Galactic Travels - 1997 Monthly Focus Log

Galactic Travels Monthly Special Focus Log for 1997

February's special focus was on the electronic music scene in the Netherlands as typified by the artist roster of Cue Records, NL.

Date	Artist	Title	Label
2/6	Ron Boots	Ghost of a Mist	Cue
2/13	Various Artists	Out There Lies the Truth	Cue
2/20	Various Artists	The Truth is Twisted	Cue
2/27	Zodiac	I.C.	Cue

Please note that Cue Records is now called GROOVE Unlimited.

March's special focus was on Steve Roach, one of the most renowned artists in the space music genre. The midnight feature CDs were:

Date	Title	Label
3/6	The Magnificent Void	Hearts of Space
3/13	Cavern of Sirens	Projekt
3/20	World's Edge (disc 2)	Fortuna
3/27	Dreamtime Return (disc 1)	Fortuna

May's special focus, which began in April because I was unavailable to broadcast for the first three Thursdays, was on Robert Rich, one of the brightest luminaries in the space music genre. The midnight feature CDs were:

Date	Title	Label
4/24	Propogation	Hearts of Space
5/1	Gaudi	Hearts of Space
5/8	Fissures	Hearts of Space
5/15	Numena	Fathom
5/22	A Troubled Resting Place	Fathom
5/29	Stalker	Fathom

June's special focus was on the artist roster of the Atomic City "label." It is actually a distribution vehicle for Mike Metlay Phd. and friends. The midnight feature CDs were:

Date	Artist	Title	Label
6/5	Team Metlay	Bandwidth	Atomic City
6/12	Team Metlay	Ballistic	Atomic City
6/19	Steve Verity	Digital Planet	Atomic City
6/26	Joe McMahon	Shatterday	Atomic City

July's special focus was on the artists who performed at the Projekt festival on August 1 and 2.

Date	Artist	Title	Label
7/10	Steve Roach & Vidna Obmana	Well of Souls	Projekt
7/17	Lycia	Cold	Projekt
7/24	Ben Neill	Triptycal	Antilles
7/31	Vidna Obmana	Twilight of Perception	Projekt

August's special focus was on the L.A. area synthesist, A Produce.

Date	Artist	Title	Label
8/7	A Produce	Reflect Like a Mirror, Respond Like an Echo	Trance Port
8/14	A Produce	White Sands	Trance Port
8/21	A Produce	Land of a Thousand Trances	Trance Port
8/28	A Produce	Inscape & Landscape	Trance Port

September's special focus was on the Spotted Peccary roster of artists.

Date	Artist	Title	Label
9/4	Greg Klamt	Fluxus Quo	Spotted Peccary
9/11	J. Arif Verner	A Vision Beyond Light	Spotted Peccary
9/18	Jon Jenkins & Paul Lackey	title	Spotted Peccary
9/25	Brain Laughter	Not Far From A Distant Sun	Spotted Peccary

October's special focus was the electronic music scene in Philadelphia, centered around Chuck Van Zyl, host of the long running space music radio show, Star's End.

In addition to being an artist and radio show host, Chuck promotes space music by putting on concerts called Star's End Gatherings. Luminaries such as Steve Roach and Robert Rich have performed at past Gatherings. (Check out the March and May featured artists on this web page.)

Date	Artist	Title	Label
10/2	Chuck Van Zyl & Peter Gulch	Regeneration Mode	Synkronos
10/9	Chuck van Zyl	Celestial Mechanics	Centaur
10/16	Chuck van Zyl	Relics (Disc 1)	Centaur
10/23	Chuck van Zyl	Relics (Disc 2)	Centaur
10/30	Chuck van Zyl	The Xyl File	Synkronos

Oktoberfest was celebrated Galactic Travels-style! Space music pioneer Klaus Schulze's new 25 CD set, the Jubilee Edition ( Manikin Records) arrived. I featured music from this monumental release in the first hour of the show for most of the month!!

November's special focus was on space music pioneer Klaus Schulze. The feature CD at midnight was selected from the Jubilee Edition (Manikin Records). Unfortunately, WDIY was off the air on 11/20/97 due to technical difficulties, so the program didn't air on that date.

Date	Artist	Title	Label
11/6	Klaus Schulze	The Jubilee Edition (disc 11)	Manikin Records
11/13	Klaus Schulze	The Jubilee Edition (disc 12)	Manikin Records
11/27	Klaus Schulze	The Jubilee Edition (disc 13)	Manikin Records

December's special focus was on Ron Boots. Each week, one of his CDs was played at midnight. (Remember, Cue is now GROOVE!)

Date	Artist	Title	Label
12/4	Ron Boots	Too Many Secrets	GROOVE Unlimited
12/11	Ron Boots	Screaming Whispers	Cue Records, NL
12/18	Ron Boots	Detachment of Worldly Affairs	Cue
12/25	Ron Boots	Current	GROOVE Unlimited

Galactic Travels is designed to bring WDIY listeners hour-long soundscapes of electronic, ambient, and space music.

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