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FREE ADMSISSIONChuck van Zyl + OmbientLive atThe Gatherings Concert SeriesSaturday 13 November 2010 8:00pmSt. Mary's Hamilton VillagePhiladelphia, PA
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| Philadelphia area Spacemusicians Chuck van Zyl and Ombient are set to perform live witihn the remarkable setting of St. Mary's Hamilton Village on 13 November 2010 as part of The Gatherings Concert Series' first free admission event | |
 Chuck van Zyl |
Best known as host of STAR'S END (the renowned radio program of spacemusic dreamscapes) and as coordinator of The Gatherings (Philadelphia's premiere concert series of innovative music), Chuck van Zyl has also been making his own unique style of electronic music since 1985.
However profoundly influenced by the electronic spacemusic of the 1970s, it was ultimately the encouragement of Nightcrawlers founder Peter Gulch that led van Zyl to realize his own music. Following the release of a series of audio cassettes he became prolific in performing live concerts with Xisle and more recently with The Ministry of Inside Things. |
  
During the mid-90's Centaur Discs Ltd of Scotland released Celestial Mechanics and The Relic. These albums compiled many of the early cassette releases onto compact discs. In autumn of 1994 Synkronos Music released Regeneration Mode, the famous collaboration between van Zyl and Peter Gulch. Following its release, the duo traveled to Sheffield England to perform live as part of the 1995 EMMA Festival.
In 1992 Chuck van Zyl founded the group The Ministry of Inside Things. Along with guitarist Art Cohen they performed dozens of live concerts in various venues and unique spaces in the region - including four for the benefit of The Gatherings Concert Series. Owing much to impovisation each original performance traversed a vast sonic terrain. Moit has released three live CDs on the Synkronos Music label: Everlasting Moment, Contact Point and Ambient Elsewhere. | |
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On his unique position in the spacemusic community, van Zyl muses on how his role of communicator can intertwine with that of artist, "My music is an interesting facet in all of this - I'm in the rare position of being responsible for delivering the message (as DJ for STAR'S END) and often responsible for the actual content of the message as well (as an artist in electronic sound)".
Chuck van Zyl plays live at The Gatherings Concert Series on Saturday 13 November 2010. The CD Memoryspace will be released on this date as well. |
Chuck van Zyl/MoIT - 20 September 2008
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Ombient is but one facet of multi-instrumentalist Mike Hunter. Exploring his more ethereal side, Hunter creates improvised soundscapes on a Warr Touch Guitar - a metal stringed guitar-like instrument designed for two-handed playing and extended sound generation. Utilizing a tapping technique associated with this instrument, the process is a radical departure from standard guitar practice. Picking and plucking note cycles amidst quietly growling e-bow guitar lines, Hunter bathes his tones in a deep, vast reverb.
With the addition of several layers of echo, pitch shifting, long and short delay lines as well as modern analogue and software synthesizers, Hunter's live music spans the Space, Ambient, Experimental and New Age genres. |
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The Gatherings Concert Series presents Chuck van Zyl + Ombient live in concert on Saturday 13 November 2010 at 8:00pm (doors open at 7:30pm) in the church sanctuary of St. Mary's Hamilton Village 3916 Locust Walk (just east of 40th & Locust) on the Penn campus in West Philadelphia. Free Admission: available at the door, night of show.
Advance Tickets are now available for the 2010 concerts. Along with the individual Spring concert tickets is a
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Nepenthe - 21st Century Neo-Expressionism
The 2010 Season at The Gatherings Concert Series is funded in part by Nepenthe Music. An independent record label based in Toledo, OH, Nepenthe Music is dedicated to the music releases of Dwight Ashley and selected projects by Tim Story, Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Cluster.
For more about Nepenthe Music, please access: http://www.nepenthemusic.com
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The Gatherings Concert Series is presented by the all-volunteer staff of The Corporation for Innovative Music and Arts of Pennsylvania
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