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BELCOURT THEATRE 2102 Belcourt Avenue Nashville, TN 37212 Phone: 615-846-3150 ext 14  CLICK HERE FOR MAP ON HOW TO GET HERE (courtesy of Mapquest.com) SUGGESTED HOTELS IN AREA: ECONOMY RATE La Quinta 2001 MetroCenter BLVD Nashville, TN 37228 615.259.2130 $39 - $59 sing/dbl. Knights Inn I-65/24 Trinity Lane Nashville, TN 615.226.4500 $30 - $50 sing/dbl. MEDIUM RATE Hampton Inn Vanderbilt 1919 West End Ave. Nashville, TN 37203 615.329.1144 Single - $94 Dbl. - $104 DELUXE RATE Marriott Hotel Vanderbilt 2555 West End Ave. Nashville, TN 37203 615.321.1300 Weekend Rate: $129 sing.-$149 dbl. Fine Art Exhibit Participants Midnite to 2:00am - SFM Fine Art Print Opening at SUNSET GRILL in Hillsboro Village, 1 block from Belcourt Theatre. Receive 10% off on dinner with your ticket stub. Robert Carty Max Corbacho Brian Evans Todd Gerber Tony Gerber Aashid Himons Brannan Lane Craig Padilla Mark Pleasant Giles Reaves Richard J. Roberts Hans Joachim Roedelius Shane Sanders Heather Sheehan Chris Short Brian Siskind Diane Timmons David Turner Paul Vnuk, Jr. Background of Event: Space for Music Festival 2002 is the brainchild of musician, artist and computer wiz Tony Gerber, who has been a visionary and leader within the Nashville music community for more than two decades. Gerber started Space for Music as a live performance vehicle in 1986 , staging an event at a private farm near Nashville. He followed that with successful SFM events at the MTSU Theatre in Murfreesboro in '87 and at Nashville’s Summer Lights festival in ’88. In the ’90s, Gerber launched a website dedicated to the artists involved in the SFM events. In 1999, he founded a “virtual label” which utilized the internet and mp3.com and offered music by his core of artists and by other ambient artists from the around the world. In 2001, he staged the live SFM event for the new millennium in Milwaukee, WI . This year’s festival in Nashville marks the longest SFM event with more artists involved than any other. Gerber plans to continue staging the festival annually in different cities around the world. Earlier this year, he brought his virtual label into the real world, launching Space for Music Records with a collective of over 30 space/ambient music artists from across the globe. --Daryl Sanders

UPDATED MARCH 31st, 2002 NEW INTERNET RADIO STATION DEDICATED TO THE ARTISTS PLAYING IN THE FESTIVAL! THIS STATION IS FROM ONE OF THE TOP STATION PROGRAMMERS AT 365.COM, ASTREAUX WORLD. CHECK IT OUT BY CLICKING BANNER BELOW. PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE 3:00pm to 3:30pm - Matt Borghi 3:40pm to 4:00pm - Brannan Lane 4:00pm to 4:30pm - Brannan Lane & Zero Ohms 4:30pm to 4:50pm - Zero Ohms 5:00pm to 5:30pm - Umlaut 5:40pm to 6:10pm - Fognode 6:10pm to 7:10pm - DINNER BREAK 7:10pm to 7:50pm - Deirdre & Giles Reaves 7:50 to 8:00pm - Herman P. Anderson speaks about his Hydrogen Automobile 8:00pm to 8:45pm - Ma Ja Le 8:50pm to 9:50pm - Robert Rich 9:55pm to 10:55pm - SPACECRAFT 11:00pm to Midnite - Aashid Himons and FUTUREMAN w/ Tim Coats Midnite to 2:00am - SFM Fine Art Print Opening at SUNSET GRILL [Click Link for Preview] OTHER ACTIVITIES PLANNED: In the Theatre Lobby: MOOG Sonic Six Analog Synthesizer setup for audience members to play and learn New Launching of Space for Music Records CD catalog (Over 50 CDs on display and sale) Demonstration of online studio session via internet and ROCKET software with recording artist Jan Pulsford and several other artists from around the world.... JAN PULSFORD TO RECORD NEW ALBUM AT THE SPACE FOR MUSIC FESTIVAL Jan's music is heard daily around the world having written and produced over 25 albums of music for film, radio and TV in a career that has spanned both sides of the Atlantic. As a keyboard player she toured the world in the 80s and 90s with the Thompson Twins and Cyndi Lauper with whom she wrote and produced three albums including the critically acclaimed "Sisters of Avalon". She has also written or remixed over a dozen club dance hits for artists such as Steps, Cyndi Lauper, Bush, Zoe Girl and most recently Happy Charles whose vocals and tracks were transported to various studios via the Rocket Network. Her album "Merlyn's Magical Music" has been used by autistic research centres, cancer camps and hospitals all over the USA and featured on NPR. Jan resides in the woods of Tennessee where the Rocket Network and the internet keeps her connected to the outside world. On April 13th at the Space for Music Festival she will be recording a new album entitled Rhythmic Reflections with musicians and writers from around the world hooked up via Logic Audio and the Rocket network. Her collaborators include live from New York . . . Jazz great and cyber pioneer Chico Freeman live from Italy . . European jazz and world music artist Hanno di Rosa live from Australia . . . Vintage Aussie harp-man and audio-destruction pioneer, live from London . . . Nigel Pulsford , guitarist with rock band Bush live from the UK . . . bass player and composer Roger Harmar live from San Francisco . . . Rocketeers Marc Rosenberg and Kerry Rose live from London . . . Dave Renwick and Engin Hassan ex-Bronski Beat and the Communards   S F M P R E S S R E L E A S E contact: Tony Gerber, P.O. Box 331056, Nashville, TN 37203-7508, gerb@mindspring.com, 615.279.9009 Space for Music Festival 2002, a “Future Music Experience” through Visionary Ambience, Animation and Art at the Historic Belcourt Theatre in Nashville, TN. For Immediate Release 2/10/02 - 4/13/02 Nashville, TN.... On Saturday, April 13th, 2002, 3 pm - midnite, a premiere presentation of electronic and acoustic space/ambient music will fill the vintage theatre space at the Belcourt Theatre, in Hillsboro Village near the Vanderbilt University campus in Nashville, TN. The Belcourt’s theatre screen is ideal for special efx and visual accompanyment to some of the best space/ambient musical artists from around the U.S. to come together at one event since last year’s successful SFM festival in Milwaukee, WI. Nashville is actually home to several well-known artists in the space/ambient music genre and several of them will be performing at this year’s SFM festival, which rotates to a different city each year. These artists are the delivery system for new music of cosmic origins and proportions. Space for Music Festival 2002 will feature mind bending muse from ten different acts including: California’s ambient music pioneer, Robert Rich; Nashville’s own legendary space music artist, Giles Reaves with his wife, Deirdre; internationally acclaimed electronic group, SPACECRAFT, based out of Nashville, TN and Lexington, KY; surreal tribal ambience maestros, Ma Ja Le, from Milwaukee, WI; local blu-reggae pioneer performing in space music mode, Aashid Himons, who will be joined by FUTUREMAN and Tim Coats; local ambient looper extraordinare UMLAUT; Seattle, WA transplant and ambient soundscape artist, fognode; Detroit, Michigan’s, space guitarist and synthesist, Matt Borghi; Missouri’s reverent electro-acoustic spacer, ZERO OHMS; and regional ambient artist receiving international recognition, Brannan Lane, residing in Clarksville, TN. All of these musical artists also have CD releases on the Space for Music Records label, which will be officially launched to a non-internet audience at this event. Over 50 Cds of space/ambient music from the Space for Music catalog will be on display and available for the first time in public. With the purchase of a ticket to the festival you will receive a free copy of the Space for Music CD sampler showcasing these musicians and more, at the theatre, on April 13th. In addition to the all day music and visuals at the Belcourt, a special Space for Music fine art print exhibition will be on display at the Sunset Grill, with the official opening at midnite - 2 am, directly after the performances, located a block away from the theatre. Local digital artist, Dave Turner, will be working with event producer and artist, Tony Gerber, displaying some of his fine digital prints, as well as, coordinating and creating much of the digital animation used during the theatrical performances. The central theme of the exhibit is “musical artists who are also visual artists.” The signed and numbered prints in this display are primarily by Space for Music recording artists and most times depict original cover art for their Cds released on the SFM label. Art and music as one creative gesture will be the focus of this special Saturday in April. These events seem to come around every 7 years or so, here in Nashville, so don’t miss out this time, get your tickets in advance and witness another “cosmic climax of creativity” from some of America’s finest space/ambient music and visual artists. Also, meet Herman P. Anderson, inventor of the world’s first 100% Hydrogen Fueled Automobile who will be a distinguished special guest of the festival. His invention will save the planet, boost the economy and sever our reliance on petroleum. Herman also invented the “dimple of the universe”, an actual flying saucer, back in the 50s. Come meet the “Nicola Tesla” of our time. Tickets can be purchased below online, via secure server, or by contacting the Belcourt Theatre at : 2102 Belcourt Avenue Nashville, TN 37212 Phone: 615-846-3150 ext 14 TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE TO ORDER ONLINE ABOVE A Space for Music Production in association with Tennessee Players, Inc. BELOW IS A BANNER YOU CAN COPY TO ADD TO YOUR WEBSITE TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD. (LINK THE BANNER TO THIS PAGE...http://spaceformusic.com/festival2002)

BIO BRIEFS of festival musical artists (being updated) Matt Borghi Matt Borghi began playing guitar at the age of thirteen that was followed by many different ensemble experiences. As he was exposed to more music and musical thought he began to explore new sounds, and ways of creating them. Matt’s influences run the gamut of twentieth century music, from jazz, electronic, and twelve-tone, to neo-romantic, hip-hop, and rock. Recording and sound experimentation have been Matt’s primary focus for the last couple of years. Currently Matt lives and works in S.E. Lower Michigan where he is studying Musicology, running his site for reviewing Ambient/ Electronic Music, http://theorganizationofsound.com, and composing his own brand of, usually, electronic weirdness. Matt Borghi works in the collected genres of experimental ambient minimalism."Live" performances are, generally, supported by 2-3 other multi-instrumentalists. For "Live" performance Matt uses a combination of samplers and guitars with some pre-recorded rhythmic work that's triggered and accompanied by a percussionist and a keyboardist. Matt's work was featured on Public Radio's Hearts of Space program, which is syndicated to nearly 300 stations nationwide. Matt's collaboration with Houston's Cyber Zen Sound Engine has charted in the top 20 of the 100 most played records by public/ community radio for several months straight, as surveyed by New Age Voice magazine in February 2002. Matt's Currently working with several labels including, N-Light-N Records (Houston), Space For Music Records (Nashville), and Dark Duck Records (Maryland). Past performances have included several deep listening performances at the Club of Faith in Detroit, as well as performances at Detroit Contemporary, Blind Pig (Ann Arbor), The Ark (Ann Arbor), and Xhedos (Ferndale, MI). Upcoming performances include: Space For Music Festival 2002 (Nashville); Contemporary Composers Showcase (Montpelier, VT), a Performance/ Sound Art piece at the Otherwise Gallery (E. Lansing, MI), and The Fireside Bowl (Chicago). Brannan Lane Brannan is a multi genre artist. With each cd release his reputation grows as a producer, composer and sound designer. He has performed in the US, Europe, Asia and the Caribbean. Brannan draws from a wide range of influences and makes his living as a full time musician. He works regularly with pop and country star Skeeter Davis, performing weekly radio and TV shows on the “Grand Ole Opry” in Nashville, TN. He also records and performs live with a band from New Orleans / Baton Rough, LA., (now conveniently living in Nashville) “Delicious Blues Stew”. Members of the “Stew” won the national KBA award this past year. You can hear Brannan on the latest releases from the "Music City Blues Society", “Bourbon Street Blues - Volume 1”, “Big Al & the Heavyweights“, "Delicious Blues Stew”, and he has been recording Americana music in Nashville, TN and Austin, TX for the "Ballistic Pintos". Brannan's debut cd release “Caribbean Dream”,(electronic/world) illustrates some of these diverse elements of Brannan’s musical palette. Words like contemporary, tribal, ambient, new age or jazz, would be used to describe "Caribbean Dream". This CD reached #10 on the "NAV Top 100 Airwaves" and stayed on the charts for 5 months. His CDs "Lost Caverns of Thera" and "Sleep Cycle" (electronic/ambient) have been featured on the syndicated radio show “Music From The Hearts Of Space” and they also both made the “Best of 2001” Backroad Music list. Brannan has also recorded two electronica music cds with ambient hip hop and trance grooves entitled “Jambient”. He has provided electronica tracks for the new “Sony Play Station” and can provide material or produce customized music for motion pictures, documentary films, TV shows & movies, TV & radio commercials, soap operas and computer games. Brannan is currently working solo projects. Zero Ohms/ aka. Richard J. Roberts Music possesses the capacity for awakening a deeper part of ourselves which lies within. Those driven to find this bountiful experience open their eyes, ears, and hearts, seeking to find themselves and this golden thread of truth within. From this, they are compelled into expression. One of these rare but welcomed expressionists is writer, painter, musician, teacher and producer Richard J. Roberts, aka ZERO OHMS, following what he has termed Tao of Zero Ohms (literally: way of no resistance). Zero Ohms aptly describes Richard's range of instrumentation, with woodwinds from around the world and electronics in a versatile palette of sonic colors. His sound is at once ancient and contemporary. Richard's ongoing research into the psycho-spiritual effects of music and extensive experimentation led him to the musical styles now labeled as ambient and spacemusic. He taught himself the wind-controlled synthesizer, and over forty various flutes and other woodwinds, in an embrace of styles from around the globe and beyond. The golden thread can be more easily discovered via the clarion music of Richard J. Roberts. To him, the way is clear - to listen while letting go. And this is The Tao of Zero Ohms. Umlaut / aka. Todd Gerber (under construction) fognode: aka. Brian Siskind, Defcon, Mr. Knuckles (Active late nineties- present. Born East Bend, North Carolina, 1971.) Originally famous for being the first child born at a major auto speedway, Brian Siskind began recording with unknown artist Clyde Fisk near his hometown under the assumed name of "Limo Willie" by 1989. No recordings survive of this period, though informed sources tell the almanac "it was mostly Disney covers" played through a leslie." Later experiments attempting to fuse Rush-like prog rock with Cure type "shoe gazer rock" resulted in an embarrassing setback for Carolina culture. In 1992, Fognode met up with Mexican guitar genius "Tacohead," recording in two unreleased live albums mistakenly deleted by his first record company. Taco was found drowned in less than one inch of water at Fognode's Nashville "crash pad." Brian Jones was later indicted. Rock critic Marsh Stilwater described Fognode's first great creative era as "dances in name only. By the early zeros "Foggie Four" (lovingly referred to by fans as the "One symbol" album) and Ci Mi Pee, (a duet album with Ceci Peniston), Fognode had already moved past the shame-facedly derivative alt-rock of his early Casablanca career and entered into a more classically based direction, eventually culminating with "Mozart in Motown," his first gold record. Although "Fognode meets Foghat in a Dub Meltdown" still reckons a mention with the Ziggy's crowd, to many, Fognode IS The man in the white tennis sweater," his first UK hit. Tours of the far east followed, with a one night stand at the Hiroshi Budokon March 1994. Critic Stale Mercsh " To the uninitiated, these albums were not meant for dancing, although the impetus was certainly there." Fognode reached a minor critical and commercial peak early in 2002, recording with both avant legend to be DJ ittybittytittycommittee and mouse rock uberchrist Dirtchute. "See me, Feel Me, an R&B cover of Who chestnut of the same name charted early in the summer of that year, ousted at number 9 by Gererdo's infamous "comeback/ coming out" disc " I slither to deliver," which eventually won a grammy for the aging latino. Fodnode will best be remembered for setting pace of nashville taste. (See also Dj ittybittytittycommitee, Greg Allman, Randy Manroot, Guy Mandude). Deirdre & Giles Reaves DEIRDRE - "I remember the exact moment that I got my 'dream', my spark. One night we were driving home in my Dad's car and Diana Ross and the Supremes came on the radio-"Ain't no Mountain High Enough." What ecstasy! My little heart leapt with delight as I listened. Then I thought to myself 'Yes! I can do that! I can sing like her!' I was 6 years old and that memory remains so clear, as clear as the fire that got started by that little spark." When she was I4 however, Deirdre became paralyzed with a rare disease, and clung to life by the support of a respirator. "I had a truly conscious realization that 'This is it! This is my life. I've got a purpose here and it's my responsibility to make it happen.' I was completely motivated, fueled by my dream. And I recovered. Deirdre enrolled in college to take Modern Ballet, Jazz Dance and Choreography to ensure a complete recovery. She also sang in a heavy metal cover band, until one night when her mother persuaded her to attend a jazz concert that featured Bobby McFerrin as a guest. "The idea of a jazz concert was just too uncool for me" claims Deirdre, "but as I sat there it was like I was in a time warp. I felt as if I was being magnetized up onto the stage. Then Bobby invited anyone from the audience to come up and improvise over the blues. My Mom, to this day, swears that I flew onto that stage." Deirdre joined the college's Vocal Jazz Ensemble the next day which provided her the opportunity to perform in over twenty concerts with McFerrin in addition to other notable jazz artists such as Carl Anderson, Bobby Shew, Clare Fischer and Cornelius Bumpus. Deirdre's first recording session occurred at that time when she sang background vocals for Cornelius Bumpus on his album Beacon. She was I6 years old. Deirdre attended the Phil Mattson School in Washington where she studied Jazz and Classical Piano, Vocal Jazz Arranging, Theory, Improvisation, Studio Engineering, Jazz and Classical Voice and graduated Valedictorian. Deirdre then relocated to Boston, where she worked as a studio session singer by day, and Jazz singer by night. Deirdre's talents quickly garnered respect from Boston's local jazz musicians. She developed a following and frequently sang with Pat Metheny, Grover Washington Jr., Mark Johnson and Aydin Esen. On a visit home to Atlanta, after sitting in at a club, a coordinator for the Atlanta Jazz Festival approached Deirdre and asked her to play a set opening up for Sheila Jordan. One week later, she found herself at the Festival opening for Jordan and other jazz artists. After circling the country from Boston to Los Angeles and then New York, Deirdre came full circle back to the south and made a home in Nashville, simultaneously circling back to her pop roots as an artist, being drawn into that original spark she found at 6 years old. In addition to working on her own project with Producer Giles Reaves, Deirdre has worked as a session singer for artists and songwriters such as Jay Joyce and Jono Vrana. She has also worked as an actor, landing a part in a local independent cult film, Existo. "What is really turning me on right now are people who are stretching their boundaries, either in art or business like Bjork and her crossover with film, Dave Matthews, Sarah McLachlan and the Lilith Fair, Ani DiFranco and Moby. I see these artists bringing their creative visions into reality from an authentic place. I love that! " Contact: Kemp Buntin, Kemp Fire Entertainment, 1130 8th Ave. S. , Nashville, TN 37203 (615) 312-7021 email: kempfirent.@aol.com GILES REAVES - An accomplished high-tech engineer, and multi-instrumentalist, his musical career has been built upon chance encounters. Reaves now considers fate his friend. Reaves, whose third solo album, "Sea of Glass" rode high upon the new age record charts, began recording albums of soothing, ambient instrumentals because a top Nashville producer, Tony Brown, accidentally overheard him doodling late at night in a recording studio in the mid-1980s. Brown invited Reaves to record synthesized instrumentals for the MCA Master Series. The resulting albums gained some recognition among space music fans ("Wunjo" is considered a top ten electronic album of all time by Electronic Musicican magazine) but received little record company support or distribution. In 1993, Steven Hill, producer of the nationally syndicated "Hearts of Space" radio program, contacted Reaves. Hill said he still received mail from fans of his show who were seeking a copy of "Wunjo". Since his record deal with MCA had expired, Reaves had a new album of material that interested Hill, and the resulting CD, "Sea of Glass", released on the Hearts of Space label has been his most successful to date, spending four months ranked among the most popular discs on the new age charts. Reaves has yet another guise, one that has nothing to do with space music. He has become a leading engineer and co-producer on the Nashville rock scene, working with such hard-hitting grunge rockers as Dessau and the Grinning Plowmen and collaborating on projects with melodic rockers Bedlam, Tom Littlefield, Bill Lloyd, Lisa Germano, Jaime Kyle, Lounge Flounders, and Afrikan Dreamland. Reaves was an original core member of the Space for Music team since 1986 and has worked with Kirby Shelstad, another core member, on live performances and recordings. He also appears on Lektronic Soundscapes' "Blue Western Sky" by Tony Gerber and 4 of the Spacecraft releases. He has currently released a new solo CD, "Sacred Space" on the Space for Music Record label. Another release with fellow musician, Aashid Himons, entitled "The Deep End" is planned for release this summer. Giles also experiments with 3D renderings and has had several images used on CD cover artwork. Watch for more incredible music from this talented multi-instrumentalist. Ma Ja Le Ma Ja Le are Christopher Short (Electronic Guitars and Flutes) and Paul Vnuk Jr (Synths, Percussion and Voices). Using live improvisations, loops and studio wizardry, Ma Ja Le create exotic, dramatic, tribal-space sound worlds. Ma Ja Le released their first CD "Dreams In The Orchards Of Saturn" in 1995. "Dreams..." chronicles the birth of Ma Ja Le in more ways than one. Besides being their debut CD, "Dreams" was recorded at their first four live performances. This CD captures the original raw, creative spark of improvised music. The music on "Dreams" was recorded live to DAT with no further studio dubbing or manipulation. "Dreams" has recieved fantastic reviews in Wind and Wire, Amientrance and Ujaama's Ambient Experience to name a few. Rarely does a debut CD (especially a live one) contain such a high artistic level of music. Three years later after cutting their teeth in live performance (including concerts opening for Trance Mission, Steve Roach and Robert Rich), Ma Ja Le teamed with Vir Unis to create "Imaginarium." This tribal ambient classic mixed and produced by Steve Roach, debuted at #2 on Nav's top 100 charts. In 1999 Ma Ja Le released exclusive tracks on the Hypnos "Weightless and Effortless" compilation and the now rare Halcyon records release "Oscillations." In 2000 Ma Ja Le teamed with master minimalist James Johnson for a series of live concerts and a highly praised limited edition CD, "Live Under A Harvest Moon" (limited to 150 copies world wide, complete with original signed and numbered mini art prints). Later this year / early 2001 Ma Ja Le and James Johnson continue their collaborative effort with "Seed" a truly amazing work of power, beauty and erotica. Aashid Himons Aashid is an artist with a capital A, and his artistic path has led him through many incarnations, from child star in West Virginia (he began performing at age four and appeared on The Today Show when he was 14) to R&B crooner (he had several releases in the early '60s as Little Archie) to blues folkie (in the Toronto-based duo God and I during the late '60s and early '70s) to Delta blues man (performing bottleneck guitar as West Virginia Slim in the mid-'70s) to Blu-Reggae pioneer (as leader of Afrikan Dreamland in the late '70s and early to mid '80s, and as leader of the Blu-Reggae Underground in the late '90s) to space musician (in the late '80s and early '90s) to psychedelic rocker (as leader of The Pyramid Underground in the mid to late '90s to present) and finally as country soul man (as leader of the Mountain Soul Band from the late '90s to present). "Without question, the Most High has blessed me," he explains. "Ive been led to people who dug my music, who dug my message of Oneness, and who were able to help me gain access to facilities and players so I could record my music. "Things really took off when I moved to Nashville in 1979. A lot of people don't realize that Nashville isn't just a country music town. Some of the best musicians and studios on the planet are right here, no matter what kind of music you're talking about. As a result, I've had the good fortune to play and record with some of the baddest musicians on the planet." "At this point, I can do so much myself because of the technology," he says with a broad smile, obviously relishing the fact. "I can create the CD artwork, edit the raw music, transfer the music to MP3 format, sell it on the web and feature it on my MP3 internet radio station. I have to confess it blows my mind." "All my life, Ive been driven to make music and share it with people," Aashid says. "Now after decades of struggling to get my music heard, the entire planet is right here at my fingertips through the keyboard of my computer. Because of the volume, I can't answer all the Email I'm getting from people I don't even know who have accessed my music through the internet and been touched by it." "All I know is it's a beautiful thing!" - excerpt from full article by Daryl Sanders Robert Rich With over 20 albums to his name, Robert Rich has helped define the genres of ambient music, dark-ambient, tribal and trance, yet his music remains hard to categorize. Part of his unique sound comes from using home-made acoustic and electronic instruments, microtonal tunings, computer-based signal processing, chaotic systems and feedback networks. Rich began building his own analog synthesizers in 1976, when he was 13 years old, and later studied for a year at Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA). Rich released his first album Sunyata in 1982. Most of his subsequent recordings came out in Europe until 1989, when Rich began a string of critically acclaimed releases for Fathom/Hearts of Space, including Rainforest (1989), Gaudí (1991), Propagation (1994) and Seven Veils (1998). His two collaborations with Steve Roach, Strata (1990) and Soma (1992), both charted for several months in Billboard. Other collaborations include Yearning (1995, with Lisa Moskow), Stalker (1995, with B. Lustmord) and Fissures (1997, with Alio Die.) Rich's contributions to multi-artist compilations have been collected on his solo albums A Troubled Resting Place (1996) and Below Zero (1998). He also records with his group, Amoeba, exploring atmospheric songcraft on their CDs Watchful (1997) and Pivot (2000). His 3-CD live set Humidity (2000) documents the unique improvised flow of his recent performances. Rich has performed in caves, cathedrals, planetaria, art galleries and concert halls throughout Europe and North America. His all-night Sleep Concerts, first performed in 1982, became legendary in the San Francisco area. In 1996 he revived his all-night concert format, playing Sleep Concerts for live and radio audiences across the U.S. during a three month tour. In 2001 Rich released the 7 hour DVD Somnium, a studio distillation of the Sleep Concert experience, possibly the longest continuous piece of music ever released. Rich has designed sounds for television and film scores, including the films Pitch Black , Crazy Beautiful, and others. He also works closely with electronic instrument manufacturers, and his sound design has graced the preset libraries of Emu's Proteus 3 and Morpheus, Seer Systems' Reality, sampling disks Things that Go Bump in the Night and ACID Loop Library Liquid Planet. Rich has written software for composers who work in just intonation, and he helped develop the MIDI microtuning specification, which was accepted as an industry standard. As a mastering engineer, he has applied his ear to numerous albums in recent years, and his studio was featured in the September '99 issue of Keyboard Magazine. For more information about Robert Rich, visit his website at www.rrich.com SPACECRAFT Spacecraft is Tony Gerber (guitars & synthesizers), Giles Reaves (synthesizers & processing), John Rose (synthesizers, flutes, harmonica, dulcimer & vocals) and Diane Timmons (synthesizers, flute & vocals.) The project "Spacecraft" was born in 1996 after a listening session of NASA image and sound mappings from the Voyager space probe. Tony Gerber and John Rose were so inspired by these recordings, they programmed a new palette of sounds for their synthesizers, triggered from these listening sessions. Next, they called on the talents of Chris Blazen and Diane Timmons to join them for several recording sessions that emerged as the self-titled CD, "Spacecraft". They have released seven more Cds since that first critically acclaimed release. Giles Reaves joined them for their past 4 releases and on their spring 2001 tour. Spacecraft's music is improvisational in nature. Each concert they do is different. They traditionally perform in planetariums, churches and other unusual architectural spaces. It is in the spirit of live performance that this group feeds on. Festival technical & visual artists involved RANDY HALE (video director) DAVID TURNER (artistic visual director) MARK PLEASANT (video production and cameraman) SETH RITTER (video production) JOHN BRASSIL (laptop video artist) PAT SITTNICK (sfx lighting and lasers) CHIP WEINSTEIN (lighting engineer) ROBERT McCLAIN (audio engineer) TIM COATS (audio engineer & musician) GLENN SCHNITTKE (theatre director) CHUCK BECKLER (stage manager)   RETURN TO SFM HOMEPAGE   .....SFM QUICK ACCESS..... WHAT's NEW SPACE RADIO SFM Clip of the Month Concert Schedules Artist Menu Audio Gateway Media Menu Site Map .....THE ARTISTS..... Afrikan Dreamland S.D. 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