STAR'S END Update - 5 February 2012
The Girl With the Dragon TattooTrent Reznor & Atticus Ross There are not too many recording artists who can point to the likes of Led Zeppelin, Saul Stokes, John Cage and Nine Inch Nails as direct influences on an album project. On The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo soundtrack artists Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have done just that, and more. This three CD fractured musical landscape follows and expands on their award winning soundtrack to The Social Network. With its sonic stories painted from a darker palette some connection to darkness will help the listener relate more meaningfully to this work. Experiencing this soundtrack is to step into a trippy dream landscape, filled with grown-up lullabies, twisted timbres, quick rhythmic cuts and the dark poetry of industrial ambient music. While trembling sonorities and haunting timbres provide moody accompaniment to the film it was produced for this work stands on its own as a three hour feature presentation of "skull" cinema. From an atmosphere of digital sickness to the building suspense of rising trick sequencer patterns, as well as the elegant melancholy of slowly played piano notes through cavernous reverb, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo possesses a ceaselessly arresting eerie strangeness. This duo's unstoppable imagination moves wonderfully between sections featuring a tumultuous frontal line of sound all the way down to passages of unnerving silences and hesitations. With its complex directness, this music is asking to be closely listened to - which may sometimes seem like a dare. Yet as diverse and shifting as this album is, the music is all connected - and gets to places in our mind we did not even know where there.

Tune in to STAR'S END this weekend for music from Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross and their triple CD soundtrack for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

For more on The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo soundtrack, access: www.nullco.com

For more about The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo feature film, access: www.dragontattoo.com

For more on Trent Reznor, access the: www.nin.com

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Duncan Goddard - Radio Massacre International Interview
Duncan Goodard Duncan Goddard phoned in from the UK on the 5 June 2005 broadcast of STAR'S END and spoke about the genesis of Emissaries by RMI and the album's connection to STAR'S END. Along with background on the concept of RMI's performances, Goddard also gave some insight into what feelings he has on the spirituality he experiences while at the center of his band's profound aural explorations. Listen to the 13 minute interview excerpt by clicking the link below:

Duncan Goddard interview: Lo Fi Version

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STAR'S END on MySpace & Facebook
MySpace Facebook STAR'S END Ambient Radio has a MySpace Webpage and a page on Facebook which you are invited to visit. Here you will find some background on the radio show as well as news about the weekly broadcasts, including album reviews and notes on upcoming live in-studio on-air radio concerts. Visitors to the MySpace Webpage may listen to music from the STAR'S END 30th Anniversary Anthology CD while viewers of the Facebook page may interact with other fans. Maintained by STAR'S END listener and supporter Chuck Nixon the STAR'S END MySpace Webpage and Facebook page has a growing list of friends and fans from the worldwide listening community.

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STAR'S END 30th Anniversary Anthology CD
STAR'S END CD To mark 30 years of continuous broadcast of STAR'S END, WXPN has released the STAR'S END 30th Anniversary Anthology CD. This double CD contains over 120 minutes of live music from 12 renowned artists. The unique performances were culled from on-air in-studio radio concerts by some of our community's greatest talents. Included on the disc are previously unreleased live selections donated by: The Ministry of Inside Things, Orbital Decay, Ian Boddy, AirSculpture, Radio Massacre International, Robert Rich, Rudy Adrian, Jonn Serrie, Jeff Pearce, Erik Wolo, Saul Stokes and Steve Roach.

The STAR'S END 30th Anniversary Anthology CD is available for a $60 donation to WXPN, which includes membership and all of its benefits (current WXPN members can receive the STAR'S END 30th Anniversary Anthology CD for a $25 donation). Access the online Pledge Form to support WXPN and aquire your CD (please enter "STAR'S END 30th Anniversary CD" in the "Comments" box). Call 1-800-565-WXPN or send an email to WXPN Member Services for additional details.

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STAR'S END 30th Anniversary Celebration
STAR'S END 30th Anniversary CD Anthology

Selected Ezines - Online
Sonic Immersion Amazing Sounds Ambient Visions Ambience for the Masses Electro Ambient Space Hypnagogue
Selected Magazines - In Print
Sequences #31 e/i Expose E-dition Audion
STAR'S END - Site Search
Google Have you ever been looking for something on this website only to become bogged down by the massive size and enormous content? Now you can find what you are seeking somewhat easier. Searching the STAR'S END Website has become much easier. Look for info on artists, albums, track names, labels, etc. via a Google "site search" - now part of the STAR'S END Website.

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Images From Selected Live On-Air Concerts - Click on an Image for Details
Erik Wollo Saul Stokes RMI Orbital Decay MoIT Ian Boddy

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~ Live on STAR'S END ~

Twyndyllyngs : 4 December 2011
AirSculpture : 13 November 2011
Weingarten Oster Manring : 16 October 2011
Bernhard Wostheinrich : 9 October 2011
Vic Hennegan & Dean DeBenedictis : 2 October 2011
Richard Lainhart : 15 May 2011
Ombient : 1 May 2011
Vic Hennegan : 17 April 2011
The Tangent Project : 20 March 2011
Delicate Monster : 30 January 2011


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