Top 20 For October 2006 (alphabetical) Compiled by Chuck van Zyl
ARTIST - ALBUM - LABEL

Rudy Adrian - MoonWater - Lotuspike
The Album Leaf - Into the Blue Again - n/a
Alpha Wave Mvt + Jim Cole - Bislama - n/a
Dwight Ashley - Ataxia - Nepenthe
M Bentley - Our World - Foundry
Between Interval - Autumn Continent - Wanderings
Ian Boddy - Elemental - DiN
Ben Cox - On Water - Lotuspike
F Fang & C Weingarten - Invisibility - Foundry
Hi-Fi Sky - Music for Synchronized Swimming in Space - n/a
Johann Johannsson - IBM 1401 - A User's Manual - 4AD
Jeff Johnson - A Thin Silence - Ark
Klangwelt - XOIO - Spheric
K Leonard/J Moore - Improvised Waves - n/a
Tor Lundvall - Empty City - Strange Fortune
H McKay/J Coulter - The Tangent Project - www.tangent-project.com
Craig Padilla/Zero Ohms - Path of Least Resistance - Lotuspike
Markus Reuter - Trepanation - Lotuspike
Slow Six - Private Times in Public Places - n/a
Saul Stokes - Vast - Foundry

Top 20 For April 2008 (alphabetical) Compiled by Chuck van Zyl
ARTIST - ALBUM - LABEL

Richard Barbieri - Things Buried - Snapper
Christopher Bissonnette - In Between Words - Kranky
Ian Boddy - The Final Question - DiN
Emanuele Errante - Hummus - Somnia
Joep Franssens - Three Dreams - Etcetera
Gel-Sol - Iz - Upstairs
Hammock - Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow - Darla
Thomas P Heckman - The Lost Tales Vol 1 - Fax
Jeffrey Koepper - Sequentaria - Air Space
K Leimer - Lesser Epitomes - Palace of Lights
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts (I-IV) - Null
Craig Padilla - Below the Mountain - Spotted Peccary
David Parsons - Surya - Celestial Harmonies
Robert Rich/Ian Boddy - React - DiN
Hans-Joachim Roedelius/Tim Story - Inlandish - Gronland
Stars of the Lid - And Their Refinement of the Decline - Kranky
Syndromeda - Mythical Pursuit - horizon
The Tangent Project - Live on Star's End 02.24.08 - www.tangent-project.com
Various Artists - Sounds of a Universe Overheard - Hypnos
Various Artists - STAR'S END 30th Anniversary Anthology - WXPN

Top 20 For May 2008 (alphabetical) Compiled by Chuck van Zyl
ARTIST - ALBUM - LABEL

Kevin Bartlett - Glow in the Dark - Aural Gratification
Christopher Bissonnette - In Between Words - Kranky
Ron Boots - See Beyond Times Look Beyond Words - Groove
Joep Franssens - Works for Orchestra + Choir - Etcetera
Hammock - Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow - Darla
Immersion Theory - The Icarus Foray - n/a
Jeffrey Koepper - Sequentaria - Air Space
Kwook - Skywave - Blue Oasis
Craig Padilla - Below the Mountain - Spotted Peccary
Craig Padilla/Skip Murphy - Analog Destination - Groove
Parks - Umber - Infraction
David Parsons - Surya - Celestial Harmonies
Robert Rich + Ian Boddy React - DiN
Hans-Joachim Roedelius/Tim Story - Inlandish - Gronland
Spyra - Gasoline 91 Octane - Manikin
Stars of the Lid - Carte-De-Vista - n/a
Saul Stokes - Zo Pilots - Hypnos
The Tangent Project - Live on Star's End 02.24.08 - www.tangent-project.com
Various Artists - Perceived Differences - Blue Oasis
Various Artists - STAR'S END 30th Anniversary Anthology

Top 10 For September 2009 (alphabetical) Compiled by Chuck van Zyl
ARTIST - ALBUM - LABEL

Cosmic Hoffmann - Hypernova - Heart & Mind
Hammock - Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow - Darla
Marconi Union - Tokyo - Bine Music
Deborah Martin/Erik Wollo - Between Worlds - Spotted Peccary
Mico Nonet - The Marmalade Baloon - self-released
Nunc Stans - The Unnammable - dataObscura
Ramp - Debris - self-released
Steve Roach - Destination Beyond - Projekt
Jonn Serrie/Gary Stroutsos - Hidden World Beyond - Valley Entertainment
The Tangent Project - surface - pre-release

Star's End Top 20 For October 2009 (alphabetical) Compiled by Chuck van Zyl
ARTIST - ALBUM - LABEL

Anomalous Disturbances - Archive Two - Disappearing Music
Arc - Fracture - DiN
Richard Bone - The Ghosts of Hanton Village - Quirkworks
Daniel Dorobantu - Knock on the Sky and Listen to the Sound - self-released
Hammock - Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow - Darla
Hashtronaut & Modulator ESP - Sonic Worlds - EEMC
Jeffrey Koepper - Quadranteon - Air Space
Marconi Union - Tokyo - Bine Music
Deborah Martin/Erik Wollo - Between Worlds - Spotted Peccary
Mico Nonet - The Marmalade Baloon - self-released
Nunc Stans/Mystified - One Thoudsand Dreams - dataObscura
Ramp - Debris - self-released
Markus Reuter/Ian Boddy - Dervish - DiN
Steve Roach - Destination Beyond - Projekt
Jonn Serrie/Gary Stroutsos - Hidden World Beyond - Valley Entertainment
Dirk Serries - Microphonics - Tonefloat
SubtractiveLAD - Where the Land Meets the Sky - n5md
The Tangent Project - surface - www.tangent-project.com
E Wollo/B Wostheinrich - Arcadia Borealis - DiN
Various Artists - Imaginary Friends - Ultimae

Star's End Top 15 For November 2009 (alphabetical) Compiled by Chuck van Zyl
ARTIST - ALBUM - LABEL

RW3 AirSculpture - Burn (MusicZeit)
Anomalous Disturbances - Archive Two (Disappearing Music)
Steve Be Zet - Archaic Modulations (Recycle or Die)
Ian Boddy/David Wright - Shifting Sands (AD Music)
Richard Bone - The Ghosts of Hanton Village (Quirkworks)
John Christian - Susbarbatus (MusicZeit)
FSP/Brendan Pollard/Hashtronaut - Time Out Of Mind (Acoustic Wave)
Jeff Greinke - Virga (Lotuspike)
Nunc Stans/Mystified - One Thoudsand Dreams (dataObscura)
Redshift - RW3 (Distant Sun)
Markus Reuter/Ian Boddy - Dervish (DiN)
The Tangent Project - surface - www.tangent-project.com
Spyra - Meditationen (Manikin)
Under the Dome - The Demon Haunted World (Neu Harmony)
Erik Wollo/Bernhard Wostheinrich - Arcadia Borealis (DiN)

Star's End Top 10 For December 2009 (alphabetical) Compiled by Chuck van Zyl
Artist - Album (Label)

Anomalous Disturbances - Archive Two (Disappearing Music)
Anomalous Disturbances - Inside (Disappearing Music)
Jeff Greinke - Virga (Lotuspike)
Jonsi & Alex - Riceboy Sleeps (XL Recordings)
David Parsons - Jyoti (Celestial Harmonies)
Redshift - RW3 (Distant Sun)
Erik Seifert - Core (Pleasure Sound)
The Tangent Project - Surface (www.tangent-project.com)
Erik Wollo/Bernhard Wostheinrich - Arcadia Borealis (DiN)
Various Artists - Imaginary Friends (Ultimae)

Star's End Top 30 For April 2010 (alphabetical) Compiled by Chuck van Zyl
Artist - Album (Label)

Serenitatis Scott August - Radiant Sky (Cedar Mesa)
Arc - Rise (DiN/DDL)
Ian Boddy/Markus Reuter - Unwound (DiN/DDL)
Richard Bone - Mind Environs (Quirkworks)
Broekhuis Keller Schonwalder - Repelen 3 (Manikin)
Broekhuis Keller Schonwalder - Blue and Red (Manikin)
Cell - Hanging Masses (Ultimae)
The Circular Ruins - Invisible Cities (dataObscura)
Combs Creek Haller - The Singularity (Earth Mantra)
Robert Davies - Terrestre (dataObscura)
Ludovico Einaudi - Nightbook (Ponerosa)
The Glimmer Room - I Remain (A-Frame)
Hammock - Chasing After Shadows Living With Ghosts (Hamock Music)
Hybrid Leisureland - Scroll Slide (Ultimae)
Chad Kettering - Voices of the Ancients (self-released)
Loscil - Endless Falls (Kranky)
O Yuki Conjugate - OYC25 (Soleilmoon)
Palancar - Serenitatis (Earth Mantra)
Radio Massacre Int'l - Time & Motion (Cuneiform)
Radio Massacre Int'l - Lost in Transit (Northern Echo)
Robert Rich - Ylang (Soundscape)
Ricochet Gathering - Keep On (Ricochet Dream)
Steve Roach - Live at Grace Cathedral (Projekt)
Jonn Serrie - Thousand Star (New World)
Sfumato - A Series of Meditative Improvisations (Dspaneas)
The Tangent Project - Distant Scenes (www.tangent-project.com)
Twyndyllyngs - Between Space and Time (Electro-Music Media)
Phillip Wilkerson - Still Point (Earth Mantra)
The Winterhouse - Sanctuary (dataObscura)
Erik Wollo - Gateway (Projekt)

Star's End Top 15 For May 2010 (alphabetical) Compiled by Chuck van Zyl
Artist - Album (Label)

Church The Album Leaf - A Chorus of Storytellers (Sub Pop)
Alio Die/Parallel Worlds - Circo Divinio (Hic Sunt Leones)
The American Dollar - Ambient One (self-released)
Arc - Church (DiN)
Combs Creek Haller - The Singularity (Earth Mantra)
FSP/Pollard/Hashtronaut - Mind Out of Time (Acoustic Wave)
Hammock - Chasing After Shadows Living With Ghosts (Hammock Music)
Loscil - Endless Falls (Kranky)
Arvo Part - Arvo Part: Portrait (Analekta)
Radio Massacre Int'l - Lost in Transit (Northern Echo)
Ricochet Gathering - Keep On (Ricochet Dream)
Spyra/Lang - SeQuest (Ricochet Dream)
The Tangent Project - Live on STAR'S END 12.06.09 (www.tangent-project.com)
Twyndyllyngs - Between Space and Time (Electro-Music Media)
Uma - Hymn to Undiscovered Lands (Uma Music)

Star's End Top 15 For June 2010 (alphabetical) Compiled by Chuck van Zyl
Artist - Album (Label)

Church The Album Leaf - A Chorus of Storytellers (Sub Pop)
Alio Die/Parallel Worlds - Circo Divinio (Hic Sunt Leones)
The American Dollar - Ambient One (self-released)
Arc - Church (DiN)
Carbon Based Lifeforms - Interloper (Ultimae)
Janne Hanhisuanto - Icescapes (Earth Mantra)
Kubusschnit - Entropy of Evolution (self-released)
Loscil - Endless Falls (Kranky)
Dave Luxton - Portal (Wayfarer)
Mahoney & Peck - A Life Incandescent (Waiting World Records)
Dan Pound - Interlace (self-released)
Dirk Serries - Microphonics I-V (Tonefloat)
Spyra/Lang - SeQuest (Ricochet Dream)
Sysyphe - Running Up That Hill (Hadra)
The Tangent Project - Live on STAR'S END 12.06.09 (www.tangent-project.com)

Star's End Top 25 For July 2010 (alphabetical) Compiled by Chuck van Zyl
Artist - Album (Label)

Church Alio Die/Parallel Worlds - Circo Divinio (Hic Sunt Leones)
Ambientportal - Soundscapes (self-released)
Arc - Church (DiN)
Olafur Arnalds - And They Have Escaped the Weight of Darkness (Erased Tapes)
Marc Barreca - Subterrane (Palace of Lights)
Richard Bone - Mind Environs (Quirkworks)
Bvdub - The Art of Dying Alone (Glacial Movements)
Carbon Based Lifeforms - Interloper (Ultimae)
Free System Projekt - British Aisles (self-released)
Janne Hanhisuanto - Icescapes (Earth Mantra)
Kubusschnit - Entropy of Evolution (self-released)
K Leimer - Degraded Certainties (Palace of Lights)
Dave Luxton - Portal (Wayfarer)
Brian Parnham - The Broken Silence (Floating Point)
Mahoney & Peck - A Life Incandescent (Waiting World Records)
Dan Pound - Interlace (self-released)
Steve Roach - Sigh of Ages (Projekt)
Dirk Serries - Microphonics I-V (Tonefloat)
Johannes Schmoelling - A Thousand Times (Viktoriapark)
Spyra/Lang - SeQuest (Ricochet Dream)
Juta Takahashi - Hymn (Lunisolar)
The Tangent Project - Live on STAR'S END 12.06.09 (www.tangent-project.com)
Gregory Taylor - Dua_Belas (Palace of Lights)
Undo - 9.9.99 (self-released)
Erik Wollo - Gateway (Projekt)

Secret Music Playlist May 4 2008
Artist / Song / Album

The Tangent Project / Soju / Live On Stars End 02.24.08
Andrew Liles / Part 3 The Dying Submariner
David Parsons / Outer Reaches / Surya
Syndromeda / A Lingering Dread / Mythical Pursuit
Craig Padilla / Woven Planet / Below The Mountain
Sense Project / Videk / The Sublime
The Circular Ruins / Paracelsus 1 / Falling Into The Sky
The Winterhouse / Slow Promises / Slow Promises
Uwe Reckzeh / Category 5 / Altitude 30000
Xan Alexander / Solar Wind I / Klang Garten
Bionight / Little Gravity / Back To Orion
Robert Rich & Ian Boddy / Ice Fields / React
Dan Pound / Phase One / Lunar Effect
Chad Kettering / Breaking The Surface / Into The Infinite
Peter Miller / The Wanderer's Theme / From A Distant Shore
Gevorg Dabaghyan / Water From The Mountain / Lost Songs From Eden
Native Flute Ensemble / Peace Harvest / Touch Of The Deer
Doug Hammer / In The Fields / Solace
Ludovico Einaudi / Due Tramonti / Eden Roc

Secret Music Playlist June 22 2008
Artist Song Album

The Tangent Project / 20:30 / 2006-2007 Compilation
Jeffrey Koepper / Blue Sector / Sequentaria
Stars Of The Lid / Slight On The Childproof / Carte-De-Visite
Kevin Bartlett / God's Little Do-Over / Glow In The Dark
Parks / Trains / Umber
Milieu Pollen / Cabin Decay / A Warm Wooden Hollow
Peter James / In The Face Of Loss / Holding On Letting Go
Nunc Stans / We Ought Not To Be Awake / Timeless
Robert Davies / Dragonfly Hollow / Shadow Dreams
Robert Davies / Plateau Of Delusions / Shadow Dreams
Rene Van Der Wouden / Go Quieter / Universal Quiet
Air Sculpture / Stage 3 / Burn
Deep Listening Band / Geocentric / The Ready Made Boomerang
Ingram Marshall / Fog / Tropes Portraits
William Ackerman / Visiting / Meditations
K.Ryan Brown / White Cliffs Of Dover / Eden
Scooter Louis / How Can I Tell You / Tune Cycles
Robin Bullock / Raglan Road / Rosewood Castle
Lynn Patrick / Mysteriously / Drawn On The Wind

Secret Music Playlist June 29 2008
Artist / Song / Album

Jim Kirkwood / Shadows On The Horizon / Hecate Vol.1
Samuel Claiborne / Twinges / The Annunciation
Samuel Claiborne / A Kiss / The Annunciation
Samuel Claiborne / Last Light/First Light / The Annunciation
Samuel Claiborne / Growing Up / The Annunciation
Loons In The Monastery / IRT #6 Downtown, 3AM / Stranger Than Truth
Loons In The Monastery / Archangel / Stranger Than Truth
Loons In The Monastery / I-Spy / Stranger Than Truth
Loons In The Monastery / Shakuhachi Hibachi / Stranger Than Truth
Samuel Claiborne / Joseph / The Annunciation
Samuel Claiborne / Alone / The Annunciation
Loons In The Monastery / A Stone From Annapurna / Stranger Than Truth
Ros Bandt /Genesis / Austral Voices
Michael Harrison / Mystic / Lyre From Ancient Worlds
Ingram Marshall / Introduction / Alcatraz
The Tangent Project / Foregone / 2006-2007 Compilation
Peter James / Holding On Holding On / Letting Go
Peter James / Letting Go Holding On / Letting Go

WVKR-FM "Secret Music" Top 20 Playlist May 2008
ARTIST - ALBUM - LABEL

1. Robert Rich & Ian Boddy - React - DiN
2. Sense Project - The Sublime - Hypnos
3. The Winterhouse - Slow Promises - Blue Oasis
4. David Parsons - Surya - Celestial Harmonies
5. Chad Kettering - Into the Infinite - Soniclayers Music
6. The Circular Ruins - Falling Into The Sky - Blue Oasis
7. Uwe Reckzeh - Altitude 30000 - Musiczeit
8. Craig Padilla - Below the Mountain - Spotted Peccary Music
9. Xan Alexander - Klang Garten - Musiczeit
10. BIOnight - Back To Orion - Musiczeit
11. Syndromeda & Matt Howarth - Mythical Pursuit - Horizon Music
12. Dan Pound - Lunar Effect - Dan Pound
13. Fanger & Kersten - Elektrik Massage - Ricochet Dream
14. Jonathan Block - The Anatomy Of Waves - Hypnos
15. The Tangent Project - Live On Stars End 02.24.08 - www.tangent-project.com
16. Peter Miller - From A Distant Shore - Peter Miller
17. Native Flute Ensemble - Touch of The Deer - Talking Taco Records
18. Gevorg Dabaghyan - Lost Songs From Eden - Traditional Crossroads
19. Ludovico Einaudi - Eden Roc - Ponderosa
20. Doug Hammer - Solace - Dreamworld Productions

WVKR-FM "Secret Music" Top 20 Playlist June 2008
ARTIST - ALBUM - LABEL

1. Kevin Bartlett - Glow in the Dark - Aural Gratification
2. Will Ackerman - Meditations - Compass Records
3. Robert Davies - Shadow Dreams - Dataobscura
4. Nunc Stans - Timeless - Dataobscura
5. K.Ryan Brown - Eden - K.Ryan Brown
6. Jim Kirkwood - Hecate Vol.1 - Musiczeit
7. Scooter Louis - Tune Cycles - Scooter Louis
8. Stars Of The Lid - Carte De Visite - Kranky
9. Milieu - A Warm Wooden Hollow - Infraction
10. Parks - Umber - Infraction
11. Jeffrey Koepper - Sequentaria - Air Space Records
12. Peter James - Holding On Letting Go - Atmoworks
13. Rene Van Der Wouden - Universal Quiet - Musiczeit
14. Air Sculpture - Burn - Musiczeit
15. The Tangent Project - Live On Stars End 02.24.08 - www.tangent-project.com
16. Narcosis - Narcosis - Musiczeit
17. Northern Valentine - Rusted Gates: Leopard's Mouth - Gears Of Sand
18. Austere - Solyaris - Hypnos
19. Robin Bullock - Rosewood Castle - Dancing Wolf Records
20. Lynn Patrick - On the Wind - Dakota Ridge Records

WVKR-FM "Secret Music" Top 20 Playlist December 2009
ARTIST - ALBUM - LABEL

1. Holosphere - Parallel Universe - Holosphere
2. Ron Boots - Derby! - Groove Unlimited
3. Richard Lainhart - The Beautiful Blue Sky - O Town Music
4. Tempustry - Le Voyage Du Temps - Time Voyage
5. Northern Valentine - The Distance Brings Us Closer - Silber
6. Soporus - 24,110 - Burnt Toast Vinyl
7. Loscil - The Strathcona Variations - Ghostly International
8. Ian Boddy & David Wright - Shifting Sands - AD Music
9. Art Labriola - Silent Night - Art Labriola
10. Synth.nl - OceanoGraphy - Groove Unlimited
11. Duet For Theremin And Lap Steel - Duet - Duet Online
12. The Tangent Project - surface - www.tangent-project.com
13. Mister Vapor - In The Velvet Ether - Essentha Mundi
14. Cody Michaels - Winter Suite - Cody Michaels
15. Michele de Wilton - Myths & Legends - Michele de Wilton Records
16. Stanton Lanier - December Peace - Music to Light the World
17. Paul Avgerinos - Love - Round Sky Music
18. Richard Lainhart & Hakobune - Luminous Accidents - O Town Music
19. Julianna Barwick - Florine - Barwick
20. Christopher Boscole - O Christmas Tree - Centaur Records

WVKR-FM "Secret Music" Top 20 Playlist July 2010
ARTIST - ALBUM - LABEL

1. Mark Mahoney and Michael Peck - A Life Incandescent - Waiting World
2. Andrew Lahiff - Shapes In Clouds - Self Released
3. Matthew Schoening - Elements - Self Released
4. Arcane - The Shelter - Musiczeit
5. Mark Shreeve - Zoom - Musiczeit
6. Redshift - Wild - Musiczeit
7. Gregg Plummer - Remember This Place - Self Released
8. Andy McKee - Joyland - Razor & Tie
9. Guitar Republic - Guitar Republic - Candy Rat
10. Rameses III - I Could Not Love You More - Type
11. The Tangent Project - Live on Star's End 12.06.09 - www.tangent-project.com
12. Jonn Serrie - Thousand Star - New World Music
13. ['ramp] - debris - Doombient
14. Harold Budd & Clive Wright - Little Windows - Darla
15. Jozef Van Wissem - Stations Of The Cross - Incunabulum
16. Goldmund - The Malady Of Elegance - Type
17. Marconi Union - Tokyo - Bine Music
18. Stephen Parsick - Cambrium - Doombient
19. Dirk Serries - Microphonics I-V - Tonefloat
20. Paul Adams - Heavens - Lakefront