WDIY's Space Music Program airs every Thursday at 11:04 pm.
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Before Klaus Schulze started his solo career with the release of his first solo LP "Irrlicht" in 1972, he was
instrumental in the development of Krautrock and the Berlin School of electronic music.
Since then, he has continued his leading role in the field of electronic music as well as performing
in collaborations with important artists such as Solar Moon, the Cosmic Jokers, and Pete Namlook,
just to name a few.
This month's Special Focus on Klaus Schulze centers around the Deluxe Edition reissues being released by InsideOut Music's Revisited Records sub-label. (And you thought InsideOut only dealt with Progressive Rock!) Klause Schulze has previously been the Special Focus on Galactic Travels: |
| Date | Title |
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| 01/03 | Dosburg Online |
| 01/10 | Are You Sequenced? disk 1 |
| 01/17 | Are You Sequenced? disk 2 |
| 01/24 | Timewind disk 1 |
| 01/31 | Timewind disk 2 |
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Manikin Records is the home of many important artists. The disks played this month celebrate the tenth anniversary
of the label. That was in 2002!
Manikin Records has previously been the Special Focus on Galactic Travels: Click on the name, photo, or logo above to go to the label's website. |
| Date | Title |
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| 02/07 | First Decade 1992 - 2002 disk 1 |
| 02/14 | First Decade 1992 - 2002 disk 2 |
| 02/21 | Liquid Sound Volume 2 disk 1 |
| 02/28 | Liquid Sound Volume 2 disk 2 |
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Gert Composes music in a style which is somewhere between retro Electronic Music (Berlin School) and symfo.
His influences include Tangerine Dream, Ashra, Ennio Morricone, Hans Zimmer, Genesis, Manfred Mann, Wally
Badarou, Vangelis, Mike Oldfield, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Richard Barbieri.
To date, Gert has released ten solo albums and three albums in collaboration with Ruud
Heij (Free System Projekt).
All the Featured CDs at Midnight are on the Groove Unlimited label.
Gert's new album The Nearest Faraway Place - Volume 1 will be released in April. It's the first album of a trilogy of The Nearest Faraway albums. The style of the album is more like a mix between the Wave of Dreams and When Darkness Falls Upon The Earth albums, rather than the last two rather symphonic albums. Become Gert's friend on MySpace. Gert Emmens has previously been the Special Focus on Galactic Travels: Click on the name, photo, or logo above to go to the artist's website. |
| Date | Title |
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| 03/06 | Waves of Dreams |
| 03/13 | When Darkness Falls Upon the Earth |
| 03/20 | The Tale of the Warlock |
| 03/27 | A Boy's World |
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Create is Steve Humphries from the U.K.
The Create project was started in September 2002 when Steve took the plunge into making music for the very first time.
His influences are Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, RMI, Airsculpture, Ron Boots and Ulrich Schnauss to name but a few!:)
Click on the name, photo, or logo above to go to the artist's website. |
| Date | Title | Label |
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| 04/03 | Kindred Spirits | none |
| 04/10 | Reflections From the Inner Light | Groove Unlimited |
| 04/17 | From Earth To Mars | Groove Unlimited |
| 04/24 | Biospherical Imagery | Groove Unlimited |
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Multi-instrumentalist Stephen Philips has been a musician for more than 30 years. He founded
Dark Duck Records in the late
'80s as a way to expose his musical endeavors to the general public.
Music has always been a way of life for Stephen.
He began his musical sojourns at the age of 8 with the Clarinet.
At the age of 13 his interest moved to the guitar, bass, piano, and synthesizer which led him into several pop
bands through his late teens.
He recorded 3 albums for the alternative/college band Troubled Thought before exploring electronic music in the early
'90s.
His fascination with the vast space of ambient music and an interest in the godfathers of ambient (Brian Eno,
Robert Fripp, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, John Cage, etc.) led him into full-on experimentation with ambient
music and an indepth study of the history, roots, and methods of ambient music composition.
His music places a strong emphasis on time and place, desiring to take the listener to a virtual location and/or to create an aural postcard or an aural description of a feeling or a mood evoked by a location. To obtain his trademark sound, Stephen Philips uses a variety of synthesizers, samplers, and effects as well as a vast array of electronic and acoustic percussion instruments. In the past he has rarely recorded under his own name rather choosing to record along side other artists under the names of Experimental Psychology, Excelsior, and Deep Chill Network. Most of Stephen's solo releases are very ambient, deep chill, and/or experimental. Click on the name, photo, or logo above to go to the artist's website. |
| Date | Title |
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| 05/01 | Mile High Chill 1 |
| 05/08 | Desert Landscapes |
| 05/15 | Cycles 4 |
| 05/22 | Cycles 6 |
| 05/29 | The Sobbing Stone |
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Radio Massacre International comprises Steve Dinsdale (Keyboards, Electronics, Drums) Duncan Goddard
(Keyboards, Electronics, Bass) and Gary Houghton (Guitar, Keyboards). Since 1993 they have been building
a catalogue of epic electronic improvisations, distilled into permanent records by the wonders of digital
editing.
After accumulating a library of 30 such pieces they finally released the double CD Frozen North in late 1995, and appeared live for the first time at the Emma festival in Sheffield. The band was also featured on the BBC's World Service, thus finding a truly international radio audience for the first time. RMI had a website long before it was obligatory, and this has enabled the forging of relationships with listeners, promoters and radio stations across the world. Veterans of TV, radio, and concert performances all over the UK, Europe, and the US, they are coming back to the US to play at NEARfest in our very own Bethlehem. Incorporating elements of Prog/Krautrock into their more established electronics they broadened their horizons, making them ideal for NEARfest, a Progressive Rock festival. In December 2006, they released the long awaited six CD compilation Lost in Space, a career retrospective but containing entirely unreleased studio material from 1987 to 2003. This will be featured all month long. On June 19th, RMI will perform a live, in-studio set of music while they are in town for NEARfest. This will preempt the Featured CD at Midnight. Become RMI's friend on MySpace. Click on the name, photo, or logo above to go to the artist's website. |
| Date | Title |
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| 06/05 | Lost In Space Disk 1 of 6 |
| 06/12 | Lost In Space Disk 2 of 6 |
| 06/19 | RMI live, in-studio |
| 06/26 | Lost In Space Disk 3 of 6 |
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As a pioneering cornerstone of electronic music, internationally renowned artist Steve Roach has dedicated
over three decades to exploring uncharted soundworlds that connect with a timeless source of inspiration.
From the expansive, time-suspending spaces reflecting his spiritual home in Arizona to the fire breathing,
rhythmic-shamanic expressions woven from all things electric and organic, Roach has earned his position in
the international pantheon of major new music artists through a long list of groundbreaking recordings,
fueled by his prolific nature and uncompromising approach.
The core of this innovative world of sound has been nourished by years of intense live concerts in many
extraordinary settings worldwide, further enhancing the emotive, cinematic soul-stirring depth of his music.
Click on the name or photo above to go to the Steve Roach web site. Steve Roach has been a Special Focus on Galactic Travels a few times before:
Click on the name, photo, or logo above to go to the artist's website. |
| Date | Title |
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| 07/03 | Texture Maps |
| 07/10 | All Is Now disk 1 |
| 07/17 | All Is Now disk 2 |
| 07/24 | Solitaire: Ritual Ground |
| 07/31 | Trance Spirits |
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