Geoffrey Waterman

Geoffrey Waterman

Geoffrey Waterman

Geoffrey Waterman

Geoffrey Waterman

Geoffrey Waterman

Geoffrey Waterman

Geoffrey Waterman

Geoffrey Waterman

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Ombient w/Chuck van Zyl

Ombient w/Chuck van Zyl

Ombient w/Chuck van Zyl

Ombient w/Chuck van Zyl

Chuck van Zyl

Ombient w/Chuck van Zyl

Mike Hunter

Ombient w/Chuck van Zyl

Ombient w/Chuck van Zyl

Ombient w/Chuck van Zyl

Ombient w/Chuck van Zyl

Mike Hunter

Ombient w/Chuck van Zyl

Ombient w/Chuck van Zyl

Mike Hunter

Ombient w/Chuck van Zyl

Chuck van Zyl and Ombient (Mike Hunter)

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Concert Photos by Jeff Towne

Ombient w/Chuck van Zyl: Live at The Gatherings 20 May 2017 (excerpt)

The album The Gatherings 20 May 2017 (58:55) presents the complete live performance by Ombient (Mike Hunter) and Chuck van Zyl during the 25th Anniversary Season of this most venerable innovative music series. Their realization KL-93 was made live, in the heat of the moment, before an enthusiastic, informed audience. As these conditions are known for revealing the creative spark, we find both musicians and their listeners experiencing this extraordinary music together in the act of being made.

This work, and that of contemporaries such as Arc, Cosmic Ground, Free System Projekt, Node and Redshift, draws on higher-order capacities. Theirs is a minimalism that speaks volumes. By carefully exploiting the intrinsic technological limits of 1970s Electronic Music this duo enlarges the medium's expressive range and proves that this genre is an organism that continues to grow and change with each new manifestation. Today's artists hope to elevate the Spacemusic experience to one of mystical proportions - as they continue to push this sound as far as it can go.

Proceeds from the sale of The Gatherings 20 May 2017 by Ombient w/Chuck van Zyl go to support the efforts of CIMA of PA, the IRS recognized, non-profit, all-volunteer organization which oversees The Gatherings Concert Series in Philadelphia.

Please learn more about albums meant to support The Gatherings Concert Series by accessing: thegatheringsconcertseries.bandcamp.com

Ombient plus Geoffrey Waterman at The Gatherings Concert Series on 20 May 2017 was funded by CIMA of PA (The Corporation for Innovative Music and Arts of Pennsylvania), the all-volunteer, non-profit organization responsible for organizing and producing The Gatherings Concert Series. The basic mission of CIMA of PA is to bring innovative music concerts to the public and further the advancement of this form of art.

Continuing to further the cultivation of innovative music by exciting the efforts of musicians, and to gradually unfold, enlighten, and invigorate the talents of our community, in 2017 The Gatherings Concert Series marks the 25th anniversary of its first event.

• Official Website: www.ombient.com
• Ombient STAR'S END Profile: www.starsend.org/ombient.html
• Mike Hunter Interview for Sound Out May 2017
• Photos of Ombient live at The Gatherings Concert Series in Philadelphia on 16 May 2015
• Photos of Ombient live at The Gatherings Concert Series in Philadelphia on 13 November 2010

For more about Geoffrey Waterman, please access the:

• Photos of Geoffrey Waterman live at The Gatherings Concert Series in Philadelphia on 12 November 2016