Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
Included with this live release are numerous camcorder screen shots and concert photos, plus two "bonus tracks" - variations of "The Face of the Night" edited for the CDr release and Youtube clip.
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Limited Edition Kunaki CDR
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Limited edition of 75 Kunaki manufactured CDRs in jewel case w/2-panel insert
Includes unlimited streaming of Passages
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
"The Face of the Night" (78:38) represents my full performance of 18 March 2023 at Passages - Ambient Channels and Crossings in Philadelphia. This occasion provided the opportunity for me to build on my previous concert experiences and offered a meaningful opportunity to advance my craft, further my artistry, and venture into a new sonic frontier with a willing and perceptive audience.
With this sustained experiment in spontaneous composition a distinctive sonic language emerged. Giving audible form to the inner realm the performance developed incrementally, steadily progressing and expanding along an arc of sequencer spirit. As energy builds out in assemblies of Berlin-School patterns, ethereal chords and spacey synth leads enhance the outward direction of the music.
Performed, Recorded, Edited, Mixed, Mastered, Produced
by Chuck van Zyl
Cover Art by Sylvon Artistry
Concert Photos by Jeff Towne
Thanks to Neil Cippon, Stefano Dadi, Justin Gibbon, Great Circles, Klip Collective, Shawn Kralicek, Roycee Martin, Alex Mitchell, Chris Powell, Ricardo Rivera, Ryan Todd, Jeff Towne, Sylvon Wright
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.
In early December of 2021 a circle of CIMA of PA donors assembled in the church sanctuary of St Mary's Hamilton Village for an intimate "Candle Concert" Chuck van Zyl
"Against the Fall of Night" was played live in the moment before a limited, enthusiastic, informed audience. Proceeds benefit The Rotunda in Philadelphia Chuck van Zyl
A majestic yet delicate album from Berlin school-style synth masters Node, recorded in 1994 but unreleased until now. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 21, 2023