Star's End 1997 in Review

Listing of Most Significant Releases in 1997 (alphabetical)
Compiled by Chuck van Zyl


Air Sculpture           Europa                  Neu Harmony
James Asher             Dance of the Light      New Earth
Biosphere               Substrata               Thirsty Ear
KetilBjornstad/DDarling The River               ECM
Ian Boddy               Continuum               Something Else
Ian Boddy/Ron Boots     Phase 3                 Groove
Ron Boots               Too Many Secrets        Groove
Thom Brennan            Beneath Clouds          Arya
Cathexis                Exempli Gratia          Hypnotic
Caul                    The Sound of Faith      Katyn
Cluster                 Live USA 1996           Purple Pyramid
Jim Cole/Specrtal VoicesCoalescense             Spectral Spiral
Coma Virus              Hidden                  Side Effects
Crown Invisible         Crown Invisible         Cursor Club
Dilate                  Octagon                 Hypnotic
Forrest Fang            The Blind Messenger     Cuneiform
Robert Fripp            That Which Passes       Discipline
Ruben Garcia            Room Full of Easels     Close Tolerance
Mathias Grassow         Lanzarote Spirits       No CD
Green Adaptor           Loska                   Hypnotic
M Griffin               Sudden Dark             Hypnos
Hazard                  Lech                    Malignant
Human Mesh Dance        thesecretnumbertwelve   12k
Bernd Kistenmacher      Compiled Dreams         Green Tree
Al Gromer Khan          Space Hotel             New Earth
KooKoon                 High Wire               Traumton
Labradford              Labradford              Kranky
Larkin                  O'cean                  Enso
Mo Boma             Myths of the Near Future 3  Extreme
Mystical Sun            Primordial Atmospheres  n/l
Pete Namlook/HIA        SHADO                   Fax
Kenneth Newby           Sirens                  City of Tribes
Loren Nerell            Lilin Dewa              Side Effects
Nitramelo         Soundtracks From Genius Loci  Hypnotic
Richard Pinhas          De l'un et Du Multiple  Spalax
Radio Massacre Int'l    Organ Harvest           Centaur Discs
Red Shift               Red Shift               Champagne Lake
Robert Rich/Alio Die    Fissures                Fathom
Steve Roach             On This Planet          Fathom
S Roach/Vidna Obmana    Cavern of Sirens        Projekt
Star's of the Lid       The Ballasted Orchestra Kranky
Stokes                  Washed in Mercury       Hypnos
Skuli Sverrisson        Ceremonie               Extreme
Surface 10              Surface 10              Hypnotic
Tear Ceremony           Resin                   Simulacra
Phil Thornton           Alien Encounter         New World
Tuu                     Mesh                    Fathom
Undark                  3396                    Em:t
Viridian Sun            Solar Noise             Hypnos
Jiannis Zedamanis       Jiannis Plugged         Spheric


Star's End Playlist 01.04.98

"Star's End" 1-6AM SatNight/SunMorning  Playlist January 4th, 1998

88.5fmWXPN Philadelphia/88.1fmWXPH Harrisburg,PA/90.5fmWKHS Worton/Baltimore,MD

Host: Chuck van Zyl



1997 in Review: Part Two



ARTIST                  TRACK                   ALBUM (label)



1:00am

Steve Roach             On This Planet          On This Planet (fathom)

JimCole/SpectralVoices  InnrVoices.MtnSideMrng  Coalescense (spectral spiral)

Mo Boma                 Water Baka              Myths Of The Near Future 3 (extreme

Undark                  Stone's Eggs            3396 (em:t)

Tuu                     Migration               Mesh (fathom)

Pete Namlook/HIA        Space Interceptors      SHADO (fax)



2:00am

Air Sculpture           Part 4                  Europa (neu harmony)

Dilate                  Nemo's Chord            Octagon (hypnotic)

Human Mesh Dance        Moth.Argon              thesecretnumbertwelve (12k)

Cathexis                Stream Ov White Light   Exempli Gratia (hypnotic)

Tim Story/Dwight Ashley Expire                  Drop (lektronic soundscapes)

Forrest Fang            Echo                    The Blind Messenger (cuneiform)

Cluster                 Portland Oregon         Live USA 1996 (purple pyramid)

M Griffin           The Sound of Ringing Sleep  Sudden Dark (hypnos)



3:00am

Thom Brennan            Part One                Beneath Clouds (arya)

Loren Nerell         Bamboo Iron Resin Bronze   Lilin Dewa (side effects)

Tear Ceremonie          Prague Frequency        Resin (simulacra)

Caul                    Kyrie                   The Sound of Faith (katyn)

Eleanor Hovda           Glosses/Glacier         Coastal Traces (oo discs)

Viridian Sun            Radial                  Solar Noise (hypnos)



4:00am

Robert Fripp            1-4                     That Which Passes (discipline)

Paul Schutze            77 13' 05" (excerpt)    Second Site (virgin)

Richard Pinhas          Del Occident En General Del Un Et Du Multiple (spalax)

Larkin                  Communitizing           O'cean (enso)

Ruben Garcia            Room Full of Easels     Room Full of Easels (close tolerance)

Crown Invisible         V4                      Crown Invisible (cursor club)



5:00am

Nitramello            Concealed.SculptureDance  Soundtraks From Genius Loci (hypnotic)

Kenneth Newby        Sirens2.Infinite.Mistress  Sirens (city of tribes)

Al Gromer Khan          How Can We B Sure?      Space Hotel (new earth)

Green Adaptor           excerpt                 Loska (hypnotic)

James Asher             Dance of the Light      Dance of the Light (new earth)

Mystical Sun            Lifeforce               Primordial Atmospheres

K Bjornstad/D Darling   Part 2                  The River (ecm)

Labradford            ChannelNtCrssng.Midrange  Labradford (kranky)

Hazard                  Lay By                  Lech (malignant)



6:00am


Star's End Playlist for 05.25.97


"Star's End" 1-6AM SatNight/SunMorning  Playlist for May 25th, 1996

88.5fmWXPN Philadelphia/88.1fmWXPH Harrisburg,PA/90.5fmWKHS Worton/Baltimore,MD

Host: Chuck van Zyl





ARTIST                  TRACK                   ALBUM (label)



1:00am

Jean Michel Jarre       Part 7                  Oxygene 2 (Epic)

Alpha Wave Mvt          Dusk Descending         The Edge of Infinity (Cue)

Andy Pickford           Into the Blue           Works II (Medusa)

Greg Klamt              Obtuse Mongoose         Fluxus Quo (Spotted Peccary)

Red Shift               Shine                   Red Shift (Champagne Lake)

Legion Of Green Men     Owls in the Attic       Northern Circuits (Interchill)

Phil Thornton           1-4                     Alien Encounter (New World)



2:00am

Robert Rich/Alio Die    Stone.Shivers.Sirena    Fissures (Fathom)

Kenneth Newby           Eileithyia              Sirens (City of Tribes)

Lucia Hwong             Generic Actress         Slumberland VA (Waveform)

Mo Boma                 Sannin Bayashi          Myths Of The Near Future 3 (Extreme)

Tuu                     Migration               Mesh (Fathom)

Thom Brennan            Part II (excerpt)       Beneath Clouds (Arya)



3:00am

Vidna Obmana            Twilight Came           Twilight of Perception (Projekt)

Cluster                 Portland, OR #1         Live USA 1996 (Purple Pyramid)

Steve Roach             The Dreamer Descends    Amplexus VA (Projekt)

Coyote Oldman           Dawn Procession         In Beauty I Walk (Hearts Of Space)



4:00am

Alien Farm              Klupt                   Tall Revenant (Tone Casualties)

Caul                    Somnia A Deo Missa      The Sound Of Faith (Katyn)

Labradford              The Cipher.Lake Speed   pre-release (Kranky)

Him                     Liquid Boy              Macro Dub Infection 2 (Gyroscope)

Star's Of The Lid MusicForTwinPeaks1.2.PineArch The Ballasted Orchestra (Kranky)



5:00am

Robert Rich             The Walled Garden       Numena/Geometry (Fathom)

Mystical Sun            Astral Dreams           Primordial Atmospheres (n/l)

Transambient Communi  What Is Musik?.The River  Praze An Beeble (3rd Stone)

K.Bjornstad/D.Darling   Part XII                The River (ECM)



6:00am




Star's End Playlist for 06.29.97


"Star's End" 1-6AM SatNight/SunMorning  Playlist for June 29th, 1996

88.5fmWXPN Philadelphia/88.1fmWXPH Harrisburg,PA/90.5fmWKHS Worton/Baltimore,MD

Host: Chuck van Zyl





ARTIST                  TRACK                   ALBUM (label)



1:00am

SteveRoach/VidnaObmana  Middle World Passage    Cavern of Sirens (Projekt)

Arcanta                 Via Dolorosa            EP (Projekt)

Robert Rich/Alio Die    Stone.Shivers.Sirena    Fissures (Fathom)

Ben Neill               Dream Phase             Tryptical (Antilles)



2:00am

Klaus Schulze           Totem                   Picture Music (Magnum)

Richard Pinhas  De La Revolution Et Du Process  De L'un Et Du Multiple (Spalax)

Sanjiva                 You Are That            Slumberland VA (Waveform)

Otmar Liebert/Lun Negra Grandfather Smiling     Opium (Epic)

Erik Wollo              Wavesong                Transit (Monumental)

William Orbit           Cromer Chroma Mix       Water From A Vine EP (Virgin)



3:00am

Kenneth Newby           Luna.HoweSound.Fathom   Sirens (City of Tribes)

Trial of the Bow        As Night Falls          Rite of Passage (Relapse)

Tuu                   Four Pillars.Great Wheel  Mesh (Fathom)

Forrest Fang          InHeavenThereAreNoBorders The Blind Messenger (Cuneiform)

Skuli Sverrisson        Blind Spot              Seremonie (Extreme)

Jorge Reyes             Body Song               Solar VA (Soleilmoon)



4:00am

Mystical Sun            Astral Dreams 1-4       Primordial Atmospheres (n/l)

Vas                     Rembernce               Sunyata (Narada)

Ruben Garcia            The Whales Are Crying   Room Full of Easels (Close Tolerance)

Larkin                  Emergence               O'cean (Enso)



5:00am

Robert Rich             Geometry of the Skies   Numena/Geometry (Fathom)

Al Jewer                Honor Song              Prairie Plain Song (Laughing Cat)

Mike Oldfield       Wild Goose Flaps Its Wings  Voyager (Reprise)

Teruhisa Fukuda         Kumoi-Jishi             Shakuhachi Banquet (North Pacific)

John Williams           Schindler's Lost        Plays the Movies (Sony)

Hugh Hopper/Alan Gowen  Morning Order           Two Rainbows Daily (Cuneiform)

James Asher             Peace to All Beings     Dance of the Light (New Earth)



6:00am




Star's End Playlist 08.30.98


This Program Was Originally Aired On May 11th, 1997



"Star's End" 1-6AM SatNight/SunMorning  Playlist for August 30th, 1998

88.5fmWXPN Philadelphia/88.1fmWXPH Harrisburg,PA/90.5fmWKHS Worton/Baltimore,MD

Host: Chuck van Zyl



ARTIST                  TRACK                   ALBUM (label)



1:00am

Tuu                     Migration               Mesh (fathom)

Mo Boma                 The Crystal World       Myths Of The Near Future 3 (extreme)

S Roach/Vidna Obmana    AscensionForProtection  Cavern Of Sirens (projekt)

KetilBjornstad/DDarling Part II                 The River (ecm)

IC1                     Noval                   Northern Circuits (interchill)

Red Shift               Blue Shift              Red Shift (champagne lake)



2:00am

Robert Rich             TheOtherSideOfTwilight  Numena/Geometry (fathom)

Thomas Ronkin           The Circular Ruins      Within; Distance (tristissima)

BondBergland&TheBrain   Anderson,IN/Chicago,IL  Cluster Live (purple pyramid)

Phil Thornton ArrivalOfThe.Encounter.BlueLight  Alien Encounter (new world)



3:00am

Syndromeda       Beyond The Horizon Of The Mind Mind Trips (cue)

Alpha Wave Mvt          The Edge Of Infinity    The Edge Of Infinity (cue)

Gordon Minette          The Eden Aspect         The Eden Aspect (poteet)

Transambient Communic   Moonmen (Intro)         Moonmen (3rd stone)

Human Mesh Dance        Tracing                 CloudWatch va (sonic soul)

van Zyl                 Saturn IV               CloudWatch va (sonic soul)

Spacetime Continuum     Pressure                CloudWatch va (sonic soul)



4:00am

Mystical Sun            Astral Dreams           Primordial Atmospheres (n/l)

James Asher             Dawn at Dev-Aura        Dance of the Light (new earth)

Kay Gardner             Jungle Moon             The Drone Zone (relaxation company)



5:00am

R Rich/Alio Die  TurningToSt.CanopyOfSh.Sirena  Fissures (fathom)

ChoyingDrolma/Tibbetts  Shengshil Pema Jungney  Cho (hannibal)

Kenneth Newby           Luna.HoweSound.Fathom   Sirens (city of tribes)

Marta Sebestyen         Fuvom Azenkem           Muzsikas (hannibal)

Al Gromer Khan          Dance of the Hadra      Space Hotel (new earth)

Coyote Oldman           A Splendid Sky          In Beauty I Walk (hearts of space)



6:00am



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