(amb) Listen To Afterglow, Galactic Travels, and The AM/FM Show

[Bill Fox]

AFTERGLOW ON WMUH:                      http://soundscapes.us/afterglow
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Afterglow airs from 8:00 am to 9:30 am every Thursday morning.  Tune in
for a delightful mix of eclectic musical genres including a healthy
dose of Progressive Rock.  Tune in at 91.7 FM or on the internet at:
http://muhlenberg.edu/wmuh
Check out Afterglow on MySpace at:
http://myspace.com/afterglowonwmuh


GALACTIC TRAVELS ON WDIY:                   http://galactictravels.info
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Tonight at 11 pm on Galactic Travels, I'll continue the month-long
Special Focus on Steve Roach.  The Featured CD at Midnight will be
"Solitaire: Ritual Ground" with Elmar Schulte on Projekt Records.  For
details, see the Special Focus page at:
http://wdiy.org/programs/gt/playlists/2008/focus.html#jul

Become a friend of Galactic Travels on MySpace at:
http://myspace.com/galactictravels

Galactic Travels is an electronic, ambient, and space music show that
airs each Thursday at 11:04 pm on WDIY 88.1 FM, Allentown and
Bethlehem, 93.9 FM in Easton and Phillipsburg, 93.7 FM in Fogelsville
and Trexlertown, on the internet, and in High Definition Radio at 88.1
FM.


THE AM/FM SHOW ON WMUH:                      http://soundscapes.us/amfm
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My next stint on the AM/FM Show will be Saturday, July 26 at 6:00 am.
I will continue the special on Sequences Electronic Music Magazine's
sampler CDs.

Tune in to WMUH Allentown at 91.7 FM, broadcasting from the campus of
Muhlenberg College.  I alternate hosting the show with Bruce.  When I
am at the helm, the show features electronic, ambient, and spacemusic
at the beginning, an eclectic mix of genres in the middle, and winds
up with Progressive Rock.  WMUH's web site is
http://muhlenberg.edu/wmuh


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[dataObscura]

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Now available for free download on the Ping Things net release label:

 

NUNC STANS: Land

 

"Land is a stunning work that captures the sound of Nunc Stans at a turning point
where drone-based sensibilities blend seamlessly with melodic work to create a stunning
sonic environment for the listener to explore. Influenced by the stark beauty of Northern
Canada, Kerby has created a set of aural landscapes that inspires and delights from the
cold drones of opener "Before the Colors Deepened", through the sparse melodies and
underlying urgency of "Journey of a Thousand Days", to closing track "Ice Field" with it's
beautiful humming tones and found sounds."
- rik maclean (Ping Things)

tracks (40 minutes)

- Before the Colors Deepened
- Journey of a Thousand Days
- Land
- Submerged Island
- Sitka Sound
- Ice Field

Get it here   http://www.pingthings.com/PTlabel.htm

Starts with a couple of attractive openers, then gets into deeper, darker waters
with the title track, "Land". 

Enjoy!

APK

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The Circular Ruins, Nunc Stans, Lammergeyer

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[Isomorph]

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Nice mellow droning release.  Just got done listening to it.  It doesn't get too dark.

www.myspace.com/isomorphmusic

dataObscura wrote:

Now available for free download on the Ping Things net release label:

 

NUNC STANS: Land

 

"Land is a stunning work that captures the sound of Nunc Stans at a turning point
where drone-based sensibilities blend seamlessly with melodic work to create a stunning
sonic environment for the listener to explore. Influenced by the stark beauty of Northern
Canada, Kerby has created a set of aural landscapes that inspires and delights from the
cold drones of opener "Before the Colors Deepened", through the sparse melodies and
underlying urgency of "Journey of a Thousand Days", to closing track "Ice Field" with it's
beautiful humming tones and found sounds."
- rik maclean (Ping Things)

tracks (40 minutes)

- Before the Colors Deepened
- Journey of a Thousand Days
- Land
- Submerged Island
- Sitka Sound
- Ice Field

Get it here   http://www.pingthings.com/PTlabel.htm

Starts with a couple of attractive openers, then gets into deeper, darker waters
with the title track, "Land". 

Enjoy!

APK

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www.dataobscura.com

The Circular Ruins, Nunc Stans, Lammergeyer

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[Simon Bauch]

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Thank you for this APK, I will definetly look into other albums from this artist. Any recommendations?

 

Simon

----- Original Message -----

From: isomorphmusic@...

To: dataobscura@...

Cc: ambient@...

Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 4:47 PM

Subject: Re: (amb) NEW - NUNC STANS: Land - FREE download

Nice mellow droning release.  Just got done listening to it.  It doesn't get too dark.

www.myspace.com/isomorphmusic

dataObscura wrote:

Now available for free download on the Ping Things net release label:

 

NUNC STANS: Land

 

"Land is a stunning work that captures the sound of Nunc Stans at a turning point
where drone-based sensibilities blend seamlessly with melodic work to create a stunning
sonic environment for the listener to explore. Influenced by the stark beauty of Northern
Canada, Kerby has created a set of aural landscapes that inspires and delights from the
cold drones of opener "Before the Colors Deepened", through the sparse melodies and
underlying urgency of "Journey of a Thousand Days", to closing track "Ice Field" with it's
beautiful humming tones and found sounds."
- rik maclean (Ping Things)

tracks (40 minutes)

- Before the Colors Deepened
- Journey of a Thousand Days
- Land
- Submerged Island
- Sitka Sound
- Ice Field

Get it here   http://www.pingthings.com/PTlabel.htm

Starts with a couple of attractive openers, then gets into deeper, darker waters
with the title track, "Land". 

Enjoy!

APK

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www.dataobscura.com

The Circular Ruins, Nunc Stans, Lammergeyer

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[dataObscura]

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Simon

 

You should for sure pick up the other free Nunc Stans download "Ellesmere Island" here

http://www.dataobscura.com/free.php

 

And look down the DataObscura catalog to find 4 full releases

http://www.dataobscura.com/products.php?cat=7

 

The most recent is at the top, "The Palm at the End of the Mind", which came out just a month or so ago.

Both it and the previous "Timeless" are similar style to "Land".

 

There are lots of audio samples to listen to.

 

Nunc Stans is a project of mine, so I will refrain from telling you just how excellent they are ... the samples will speak for themselves !

 

Thanks.

 

APK

 

 

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Cc: ambient@...

Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 10:12 AM

Subject: Re: (amb) NEW - NUNC STANS: Land - FREE download

Thank you for this APK, I will definetly look into other albums from this artist. Any recommendations?

 

Simon

----- Original Message -----

From: isomorphmusic@...

To: dataobscura@...

Cc: ambient@...

Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 4:47 PM

Subject: Re: (amb) NEW - NUNC STANS: Land - FREE download

Nice mellow droning release.  Just got done listening to it.  It doesn't get too dark.

www.myspace.com/isomorphmusic

dataObscura wrote:

Now available for free download on the Ping Things net release label:

 

NUNC STANS: Land

 

"Land is a stunning work that captures the sound of Nunc Stans at a turning point
where drone-based sensibilities blend seamlessly with melodic work to create a stunning
sonic environment for the listener to explore. Influenced by the stark beauty of Northern
Canada, Kerby has created a set of aural landscapes that inspires and delights from the
cold drones of opener "Before the Colors Deepened", through the sparse melodies and
underlying urgency of "Journey of a Thousand Days", to closing track "Ice Field" with it's
beautiful humming tones and found sounds."
- rik maclean (Ping Things)

tracks (40 minutes)

- Before the Colors Deepened
- Journey of a Thousand Days
- Land
- Submerged Island
- Sitka Sound
- Ice Field

Get it here   http://www.pingthings.com/PTlabel.htm

Starts with a couple of attractive openers, then gets into deeper, darker waters
with the title track, "Land". 

Enjoy!

APK

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www.dataobscura.com

The Circular Ruins, Nunc Stans, Lammergeyer

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[Simon Bauch]

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Oups.. browsing DataObscura I realized Nunc Stans is another "incarnation" of yours ;) Well Anthony, I guess you have a happy, returning customer.

 

About the music on "Land", I dig the cold influence of northern Canada, I was born in Quebec city and spent 28 years there until I decided I'd had enough of those frikin cold winters! I now live in Brazil for about 4 years (thank god) and I sometimes wonder what influence this tropical weather could have on an "icy" ambient artist. I spend some charming moments sitting on an empty beach, looking at the scenery and it seems like a perfect setup for composing ambient. But, I don't know anyone here who is into this kind of music. Is the relative sadness of cloudy northern winters making people become introspective and creative?

 

Simon

 

----- Original Message -----

From: dataobscura@...

To: ambient@...

Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 11:47 AM

Subject: (amb) NEW - NUNC STANS: Land - FREE download

Now available for free download on the Ping Things net release label:

 

NUNC STANS: Land

 

"Land is a stunning work that captures the sound of Nunc Stans at a turning point
where drone-based sensibilities blend seamlessly with melodic work to create a stunning
sonic environment for the listener to explore. Influenced by the stark beauty of Northern
Canada, Kerby has created a set of aural landscapes that inspires and delights from the
cold drones of opener "Before the Colors Deepened", through the sparse melodies and
underlying urgency of "Journey of a Thousand Days", to closing track "Ice Field" with it's
beautiful humming tones and found sounds."
- rik maclean (Ping Things)

tracks (40 minutes)

- Before the Colors Deepened
- Journey of a Thousand Days
- Land
- Submerged Island
- Sitka Sound
- Ice Field

Get it here   http://www.pingthings.com/PTlabel.htm

Starts with a couple of attractive openers, then gets into deeper, darker waters
with the title track, "Land". 

Enjoy!

APK

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www.dataobscura.com

The Circular Ruins, Nunc Stans, Lammergeyer

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[dataObscura]

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Ah, Quebec City ... wonderful place .... in the summer :)

Yep, its crazily freezing and hard to get by up there in the winter. I can understand your relief at moving south.

 

Landscape / Soundscape

 

I was going to reply off-list, but the connection between physical-landscape and audio-landscape is an interesting one for fans of ambient, and maybe other people have things to say about it here.

 

I do find a tendency towards the more isolationist and northern/icy in a lot of my listening (and recent composing). Much of it starting with the works of Biosphere, where the feeling of a northern climate blows through most of his work. Soundscape / landscape, they so easily go together ... one seen in terms of the other. One reminding you of the other. One taking you to the other.

 

And I do think a lot more composing can happen where there are long, cold winters. You stay inside and become more introspective, or at least introspective in a different way than if you were sitting on a beautful warm beach on a bright sunny day. A lot of art is certainly born from lack and isolation.

 

The far north gives you a sense of the individual as an isolated, totally insignificant speck in a vast inhospitable, and even inhuman, surrounding world. This is so very different from the urban experience of busy clutter, artificiality, distraction, and too many people wanting attention.

 

Interesting stuff.

 

APK

www.dataobscura.com/apk

 

 

 

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To: dataobscura@... ; ambient@...

Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 10:54 AM

Subject: Re: (amb) NEW - NUNC STANS: Land - FREE download

Oups.. browsing DataObscura I realized Nunc Stans is another "incarnation" of yours ;) Well Anthony, I guess you have a happy, returning customer.

 

About the music on "Land", I dig the cold influence of northern Canada, I was born in Quebec city and spent 28 years there until I decided I'd had enough of those frikin cold winters! I now live in Brazil for about 4 years (thank god) and I sometimes wonder what influence this tropical weather could have on an "icy" ambient artist. I spend some charming moments sitting on an empty beach, looking at the scenery and it seems like a perfect setup for composing ambient. But, I don't know anyone here who is into this kind of music. Is the relative sadness of cloudy northern winters making people become introspective and creative?

 

Simon

 

----- Original Message -----

From: dataobscura@...

To: ambient@...

Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 11:47 AM

Subject: (amb) NEW - NUNC STANS: Land - FREE download

Now available for free download on the Ping Things net release label:

 

NUNC STANS: Land

 

"Land is a stunning work that captures the sound of Nunc Stans at a turning point
where drone-based sensibilities blend seamlessly with melodic work to create a stunning
sonic environment for the listener to explore. Influenced by the stark beauty of Northern
Canada, Kerby has created a set of aural landscapes that inspires and delights from the
cold drones of opener "Before the Colors Deepened", through the sparse melodies and
underlying urgency of "Journey of a Thousand Days", to closing track "Ice Field" with it's
beautiful humming tones and found sounds."
- rik maclean (Ping Things)

tracks (40 minutes)

- Before the Colors Deepened
- Journey of a Thousand Days
- Land
- Submerged Island
- Sitka Sound
- Ice Field

Get it here   http://www.pingthings.com/PTlabel.htm

Starts with a couple of attractive openers, then gets into deeper, darker waters
with the title track, "Land". 

Enjoy!

APK

--------------------------------------------------------------
www.dataobscura.com

The Circular Ruins, Nunc Stans, Lammergeyer

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[Caleb Deupree]

We used to have a convertible, so I spent some time wondering what  
kind of music to play whilst driving with the top down.  Beach music  
has a similar vibe, and for the most part, ambient music doesn't  
really fit either one, at least if we associate the beach with fun,  
parties, etc.  A desolate beach, empty and full of fog, is a great  
setting for ambient music, and one might suggest some Jeff Greinke or  
similar artists.

I wouldn't say that cold is necessary for ambience.  Steve Roach and  
other artists have some great music inspired by the desert.

On Aug 1, 2008, at 8:40 AM, dataObscura wrote:

> I was going to reply off-list, but the connection between physical-
> landscape and audio-landscape is an interesting one for fans of  
> ambient, and maybe other people have things to say about it here.

---
Caleb Deupree
ctdeupree@...
http://classicaldrone.blogspot.com

[dataObscura]

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Forgot to mention this:

 

Now available for free download from DataObscura:

The Circular Ruins: A Treatise On Navigation

This is collection of the very best unreleased tracks from 2007.
And they make a fine 42 minute album.

tracks

- A Treatise On Navigation
- Cerulean Blue
- Looking Glass
- Waterfront
- By The Telling Of It

It's MP3 encoded at 256kbs.

You can find it, along with other free downloads, on this page:

www.dataobscura.com/free.php

Or you can download the zip file directly here:

http://www.dataobscura.com/free_stuff/EP005_THE_CIRCULAR_RUINS.zip

 

Enjoy!

APK

 

 

 

 

[dataObscura]

> I wouldn't say that cold is necessary for ambience.  Steve Roach and
> other artists have some great music inspired by the desert.

Indeed.
The desert is another vast, isolated, inhuman landscape that inspires
ambient music.
Another is, of course, space.

The frozen north. The desert. Outer-space.


APK