09 | Fade to Gray |
| 12/16 | Nostalgia for the Future |
| 12/23 | The Passing |
| 12/30 | Atmosphere for Dreaming |
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