Der Spyra (aka Wolfram Spyra) is a German synthesist with strong roots in the Berlin-School of Spacemusic. Embracing these essential concepts he creates electronic realizations with a transportative quality. Mixing dreamy electronics with enticing synthetic percussion, Spyra delivers an extremely appealing music. Charged with rhythm and catchy melodies, Spyra's music brings the ideas of classic 1970's spacemusic into the present tense. Spyra made his east-coast concert debut in Philadelphia at The Gatherings Concert Series in March 2007. The CD High Phidelity chronicles his live performances at The Gatherings, STAR'S END Ambient Radio and others

Spyra returned to Philadelphia and The Gatherings Concert Series on 15 May 2010. Concert photos coming soon!

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Robert Rich's music creates a world of primordial mystery and intense beauty. Electronics merge seamlessly with primitive instruments in lush atmospheres. Above it all float melodies played on bamboo flute and steel guitar. With the fabric of this hypnotic journey, Rich weaves a connection between human cultures both past and present, near and far. Rich's current project pushes his modular synthesizer into new tonal directions. The music involves a blend of faster melodic cycles and percolating rhythms, his usual atmospherics and intricate examples of just intonation.

Robert Rich performed this new material when he returned to Philadelphia and The Gatherings Concert Series on 1 May 2010. Photos coming soon.

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Radio Massacre Int'l is a trio of English musicians (Steve Dinsdale, Duncan Goddard, Gary Houghton) known for extended concerts of epic aural excursions. Performances are largely improvised and veer off into areas dictated by mood, circumstance or whim. RMI's recorded output reflects the diversity and complexity of this work, which is often compared to that of the Berlin-School of cosmic music. But RMI is not simply re-creating the music of this era, rather they further explore and contemplate the expressional mode and the instruments that made it possible - in hopes of realizing new ideas.

Radio Massacre Int'l returned to Philadelphia for their fourth performance as part of The Gatherings Concert Series on 17 April 2010. Photos coming soon!

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The Gatherings Concert Series has a MySpace Webpage which you are invited to visit. Here you will find some background on the concert series as well as news and notes about upcoming events plus scheduled artist's music and videos. Visitors may also listen to music from The Gatherings vol 1 and The Gatherings vol 2 anthology CDs as well. Maintained by attendee and supporter Chuck Nixon, The Gatherings Concert Series MySpace Webpage has a growing list of friends from the worldside listening community.

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The 2010 Season at The Gatherings Concert Series is funded in part by Nepenthe Music. An independent record label out of Toledo, OH, Nepenthe Music is dedicated to the music releases of Dwight Ashley and selected projects by Tim Story, Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Cluster.

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The 2010 Season at The Gatherings Concert Series is funded in part by Synkronos Music. An independent record label located near Philadelphia, PA, Synkronos Music is dedicated to the music releases of The Ministry of Inside Things, The Nightcrawlers and selected projects by Chuck van Zyl.

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The 2010 Season at The Gatherings Concert Series is supported in part by Ricochet Dream. An independent record label and listener association located in Red Bank, NJ, Ricochet Dream is dedicated to music releases relating to its TD themed Ricochet Gathering events and other noted artists.

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The Gatherings Concert Series and The Corporation for Innovative Music and Arts of PA offer sincere thanks to our Season 2009 Funders and Underwriters. We have worked very hard to build an international reputation for producing provocative and daring works of artistic excellence and your funding has a direct and important impact on this work. Thank you for your kind support!

We keep the price of admission low to encourage new and diverse audiences to experience the wealth of music at The Gatherings. As a non-profit organization, our ticket prices do not cover the entire cost of producing some of the highest quality concert experiences in the country. We rely on our generous contributors to help us continue our tradition of quality programming.

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On 18 April 2003, CIMA filed Form 1023 (Application for Recognition of Exemption Under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code) with the Internal Revenue Service. On 9 February 2004, the IRS determined that The Corporation for Innovative Music and Arts of Pennsylvania is exempt from federal income tax under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code as an organization described in section 501(c)(3). Donations to CIMA of PA are deductible as charitable contributions on the donor's federal income tax return.

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