With his Cloud Pond Sky River (60:00)Robert Rich takes us ever deeper into the sonic wilds. Listening to this precision built,continuously flowing soundscape, we might imagine the breadth of possibilities of existence. As the outgrowth of solitary dreaming, the overall form of Cloud Pond Sky River seems more like the spatial configuration of a person than simply an atmosphere meant for rest or repose. Held back along sustained textures, long-held electronic chords and progressions resolve into an expanding charge of undulating energy and mysterious feelings. Moving at the speed of thought, the positioning of arbitrary bells, chimes and bass notes offer vague landmarks on our journey through liminal space. While quiescent tone zones hint at the infinite, in his mind Robert Rich imagines the high horizons of the spirit. Such ideas will surely play better in some future where the reformation of the world is complete. Until that time we have his music - and its ability to make us feel "held" and "at home" in a way that today's world simply cannot.
Please tune in to the 15 November 2026 broadcast of STAR'S END for music from Cloud Pond Sky River, the latest release by Robert Rich, and much more... Thanks!
June Lopez enjoys focusing on how cultural and musical influences shape sound. He is deeply invested in textures and rhythms of Latin-Jazz-Afro-Roots and in preserving the art of sonic design in live improvised performances - most memorably for the WXPN/STAR'S END Member Concert of 25 April 2026.
Ahead of his 14 November 2026 appearance at The Gatherings Concert Series, June Lopez made his Star's End debut on the 1 November 2026 broadcast. If you missed it, or want to watch again, please access the live stream archive from Youtube.
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: 2 August 2026Robert Rich (California USA) 9 August 2026Grant Beasley (Sunderland UK) 16 August 2026Howard Givens/Craig Padilla (Oregon USA) 23 August 2026Andrea Cichecki (Dresden DE) 30 August 2026Radio Massacre International (Teesside UK)
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June Lopez enjoys focusing on how cultural and musical influences shape sound. He is deeply invested in textures and rhythms of 
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