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Skyspace

by Chuck van Zyl

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Last Light 01:13:13

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On 10 June 2022 informed listeners assembled within Chestnut Hill Skyspace in Philadelphia for a unique concert with noted Electronic Musician Chuck van Zyl. "Skyspace" (73:13) presents the complete continuous set. The concert realization "Last Light" was made live in the moment before an affectionate, informed audience.

Addressing the dreamer inside all of us "Skyspace" begins with bold dissonances. A spare sequencer pattern emerges, barely, amidst cross-modulated tones, synth string tritones, and a roiling Mellotron choir. As the wandering notes organize into an orderly pulsation, fluttering effects generate trailing spacey references. Once the rhythm becomes more mechanized additional lines emerge. The cycling tones interweave, overlap and wander across the inevitable arc of this extended set. In a passionate outburst of dramatic imagination melodic lead lines and key changes add a narrative force to this expansive nocturnal adventure.

In an act of shear concentration Chuck van Zyl oversees the ceaseless adjustment of his system of instruments. In refusing to work with a laptop or other kinds of pre-recorded, pre-programmed, pre-set resources his approach remains innovative, maybe even radical in our digital era of music making. In this space where compelling forces converge and combine - this mutually reinforcing circle of validation - it is only after a trial such as this one that this musician can become aware of himself, of what he is capable of, how far he has come, and how far he can go. Please lend your heart to this album. If you can, "Skyspace" will leave the trajectory of your thoughts surely changed for the better.

Video Concert Clip: youtu.be/ICHKq4x2md0

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released August 7, 2022

Music Performed, Recorded, Edited, Produced & Mastered by Chuck van Zyl ©2022

℗ 2022 Synkronos Music, BMI

Cover Art by Sylvon Wright

Thanks to: Ken Anderson, Alex Mitchell, Ryan Todd

"Skyspace" was released by Synkronos Music on 7 August 2022 to coincide with the Chuck van Zyl on-air concert for Star's End Space Camp 2022

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Chuck van Zyl Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Chuck van Zyl has been at his own unique style of electronic music since 1983. His musical sensibilities evoke a sense of discovery, with each endeavor marking a new frontier of sound.

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