Significant Releases of 2019 (non-ranking order)

Rudy Adrian: Woodlands (Spotted Peccary) AES Dana: Inks (Ultimae) Alio Die & Lorenzo Montana: The Threshold of Beauty (Projekt) Alluste: In the Deep Blue (self released) Ambrosini & Supersonus: Resonances (ECM Records) The Amnis Initiative: Identity (self released) Anzio Green: Lygan (TXT Recordings) Areni Agbabian: Bloom (ECM Records) Ambientium: City of Memories (self released) Amp: Entangled Time (Sound in Silence Records) Awenson: Hope (Groove Unlimited) Awenson: Within (Groove Unlimited) Axon Defecto: The Beginning of the New End (self released) B Ashra: The Sound of LSD: 75 Years of LSD (Klangwirkstoff) Caterina Barbieri: Ecstatic Computation (Editions Mego) Adrian Beasley: Machine Code (self released) Chaka Benson: Live at Star's End (self released) Beyond Berlin: Totem (Groove Unlimited) Sofie Birch: Planetes (Seil Records) Biosphere: The Hilvarenbeek Recordings (Biophon Records) Biosphere: The Senja Recordings (Biohon Records) Bluetech: Cosmic Dubs (self released) Bluetech: Liquid Geometries in Dub (Liquid Sound Design) Bluetech: Sci Fi Lullabies (self released) Ian Boddy: Altair (DiN) Ian Boddy: Altair Redux (DiN) Ian Boddy/Nigel Mullaney: Schemes & Ruses (DiN/DDL) Wil Bolton: Kochi (Audiobulb) Wil Bolton: Surface Reflections (Sound in Silence) Ron Boots: Once the Dust Settles (Groove Unlimited) Kevin Braheny Fortune: Liminal Space (self released) Steve Brand: Counterintelligence (Pioneer Light) Steve Brand: Graduated (Databloem) Thom Brennan: Another Time Another Space (TMB Soundworks) Thom Brennan: Imaginary Conquests (TMB Soundworks) Thom Brennan: Soundgardens (TMB Soundworks) Joep Breving: Henosis (Deutsche Grammophon) Nicholas Britell: If Beale Street Could Talk (Lakeshore Records) C Jay: Adem (Groove Unlimited) Peter Challoner: Livescapes 6 (Ambient Sounds Project) Mick Chillage: Perfect Projection/The River (Moatun 7) Concept Devices: Concept Devices (Groove Unlimited) Max Corbacho: Echo of Longing (Silentsun) Alessandro Cortini: Volume Massimo (Mute) Cosmic Ground: Cosmic Ground 5 (Studio Fleisch) Michael Crane/Jason Carey: Tiamatu Twilight of the Arctic (Cranium Music) d'Voxx: Telegraphe (DiN) Sarah Davachi: Pale Bloom (W 25th) Kelly David: Meditation in Green (Spotted Peccary) Datadrift: Live at The Gatherings (self released) Rene de Bakker: Our Gift (Groove Unlimited) Defective AI: A Book of Coherent Warnings (Jealous Butcher Records) Deuter: Mirage (New Earth Records) Dispellers: Mis+ress (Sound in Silence) Djam Karet: A Sky Full of Stars For a Roof (HC Productions) Kit Downes: The Dreamlife of Debris (ECM Records) Dronal: Interval Motion (Supple 9) Jon Durant: Alternate Landscapes (Alchemy Records) Tom Eaton: How It Happened (Spotted Peccary) Ebauche: Formic Syntax (Supple 9) Ecovillage: Sacred World (Constellation Tatsu) Ludovico Einaudi: Seven Days Walking: Day One (Decca) Paul Ellis: Interstellar Nataraja (Groove Unlimited) Paul Ellis/Daryl Groetsch: The Interior Rhythms (self released) Eluvium: Pianoworks (Temporary Residence) Brian Eno: Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks (extended edition) (UMC) The Equinox Project: Waiting for Spring (self released) Fluxus: Silent Seas (self released) Fluxus: Shored Against My Ruins (self released) Fennesz: Agora (Touch) Forrest Fang: Ancient Machines (Projekt) Forrest Fang: The Fata Morgana Dream (Projekt) Fourth Dimension: Ubique (Exosphere) Nils Frahm: All Encores (Erased Tapes) Frame: The Journey (Glacial Movements) Free System Projekt: British Aisles vol 2 (Groove Unlimited) Futuregrapher & Eric Taylor: Effects of Clouds (Neotantra) Pepo Galan/Max Wuerden: All of a Sudden (Unknown Tone Records) Jan Garbarek/The Hilliard Ensemble: Remember Me My Dear (ECM Records) Matthias Grassow/Michael Bruckner: Polar Vortex (Databloem) GROBEK: GROBEK I (self released) Hildur Guonadottir: Chernobyl (Deutsche Grammophon) Hildur Guonadottir: Joker (Watertower Music) Halftribe: Backwater Revisited (Dronarivm) Hammock: Silencia (Hammock Music) Hammock: Undercurrents (Hammock Music) Hammock: Universalis (Hammock Music) David Helpling: Rune (Spotted Peccary) Janne Hanhisuanto: Serenitas (self-released) Porya Hatami: Sallaw (Dronarivm) Ian Hawgood: Impermanence (Slowcraft) Bart Hawkins: 21 Pulse Eclipse (Spotted Peccary) Tim Hecker: Anoyo (Kranky) Jack Hertz: Back to the Moon 1 (Aural Films) Hotel Neon: Relic (self released) Hotel Neon: Vanishing Forms (Archives) Hotel Neon: Virtual Forms (Archives) Hugar: Varda (Masterworks) Huron: Happy Transmission (Rad Cult) An Imaginal Space: Limitation (self released) Isostatic: Woodland Structure (Exosphere) jarguna: Prospettive Animche (Projekt) jarguna and Friends: Trapped vol 3 (Projekt) Jogging House: Lure (Seil Records) Sverre Knut Johanson: Precambrian (Spotted Peccary) Jeff Johnson/Phil Keaggy: Cappadocia (Ark Music) Eleni Karaindrou: Tous des Oiseaux (ECM Records) Kevin Keller: Ice Worlds (self-released) Kevin Kendle: Illumination (Eventide Music) Kevin Kendle: Terra (Eventide Music) Kryshe: Hauch (Serein) Lambert: Dimensions of Dreams (Spheric Music) Laraaji: Bring on the Sun (All Saints Records) Sven Laux: ODD (Whitelabrecs) Sven Laux/Daniela Orvin: The Writings (Dronarivm) Michael Lawrence: Into the Darkness (self released) K Leimer: Useless Epitomes (Palace of Lights) Less Bells: Solifuge (Kranky) Mica Levy: Monos (Lakeshore) Liai: Lily (Constellation Tatsu) Lingua Lustra: Sonic Being (Exosphere) Simon Lomax: How the Shadow Falls (self released) loscil: Equivalents (Kranky) Dave Luxton: After the Epoch (Wayfarer Records) Dave Luxton: Collected Ambient Works II (Wayfarer Records) Mac: Removed (self-released) Marconi Union: Dead Air (Just Music) Eve Maret: No More Running (self released) K Markov: High Voltage (self released) K Markov: Secret (self released) K Markov: Interactivity (Exosphere) K Markov: Interstellar Travel (self released) Motionfield: A Clear Horizon (TXT Recordings) James Murray: Embrace Storms (Slowcraft) James Murray/Francis M Gri: Remote Redux (Ultimae) Massergy: Fire Opal (Spotted Peccary) Cliff Martinez: Too Old to Die Young (Milan Records) Byron Metcalf/Mark Seelig: Persistent (Projekt) Stephan Micus: White Night (ECM Records) Moksha Black: 009 (The Buddy System Project) Tom Moore/Sherry Finzer: A Journey for Mankind (Heartdance Records) Tom Moore/Sherry Finzer: Sound Currents (Heart Dance Records) Mrman & Friends: Insights (Manikin) Loren Nerell/Mark Seelig: Cave Dwellers (Seven Tones) Netherworld: Algida Bellezza (Glacial Movements) Noya Godwin Jurjendal: Samliku (New Dog) O Yuki Conjugate: Sleepwalker (Auf Abwegen) offthesky: Fallow (Dronarivm) Olan Mill: Sacred Geometry (Dronarivm) Seamus O'Muineachain: City of Lakes (self released) Ombient: The Temple of Saturn (self released) onewayness: Bansang (Onomastic Records) Jim Ottaway: Beyond the Purple Sun (self released) Craig Padilla/Marvin Allen: Toward the Horizon (Spotted Peccary) Palancar: Yurushiiro (Emergent World) Palancar: Scarab (Emergent World) Parallel Worlds: Sorrow (Moatun 7) David Parsons: Chakra (gterma) Patrick Kosmos: Mindscapes (Groove Unlimited) Jeff Pearce: Skies and Stars (self released) Stephen Peppos: Deep Listen (Audio Bear) Martin Peters: Peace One (self-released) Michael Peters/Fabio Anile: Presence (Audiobulb) Phrozenlight: Astronauts vol 3 (Aural Films) Pillion: Enigmas (Groove Unlimited) Pollard/Daniel/Booth: Volume 7 (ECO) Pollard/Daniel/Booth: Pollard/Daniel/Booth (ECO) Pollard/Daniel/Booth: IX (ECO) Dan Pound: The Healing (self released) Project X: Renaissance (self-released) TJ Porter: Abandoned in Place (self released) TJ Porter: Darkness (self released) Pulse Emitter: Calming Winds (Muzan Editions) Prowess: Western Edges (Sound in Silence) Purl/protoU: Sub Life (Dronarivm) Michelle Qureshi: Harmonic Dreams (self released) r beny: Echo's Verse (Dauw) Rabbia: Lost River (ECM Records) Radiant Mind/Steve Roach: HelioSphere (Timeroom) Radio Massacre International: M21 (Northern Echo) Radio Massacre International: The Rhodes Less Travelled (Northern Echo) ['ramp]: van dik hout zaagt men planken (doombient) Rare Frequencies: Escape Velocity (Electronic Opium) Reblooming: Echo Earth (Exosphere) Remixsample: Ambient [Long Songs] (self released) Remote Vision: The Outer Plateau (Exosphere) Remote Vision: The World of Similitudes (Exosphere) Markus Reuter: Monde trilogy (Iapetus Media) Robert Rich: Tactile Ground (Soundscape) Miles Richmond/Peter Grenader w/Steve Roach: POV (ZSR Records) Max Richter: Ad Astra (Deutsche Grammophon) Max Richter: My Brilliant Friend (Deutsche Grammophon) Max Richter: Never Look Away (Deutsche Grammophon) Steve Roach: Atmosphere for Dreaming (Timeroom Editions) Steve Roach: Bloom Ascension (Projekt) Steve Roach: Trance Archeology (Projekt) Roedelius/Story: Lunz 3 (Curious Music) Sam Rosenthal w/Nick Shadow & Steve Roach: The Gesture of History (Projekt) Saloli: The Deep End (Kranky) Mari Samuelson: Mari (Deutsche Grammophon) Luke Sanger: Ancient Pathways (Serein) Arjen Schat: Audionautic Research Program (self released) Arjen Schat: June (self released) Arjen Schat: SiO2 (self released) Rob Simonsen: Reverie (Masterworks) Skoulaman: Fluxes in Philadelphia (Groove Unlimited) Skoulaman: Voyager (self released) Slow Meadow: Happy Occident (Hammock Music) Forrest Smithson: A Right Use of Will (self released) Forrest Smithson: The Healer's Way (self-released) Snufmumriko: Sekunder, eoner (Dronarivm) Son of Ohm: Zeitgeist (self released) Sonogram: Interiors (Simulacra Records) The Soviet Space Dog Project: Broadcasts of Interest (self released) The Soviet Space Dog Project: Cathedral Reconstructions Live (self released) The Soviet Space Dog Project: The Dark (self released) The Soviet Space Dog Project: History of Radio (self released) The Soviet Space Dog Project: Nepeta (self released) Nathan Spier: Searching for Nepsis (Peptic Music) Spinnet: Syzygies (Exosphere) Spyra: InSpyration (Groove Unlimited) STAER: The Garden of Forking Paths (self released) STAER: Telemetry (self released) Stuart A Staples: High Life (Milan Records) Stephanie Sante: Clear Light (self-released) Tim Story: Smudges One: Virga (Curious Music) SQURL: The Dead Don't Die (Back Lot Music) Starkey: Earth (The Ambient Zone) subtractiveLAD: Calm (self released) subtractiveLad: The Man and the Echo (self released) subtractiveLAD: Parabola (self released) Suss: Ghost Box (Expanded) (Northern Spy Records) Swartz: A Living Thing (Utter East) Sync24: Ominous (Leftfield) Tangerine Dream: In Search of Hades: The Virgin Years 1973-1979 (Virgin/UMC) Tapes and Topographies: Ubiquitous Clouds (Simulacra Records) Telomere: Supergiant (-Evenfall) Robert Scott Thompson: Green Flash and the Dryline Chsser (Aucourant Records) Tonal Assembly: Lost and Found in Imaginary Landscapes (Groove Unlimited) Penelope Trappes: Penelope Two (Houndstooth) Joseph Trapanese: Arctic (Sony Classical) Twilight Archive: Drift Factor (self released) Umber: The Earth to Another (Sound in Silence) Chuck van Zyl: Live on Star's End 08.26.18 (WXPN) Chuck van Zyl: Recitals 3 (Synkronos Music) Chuck van Zyl: Spacetones (Groove Unlimited) Vangelis: Nocturne (Decca) George Wallace: The Exquisite Now (Airborne Music) Tim Walters: Fission Cuisine (Aural Films) Tim Walters: Neither Here Nor There (VF Industrial) Kit Watkins: Land (self released) Stephan Whitlan: Sw;arf (Groove Unlimited) A Winged Victory for the Sullen: The Undivided Five (Ninja Tune) Daniel Wohl: Etat (Nonesuch Records) Ad Astra: Confluent Phase (TXT Recordings) Erik Wollo: Infinite Moments (Projekt) Erik Wollo: Sources (Smalltown Supersound) Bernhard Wosteinrich: Live in Ithaca 2018 (Iapetus Media) Wostheinrich/Foreman: Live at Farmingham (Iapetus Media) Bernhard Wostheinrich w/Ombient: Live in Philadelphia 2019 (Iapetus) Bernhard Wostheinrich w/Ombient: Live at The Gatherings 2019 (Iapetus) Various Artists: AEther Waves vol 1 (AEther Waves) Various Artists: Cosines and Tangents (DiN) Various Artists: Curious Collaborators (Curious Music) Various Artists: Free Grooves (Groove Unlimited) Various Artists: Nagual 5 (TXT Recordings) Various Artists: Pop Ambient 2019 (Kompakt) Various Artists: The Unity (Aatma Records) 2019 in Review Broadcasts: 29 December 2019 Playlist - Part One 05 January 2020 Playlist - Part Two 12 January 2020 Playlist - Part Three 19 January 2020 Playlist - Part Four

Highlights From STAR'S END : 2019
02.17.19 STAR'S END Winter Fundraiser 2019 is a record breaking success! Thanks to Everyone who called in and made a donation, and to phone-room volunteers: Chaka Benson, Neil Cippon, Art Cohen, Emily Guthrie, Diane King, Shawn Kralicek, Chuck Nixon, Rochelle Rabin, Ian Staer and Jeff Towne. 02.17.19 Public radio station WXPN releases the CD Chuck van Zyl: Live on Star's End 08.26.18 - which is available only as a "Thank You" Gift to supporters 04.07.19 onewayness performs a live in-studio radio concert on STAR'S END 04.14.19 Worms of the Earth & Bernhard Wostheinrich/Ombient each perform a live in-studio radio concert on STAR'S END 05.12.19 STAER performs a live in-studio radio concert on STAR'S END 05.19.19 Skoulaman performs a live in-studio radio concert on STAR'S END 05.26.19 Ian Boddy releases Altair a double CD album of his 10.21.18 on-air performance for STAR'S END (and 10.20.18 sets at The Gatherings Concert Series in Philadelphia) 06.16.19 Bernhard Wostheinrich/Ombient release Live in Philadelphia 2019 an album of their 04.14.19 on-air performance for STAR'S END 07.21.19 STAR'S END commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing with special lunar themed mix sets 08.04.19 STAER releases Telemetry a CD album featuring an excerpt from his 05.12.19 on-air performance for STAR'S END 08.25.19 Jason Sloan performs a live in-studio radio concert on STAR'S END 08.18.19 STAR'S END preempted for WXPN's Woodstock As It Happened 50th Anniversary special programming 10.05.19 Chuck van Zyl performs a Salon Concert and workshop for Ernest Allen (and family, friends and colleagues) in WXPN's Performance Studio (as offered in WXPN's Spring 2019 Fundraising Auction) 10.06.19 Chuck van Zyl performs a live in-studio radio concert on STAR'S END 10.20.19 5ToK3 performs a live in-studio radio concert on STAR'S END 11.03.19 Simon Lomax performs a live in-studio radio concert on STAR'S END 11.17.19 Guitar Pilots performs a live in-studio radio concert on STAR'S END 12.22.19 STAR'S END presents the annual Regional Winter Holiday themed show
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