WDIY's Space Music Program airs every Thursday at 11:04 pm.
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Alpha Wave Movement is Gregory T. Kyryluk. His music offers ambient electronic
excursions into deep space using seductive sound design.
As a child, Gregory was drawn to his family's cheap electric organ that allowed him to play chords using buttons with his left hand while his right hand played melodies on a keyboard. As an adult, Jazz Fusion and Progressive Rock opened his ears to structure. While mostly self taught, he took a few courses in college in including jazz performance where he played electric bass. Music by John Williams, Jean Michel Jarre, Kitaro, and early new age music inspired Gregory to explore synthesizers and the concept of making music without the dependency of having a band. As an artist and adamant music listener, he focuses on the freedom and exploratory nature of music. The first official Alpha Wave Movement music available on CD appeared in the early 1990s on the Silent Records "From Here to Tranquility" series. As Open Canvas and Anodize, Gregory released music on Groove Unlimited when it was called Cue Records. The remainder of his releases have been released on his own Harmonic Resonance Recordings label. Alpha Wave Movement has been a Special Focus on Galactic Travels before: |
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| 01/05 | The Mystic & the Machine |
| 01/12 | Cosmic Mandala |
| 01/19 | Soniq Variants |
| 01/26 | Beyond Silence |
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Arcane is Paul Lawler of Manchester, England. He began his musical career as a
session brass player working with the Halle Orchestra and BBC Radio amongst
many others. After years of composing music in his own time he decided
to make the transition into media composition on a full time basis
following a series of television commissions for the BBC. Equally adept
with both cutting edge technology and classical idioms, his music has
a very unique and contemporary style. Paul has been in great demand since
composing his first television score in 1998 for the BBC series Ancient
Voices. Other commissions include the major BBC series Apeman-Adventures
in Human Evolution and Ancient Apocalypse. Paul's music has been used on
hundreds of Television shows from around the world including Saturday Night
Live, The Montel Williams Show, The Late Late Show in the USA and the major
drama productions Ice Age and Cobra, plus the feature film Countdown
described by Hollywood moguls as "Russia's First Blockbuster" and "the
most ambitious film to come out of Russia."
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| Date | Title |
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| 02/02 | Tomorrow's Wasteland |
| 02/09 | Quarantine Landers |
| 02/16 | Aphelion Holocaust 3000 |
| 02/23 | Pulse |
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VoLt is an electronic music duo from the UK consisting of Michael
Shipway and Steve Smith. Originally in a Pop/Rock band called Hi-Fi,
their interest in sampling and synthesized sound led them to form
Artificial Intelligence. These bands were based upon composed
music.
After composing three solo electronic albums on the Surreal to Real label and striving to write a fourth, it occurred to Michael that he and Steve had never tried to play music live and spontaneous with no prior arranging. Everything had always been carefully prepared, recorded, and edited to achieve the required result. Both Mike and Steve agreed it would be a good idea to try some sessions playing live in the studio with no pre-planned ideas except for some programmed sequencers. "The Far Canal" was recorded in three sessions and VoLt came into being. |
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| Date | Title |
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| 03/02 | The Far Canal |
| 03/09 | Star Compass |
| 03/16 | A Day Without Yesterday |
| 03/23 | Nucleosynthesis |
| 03/30 | HjVi |
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Robert Scott Thompson works in the ambient, electroacoustic,
contemporary instrumental, pop, and avant-garde genres. He is Professor of Music
Composition at Georgia State University in Atlanta. Dr. Thompson is also Director
of the Center for Audio Recording Arts (CARA). He runs the
Aucourant Records
label which has released selections of his work in a wide range of styles.
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| Date | Title |
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| 04/06 | Blue Day |
| 04/13 | Pendere |
| 04/20 | Upon the Edge of Night |
| 04/27 | Morning of the World |
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Based in Houston, Texas, Cyber Zen Sound Engine consists of the anonymous
duo GraceNoteX and Smith6079. With their "Cooperation" album, Tom Boon
was added as a third full member.
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| Date | Title |
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| 05/04 | Moonscapes |
| 05/11 | The Intercepted Transmissions |
| 05/18 | Ausländer |
| 05/25 | Cooperation |
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Born in Eschwege, Germany, Wolfram Spyra is a composer of electronic music,
sound artist and inventor. Sound is his art form. He has worked for film,
television, theatre, dance and as sound designer.
Spyra began his career in the early 1990s constructing soundscapes and installations around Germany. He has collaborated with a wide range of visual artists, musicians, producers, and DJs. He has released several albums, starting in 1995 with "Homelistening Is Killing Clubs." Spyra's focus is on electronic music, seamlessly blending interesting samples, synthesizers, percussion and other elements together in unique ways. While sometimes experimental, most of his music has a certain accessibility in terms of the rhythmic and melodic components. Though frequently associated with the retro or Berlin School sound pioneered by Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream, and others, he uses modern ambient electronica elements extensively, creating his own rich sound that defies easy categorization. The Special Focus listing on WDIY's website is HERE. Spyra has been a Special Focus on Galactic Travels before: |
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| Date | Title | Label |
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| 06/01 | My Little Garden of Sounds | self released |
| 06/08 | Meditationen | Manikin |
| 06/15 | Achtunsechzig 24 | Manikin |
| 06/22 | Gasoline 91 Octane | Manikin |
| 06/29 | Staub | Butterfly Collectors |
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Spacecraft was formed in 1996 after a listening session of NASA image
and sound mappings from the Voyager space probe. Founding members Tony
Gerber and John Rose along with Diane Timmons formed the core of the
group. With Chris Blazen, their first record, simply titled Spacecraft,
was released in 1997 on the now defunct Lektronic Soundscapes label. As
a reaction to the label's demise, Tony Gerber founded the
Space for Music
record label. Spacecraft releases its CDs on this label as do many other
fine groups and solo acts. The band includes Giles Reaves whenever possible
and enjoys widespread airplay on many radio programs worldwide. More
information can be found at their concert review.
The Special Focus listing on WDIY's website is HERE. Spacecraft have been a Special Focus on Galactic Travels before: |
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| Date | Title | Label |
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| 07/06 | Kaleida Dreams | Space for Music |
| 07/13 | Twentieth Century Mix | MP3.COM |
| 07/20 | Cybersphere | Space for Music |
| 07/27 | Inside the Inside | Space for Music |
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In 1996, RPM was founded by Stephen Parsick, Lambert Ringlage, and
Frank Makowski. But Ringlage left the project by year's end. This
prompted the band's name change to ['ramp] as the original name
stemmed from the initials of the three founders. The new moniker refers to the
Dutch word "de ramp" which means "disaster" or "catastrophe."
As a duo, Parsick and Makowski ventured into experimental ambient and electronic realms, giving birth to a style of music the band playfully refered to as doombient. ['ramp] also experimented through collaborations with other artists. The soprano Martina Beine was the first of these and joined the band for a short while in 1997 but left the next year. Between 1997 and 2003, the second and third incarnation of ['ramp] released a string of albums and played concerts in the Netherlands, the UK, and Germany before activities were forced to come to a halt in early 2003. In 2005, the release of the 2001 concert recording of the Jodrell Bank performance ("oughtibridge") promised a return from the graveyard with a vengeance. Even though another five albums followed in the wake of "oughtibridge," the band was no longer the same, resulting in ['ramp] becoming a solo project of Stephen Parsick. ['ramp] is pronounced "rump." The Special Focus listing on WDIY's website is HERE. ['ramp] and Stephen Parsick have been a Special Focus on Galactic Travels before: |
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| Date | Title |
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| 08/03 | A CDr from 1999 |
| 08/10 | oughtibridge |
| 08/17 | doombient.one |
| 08/24 | looking back in anger |
| 08/31 | steel and steam |
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Remy is Remy Stroomer from the Netherlands. He has been making synthesizer music
for many years and runs the Deserted Island Music label. He is a veteran of many
EM concerts in Europe, including the final Ricochet Gathering held in Berlin in 2010.
The Special Focus listing on WDIY's website is HERE. |
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| Date | Title | Label |
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| 09/07 | Sessions 2012 | Deserted Island Music |
| 09/14 | I-dentity | Deserted Island Music |
| 09/21 | The Great Church trilogy | Deserted Island Music |
| 09/28 | EOD | AKH Records |
| Here is the Top 20 Monthly Report for September. |
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Paul Vnuk Jr is a professional audio engineer, musician and music producer
living in Oak Creek, WI. Since 1995 he has been producing critically acclaimed
electro-acoustic ambient music on his own, with Tribal Ambient duo Ma Ja Le
with Christopher Short and with collaborators including Tony Gerber, Oöphoi,
Vir Unis, MindSpiral, and James Johnson.
His most recent releases are the ECM flavored ambient jazz album "The Moss Garden Sessions" with guitarist Greg Hurley and saxophonist Brian Good and he also contributed drums, synths and vocals to the Sensitive Chaos album "March of the Timeshifters" which was nominated as one of 2015's top five electronic albums by the Zone Music Reporter. By day he is a professional audio engineer at his studio Moss Garden Music and is the Tech Director at Grace Church in Racine, WI. He is also the Technical Editor of Recording Magazine. The Special Focus listing on WDIY's website is HERE. |
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| Date | Title | Entity | Label |
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| 10/05 | Dreams in the Orchards of Saturn | Ma Ja Le | MP3.COM |
| 10/12 | Seed | Ma Ja Le and James Johnson | Hypnos |
| 10/19 | Distance to Zero | Paul Vnuk, Jr. and Oöphoi | Hypnos |
| 10/26 | Hymn of Tongues | Paul Vnuk, Jr. | Atmoworks |
| Here is the Top 20 Monthly Report for October. |
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Michael Allison has been playing and composing music since the age of 16. His
humble beginnings started in High School as lead singer for Brimstone in the
Central Valley town of Modesto, California.
At the age of 17 he joined a "show band" from Los Angeles as the bassist for Skyway touring the South and the Pacific North West. Soon after they disbanded, he formed a life long friendship with Naux (Juan Maciel) playing in such bands as Nona Hendryx and Zero Cool, Richard Hell and China Shop in New York City. In 1984, he formed his own band Empty House playing to very enthusiastic crowds in places like CBGBs, TRAX and The Pyramid Club; where they were the "house" band performing every Tuesday night. However, it was through his connection with Naux that Michael began composing music fusing "ambient" and "jazz" influences from Brian Eno to Miles Davis. In 1992, he began a solo career writing and recording music that soon became known as Darshan Ambient; releasing several critically acclaimed albums such as Providence, The Zen Master's Diary, Autumn's Apple, re: Karma, From Pale Hands To Weary Skies, A Day Within Days and Dream In Blue. Allison's music has been used in films, documentaries and television commercials. The Special Focus listing on WDIY's website is HERE. Darshan Ambient has been a Special Focus on Galactic Travels before: |
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| Date | Title |
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| 11/02 | From Pale Hands to Weary Skies |
| 11/09 | A Day Within Days |
| 11/16 | Dream in Blue |
| 11/23 | Falling Light |
| 11/30 | Songs from the Deep Field |
| Here is the Top 20 Monthly Report for November. |
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MYTHOS was founded in 1969 by multiinstrumentalist Stephan Kaske and Thomas Hildebrand
(drums) and Harald Weiße (bass). In 1980, Kaske went solo and opened a studio.
Kaske produced countless bands and projects as well as music for TV, radio, film and
commercials. Since 1990, Kaske has been producing for MEMBRAN, resulting in more than
a dozen MYTHOS releases plus numerous productions of other styles.
2009 saw the first Mythos live production in decades. Mythos performed numerous concerts in various venues; planetaria, churches, festivals, open air events and vernissages. The Special Focus listing on WDIY's website is HERE. |
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| Date | Title | Label |
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| 12/07 | Surround Sound Evolution | Sireena |
| 12/14 | Grand Prix | Sireena |
| 12/21 | Jules Verne Forever | Groove Unlimited |
| 12/28 | Jules Verne - Around the World in 80 Minutes | Groove Unlimited |
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