STAR'S END Update 05.14.23

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Whenever Jeff Pearce visits STAR'S END Ambient Radio he does not just take to the airwaves, he transforms them. His fifth such juncture on 8 October 2017 overcame all modern obstacles to deep focus to realize a substantial hour-long atmospheric soundworld. Rooted deeply in the key of space his PATH TO RETURNING (61'37") presents this live-to-air STAR'S END session. Improvised in a form of music in need of decoding, Pearce's free-spirited weightless work quietly flows from the joy of playing. Sounds floating with perceived gravity, mass and scale attempt to portray all that is intangible and transient. The two lengthy tracks reach the dreaming mind, known for its inherent opposition to the constraints of rationality and sensibility, where it harmonizes with the infinite. His superstar, super-sized soundscape soloing provides us with an impressive range of subdued notes and shaded moods. Surrendering to the stillness we unmoor ourselves from conventional ways of listening. PATH TO RETURNING builds slowly, because its author is realizing a different kind of world. Issuing a round silvery beam of cool tones, Pearce's processed electric guitar breathes warmly in easily engaging curving contours. Further on, in a restless mood, Pearce transmits from somewhere out ahead. Once you tune into his restrained aesthetic the subtle shifts become more forceful - and fuels our journey to the future. Composed in an expanded minimalistic style, this continuously lulling long-form piece gently drifts through Ambient realms. A quieter, sustaining experiment, it takes its time developing its idea. Moving gently through our sleep, over an audience tending toward the beautiful, mysterious and meaningful PATH TO RETURNING shares its secrets - on soft wings of sound, across vast distances of thought.

Please tune in to STAR'S END Ambient Radio this weekend for music from PATH TO RETURNING (plus live-to-air radio concert) by Jeff Pearce

For more on PATH TO RETURNING, please access: http://www.jeffpearcemusic.com

For more on Jeff Pearce at The Gatherings Concert Series on 13 May 2023, please access: http://www.thegatherings.org

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Jeff Pearce - Live-To-Air Star's End Concert 05.14.23

Arising from shorelines of unearthly radiance the mesmerizing impact of soundscape guitarist Jeff Pearce ventures to defeat space and time. In the dancing delicacy of breathing chords the spare procession of isolated notes articulate a soaring, confident energy - which settles down ultimately into a refuge of otherworldly beauty.

Following his performance at The Gatherings Concert Series Jeff Pearce returns to Star's End Ambient Radio for a live-to-air concert on the broadcast of 14 May 2023. Please tune in, or view the live stream as it happens:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDTeugs7W1g

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STAR'S END broadcasts every Saturday Night/Sunday Morning from 1:00AM til 6:00AM (EDST) on:

88.5fm WXPN Philadelphia, PA
88.1fm WXPH Harrisburg, PA
90.5fm WKHS Worton/Baltimore, MD
91.9fm WXPJ Hackettstown, NJ
104.9fm Allentown, PA

and live on the world wide web at: http://www.xpn.org

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Chuck van Zyl
Host of STAR'S END Ambient Radio
http://www.starsend.org