Spacecraft: Cybersphere Spacecraft: Cybersphere (Space for Music - 2001) Piloted by Tony Gerber (guitars,synths), Josie Phelan (electric cello), Giles Reaves (synths), John Rose (synths) and Diane Timmons (synths, vocals), Spacecraft launches into the soft psychedelia of Cybersphere. Expect a gentle voyage through realms of shapelessly flowing soundworlds. Mutedly wavering guitar strums blend with electronic atmospheres which sweep like sunbeams, gaining activity and momentum through synth sequences, wordless vocal strands and Creative Acceleration. Soaring flutations swirl above the drones, tones and twinkles of Anima-Machina, joined by gently exploratory guitar and pulsing organs. Quiet communion between guitars, cello and piano form the short piece, Fragile (2:35)... ... which segues into the denser, dancing swirls of a transportive Tunnel into stellar spaces. Melting brasstones, wafting synthstreams and what might be a harmonica sprawl throughout the enticing lonesomeness of Blue Planet Blue. Sparkling space piano drifts on solar winds where Cloud Traveling meets with winsome fiddling in a new-agey skydance. Against a thrumming dronescape, Reach Out (11:58) incorporates shimmering chimes, faraway drumbeats, ghostly croons and entertwining layers of synth-haze, a confluence of the heavens and the earth. Containing music from two performances at the Cybersphere Planetarium, the relaxing synth-driven starmusic of Spacecraft makes for 70 minutes of 8.4 interstellar exploration. The folks at Space for Music break away from the traditional sounds of Nashville! See also John Rose's solo release... This review posted August 31, 2001 AmbiEntrance © 2001-1997 by David J Opdyke (except CD cover art, rights retained by original owners).