STAR'S END Update 08.17.25

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STAR'S END Update 08.17.25

"Encore"... "Ricochet"... "Stratosfear"... these miracle LPs from the 1970s opened our minds, moved our emotions and provoked us to think. Stirring a generation from its creative slumber this "Kosmische Musik" subsection of the 1970s Krautrock revolution swayed us with its cerebral fire and finesse. Advancing still across the waste of years this force of fantasy some time ago inspired one Brendan Pollard to realize works representative of his own electronic dreams and visions. Displaying now a nuanced mastery across several landmark releases, on THE COILS SUITE (63:28) he compliments and completes the work first begun a few months earlier on Strands. A luxury of listening THE COILS SUITE embeds its ideas inside the harmonic action. In myths and symbols his eerie studies of dissonant minimalism show a striking urgency. As the sci-fi scene and mental mood gives way to dramatic forces, fluttering modulations, and then mystery Mellotron orchestrations we revel in the restless brilliance of such stark sonic invention. Spinning elegant spiderwebs of sequencer notes the mounting music roams a tension filled labyrinth of electro echoing ostinatos and arpeggios. Beneath high flying silver-toned lead lines, across an expanse of synthesized sound our sights point to new hopes on the horizon. From the plaintive sighs of stranded ghosts, to probing the edge of the galaxy, synth-smiths like Brendan Pollard continue to utilize a human power to represent and create - revealing inner reverberations and outward implications.

Please tune in to the 08.17.25 broadcast of STAR'S END for music from the release THE COILS SUITE by Brendan Pollard, and much more...

For more on THE COILS SUITE, please access: http://brendanpollard.bandcamp.com

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STAR'S END Space Camp 2025 - Joe Aliberti: 17 August

Joe Aliberti is a Baltimore-based composer and electronic musician. Drawing from ambient, drone and spacemusic his work utilizes hardware synthesizers and effects to create sounds that evoke contemplation and calm. Developing his music for over eight years he has recently gained more visibility through local performances and collaborations. Such contemplative endeavors radiate emotional waves that seem to go on forever, bearing a tone remarkable and consoling.

Joe Aliberti debuts on STAR'S END on the broadcast of 17 August 2025, as part of Space Camp 2025. Please tune in for details and/or stream live on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/live/Q6gWJz2Z044

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STAR'S END Space Camp 2025

Live-to-Air Radio Concerts on STAR'S END throughout August 2025

Presenting:

08.03.25 Chuck van Zyl
08.10.25 Huron
08.17.25 Joe Aliberti
08.24.25 Neil Cippon

Access more info here (including links to the live streams):
http://www.starsend.org/spacecamp2025.html

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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