KKUP 91.5FM Selects Sensitive Chaos as Best Visionary Music of 2009

KKUP 91.5FM's Eric Mystic, DJ for the Mystic Music radio show, has selected the Sensitive Chaos Emerging Transparency CD as one of the Best Visionary Music of 2009. The CD received airplay on the Visionary Music Marathon that ran from January 1 through January 3, 2010.

Sensitive Chaos was part of a select crowd that included:

Picks of the Year 2009

(or in some cases the year before, if not played on Mystic Music until 2009). The top 30, plus others, were played on the visionary marathon Jan.1, 2010, between Noon and 10 PM. Rankings are a fluid and approximate picture of my experience of these works, and subject to change later, but the number might help you remember a CD you liked that you heard on the marathon, and to find it on this list. Eric Mystic recommends all of these as the best visionary music I know of in 2009. Most are filed in our KKUP library. Those in bold may still be premiums available for a pledge of $40 or more (check DJ for availability); please call during the marathon, or our regular visionary programs, and pledge if you want one. Thanks very much for listening and supporting KKUP Peoples Radio.

1. Robert Carty - Starlight Volume 2
2. David Parsons - Jyoti
3. Steve Roach - Dynamic Stillness
4. Oliver Schroer - Camino
5. Cluster - Qua
6. Jeff Greinke - Virga
7. Steve Roach - Destination Beyond
8. Dan Pound - Rock Into Sand
9. Dan Pound - Esoterica
10. Robert Rich & Faryus - Zerkalo
11. The Tangent Project - Surface
12. Steve Roach - Afterlight
13. Craig Padilla, Zero Ohms & Skip Murphy - Beyond the Portal
14. Numina - Sound Symbols
15. Aes Dana - Leylines
16. Bruno Sanfilippo - Auralspace
17. Igneous Flame/Achromus - Flicker
18. Igneous Flame - Electra
19. Terra Ambient - Wanderlust
20. Bruno Sanfilippo - Piano Textures 2
21. Resonant Drift - The Call
22. Matthew Montfort - Seven Serenades for Scalloped Fretboard Guitar
23. Mike Howe - Time Stands Still
24. H.U.V.A. Network - Ephemeris
25. Solar Fields - Movements
26. Igneous Flame/Disturbed Earth - Harmonium
27. Open Canvas - Travel by Sound
28. William Edge - Crucible
29. Sensitive Chaos - Emerging Transparency
30. Trance Love Airways - Ascension
31. Lea Longo - Zen Voyage
32. Max Corbacho - Ars Lucis
33. Deborah Martin/Erik Wollo - Between Worlds
34. Solar Fields - Reflective Frequencies
35. Michael Demaria - Ocean
36. Circular - Substans
37. Dan Pound - Living Planet
38. Observation Point - Behind the Sun
39. Aomusic - Twirl
40. Lawrence Blatt - The Color of Sunshine

Climbers, runners-up, and works I don't have access to but heard on Neptune Currents or elsewhere (not necessarily in order):

Alpha Wave Movement - Cosmic Mandala (EP)
Derek Jones - Sun Down Moon Up
William Edge - Moth and the Fire Dragon
Chris Bocast/M.J. Catalin - Stratagem
Sky - Love in Grace
Eucalyptus Dream - Ear of the Beholder
Timothy Cooper - East Wind
Jonn Serrie/Gary Stroutsos - Hidden World Beyond
Saul Stokes - Metacollage
National Debt - Third Eye Opener
The Beyman Bros. - Memories of Summer as a Child
Paul Avgerinos/Kevin Braheny - Love
Michael Stribling - The Promise
Cybervixen - Venus
Psychodreamics - Fantasynth

Top compilations, re-releases, etc.

Steve Roach/Vidna Obmana - Spirit Dome/Live Archive
Deuter - Eternity

Some Oldies played in 2009 (in approximate order of airplay)

David Parsons - Earthlight
Robert Carty - Starlight Volume 1
Max Corbacho - Breath Stream
Steve Roach/Erik Wollo - Stream of Thought
Robert Rich/Ian Boddy - React
Rudy Adrian - Desert Realms
Craig Padilla - Below the Mountain
Divine Oracle/Michael Hammer - Touched by the Light
David Parsons - Surya
Dan Pound - Night Watch
Alpha Wave Movement - Terra (available as DVD premium)
various artists incl. Tim Story - In Search of Angels
David Helpling/Jon Jenkins - Treasure
Al Conti - Scheherazade
Kevin Keller - Pendulum
Richard Warner - Quiet Heart/Spirit Wind
Bruno Sanfilippo & Matthias Grassow - Ambessence
Evan Bartholomew - Caverns of Time
Robert Rich - Bestiary
Robert Carty - Timeless
Robert Carty - Darklight
Constance Demby - Novus Magnificat
Loreena McKennitt - An Ancient Muse

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Hearts Of Space features Sensitive Chaos on first show of 2010

Hearts Of Space is considered by most electronic or space musicians as the penultimate radio show for our genre of music. Hearts Of Space is currently running on over 200 NPR affiliates and XM Satellite Radio, and features absolutely the best and most beautifully produced music from around the globe. It is hard to express the emotion and honor of being selected for inclusion on the show. While many analogies abound, suffice to say Hearts Of Space is the "big leagues" for us.

So, it was with great excitement when I discovered that the Sensitive Chaos track "Fifty Light Years From Home" from the Emerging Transparency CD was selected to be the lead off song for Hearts Of Space's first show of 2010, Program # 897 called "Perigee":

Happy New Year, Spacefans!

Here's one of life's imponderables: while our culture reaches some kind of high point during the end-of-the-year holiday celebrations, for those of us in the Northern hemisphere the natural world is at the low point, or perigee in its yearly cycle.

Beneath all the celebration, in the short, chilled days that follow the winter solstice,
 we find a quiet passage on the long journey to spring. We reflect on the year just past, 
and make plans and resolutions for the one to come. It's a period of active reflection, 
a time for looking both inward and outward…at once.

On this transmission of HEARTS of SPACE, we aim to help that reflection, with a wintry electro-ambient journey called PERIGEE. Music is by SENSITIVE CHAOS, BLUETECH, PAN ELECTRIC & ISHQ, RICHARD BONE, GLEN TARACHOW, GLEN DARCEY, BETWEEEN INTERVAL, GULAN, REMKO ARENTZ, and KLAUS SCHULZE.

SENSITIVE CHAOS
Fifty Light Years from Home <>3:09>
: EMERGING TRANSPARENCY ; Subsequent SR002-02; 2009
: Info: www.sensitivechaos.com

BLUETECH
My Dear Friend Kronos <>9:20>
: PHOENIX RISING ; Somnia 007; 2008
: Info: www.somniasound.com

PAN ELECTRIC & ISHQ
Being There (Part 1) <>12:24>
Being There (Part 2) <>13:30>
: ABOUT TIME ; AbsoluteAmbient.com AACD0004; 2008
: Info: www.absoluteambient.com

RICHARD BONE
Benevolence is Relative <>17:59>
: CONNECTION FAILED ; Quirkworks QRK0138; 2008
: Info: www.richardbone.com

GLEN TARACHOW
Ascend <>22:27>
: WATERCLOCK ; Burning Water Rebellion BWR 91007; 2003

GLEN DARCEY
The Garden <>26:29>
: AMBIATA ; Glen Darcey Music 2008
: Info: www.myspace.com/glendarcey

BETWEEN INTERVAL
Delta Capricorni <>30:54>
: THE EDGE OF A FAIRYTALE ; Spotted Peccary SPM-1604; 2009
: Info: www.spottedpeccary.com

GULAN
Sphere <>36:28>
: SPHERE ; Gulan Music 2005
: Info: www.gulan.us

REMKO ARENTZ
No Time <>45:15>
: TRANCE 2008

KLAUS SCHULZE
The Lonely Dead of Midnight <>54:17>
: CONTEMPORARY WORKS 2 ; Rainhorse/Manikin RHMR 200014; 2002

GLEN TARACHOW
Dissolve <>58:59>
: WATERCLOCK ; Burning Water Rebellion BWR 91007; 2003

PRODUCED BY : Steve Davis and Stephen Hill

BAY AREA WEATHER : refueling for innovation

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QRO Magazine Review of Sensitive Chaos' Nophest Performance

QRO Magazine writer Mic Mell reviewed last month's Nophest Music Festival and gave my Sensitive Chaos performance a nice mention. Read the whole review here.

My mention is here:

The music itself passed the spectrum from afternoon ambient electronica to full on blaring rock ‘n' roll at night. Each band that played had their own identity, their own image, and their own talent. There was not a dud in the bunch. Nophest is not musically genre based, and each passing hour continued to showcase electronic, rock, indie, and punk bands, all spanning the extensive and eclectic of Garcia, and the community at large. Friday night included the hard electronic and multimedia presentation of Larvae, and the experimental and lively Jungol. This Piano Plays Itself brought a lush, raw, and well arranged mix of rock and pop. Saturday was a very rock oriented, and the parking lot and stage area were jam packed for the full Renaissance regalia and steampunk sensibility of Extraordinary Contraption, and the blazing guitar and soulful vocals of Garcia's own indie band Nerd Parade. By Sunday, the crowds were sparse, partly due to the endless rain, as well as the unrelenting hangovers. Halfway through the day, Sensitive Chaos summed up the mood perfectly, with a low-key set of electronics that massaged the brain, and soothed the heart. While the music played on, the other major event of Sunday was a large gathering of folks in the parking lot playing six degrees of Kevin Bacon, complete with notes and a map for quick reference.

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Congrats to all Creative Loafing Best of ATL 2009 Winners!

I finally got a chance to peruse the winner list of this year's Creative Loafing Best of ATL 2009.

Thanks to everyone who voted this year. Your support of what makes Atlanta great is always appreciated, and your votes this year are especially welcome.

Jim Combs' solo band, Sensitive Chaos, was voted the runner-up to category winner (and Best of ATL 2008 winner) Judi Chicago in the Creative Loafing Best of 2009 in the Reader's Pick for Best Local Electronic Act.

Sensitive Chaos won the category in 2007 and Combs also won the category in 2005 as half of the duo TouchXtone with Michael Thomas Roe.

Special shoutouts to some friends for topping the charts:

Best overall radio station WRAS-FM (88.5)

Best non-commercial radio station 90.1 (WABE-FM)

Best local blog/blogger Tessa Horehled, DriveAFasterCar.com

Best advocate for the arts WonderRoot Community Arts Center

Best underground art space Eyedrum Art & Music Gallery

Best local spoken word artist The Subliminator

Best place to hear spoken word Java Monkey

Best local rock act Howlies

Best local rock act Nerd Parade

Best local jazz act The Bonaventure Quartet

Best local electronic act Judi Chicago

Best local folk act Hope for Agoldensummer

Best local label Nophi Recordings

Best place to hear local music The Earl

Best rock club The Earl

Best acoustic music club Eddie's Attic

Best Thai Spoon

Best new restaurant Flip Burger Boutique

Best vegetarian: Tie Cafe Sunflower

Best Tacos Taqueria del Sol

Best place for collectors-edition vinyl Criminal Records

Best independent bookstore A Cappella Books

Best comic bookstore Criminal Records

Best CDs Criminal Records

Best used CDs Criminal Records

Best vinyl Wax N' Facts

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The Good Graces EP Release Party

I will be performing with The Good Graces in support of our new EP 'Bring On the Tambourines' at Kavarna in Decatur, this Saturday, September 26, at 8pm. The EP is getting great reviews out in the blogosphere and we enjoy performing the songs. We'll also have a drummer sitting in with us for the show (thanks Donna!).

This is also the CD release party for our friends Chickens & Pigs, and our friend Lindsay Appel will also be performing. As well as other surprise guests.

So a great night of music all the way around. No cover. Come as you are.


The Good Graces are Kim Ware, John McNicholas, and Jim Combs. Read more!

Another mp3 download of new music from The Good Graces

My alt folk band, The Good Graces, is giving away our new EP, Bring On The Tambourines, for FREE - one song at a time.

The EP's third song to be made available, "Pretty New Song" is here:

http://bringonthetambourines.com

This is my personal favorite off the EP, and features Kim on vocals, acoustic gtr, and drums, John on electric guitars and leads, and me on organ. Jerry Kee did a phenomenal job with other sonic flourishes and mixing, and Carl Saff provided the mastering polish.

The Good Graces are Kim Ware, John McNicholas, and Jim Combs

Band photos can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/maigh/sets/72157621639172742/

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Cybraphon

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Space Station Soma FM Adds Sensitive Chaos Emerging Transparency

Soma FM's Space Station Soma has added the new Sensitive Chaos Emerging Transparency CD to its playlist, playing the title track on July 26.

The first Sensitive Chaos CD Leak has received nearly weekly play on Space Station Soma and sister station cliphop IDM since November 2006.

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