VAN ZYL, CHUCK - LIVE ON STARS END:2021-22 (3CD 6-PANEL CARD COVER)

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Across three discs, this album presents CVZ's live to air concerts of 7th Feb 2021 & 7th Aug 2022, plus his 26th March 2021 SoundQuest performance!

Each occasion built on the one that came before, and offered meaningful opportunities to advance his craft, further his artistry, and venture into a new sonic frontier.
In discharging audio from electricity works by Chuck Van Zyl sing the song of the synthesizer.
Searching through the cosmos, as well as his own imagination, he plays in the true spirit of exploration. Each of the realizations documented on ‘Live On Star's End 2021-2022’ builds toward a destination unknown at the outset. Beginning with nothing more than the spark of an idea, the wall outlet powers his instruments, while the logic of improvisation, the force of emotion, and materiality of sound provide the direction and form. This album supposes that the mind is still big, that thoughts are still vast, and offers no option to think small. After a deep listening it will be hard not to hear this strange magic everywhere.

Throughout this epic release we find a machine pulse propelling scales of notes. Radiating with each tight turn into widening arcs of mechanized certainty, sequencer lines solidly motor on. An unconstrained affair, the music winds out in cycling patterns of melodic invention - skipping and echoing with a determined energy. Thoughtful and as tightly coiled as ever, notes fly in and out of the mix, rising and receding in practiced precision. The assembly of tones and textures, somewhere between sonic storm and soothing sigh, stutters, sputters, then whispers a tale of electronic circuits dreaming.

From the sculpted and soft to the ambiguously toned, at times these live sets use negative space to delineate form - placing the listener on intimate terms with the present moment. With an ethereal human harmony hanging gently in the air, a beautiful animation is brought to an often impassive music.

‘Live On Star's End 2021-2022’ will be difficult to abandon to the background. The coolly controlled concerts conjure a rare dream logic - a kind of beauty which always passes too quickly. Yet, from these monumental acts of invention comes the theme of intimacy. In his unforced experimentation Chuck Van Zyl discovers hidden affinities. From the raw and power packed on down to the subtle and dulcet, these works recall the spirit of the Berlin-School - and the charged sparks of an exploratory, voltaic realm.

Steve Horne
Fans of Chuck van Zyl will instantly recognize his distinctive signature style. “Constellation” is not a short story, not an essay or even a novel, it is a series that takes the listener on a journey through Chuck’s universe, filled with the interplay of sequences that slowly tell their story and play against each other. Each one sounding frantic and insistent, vying for center stage but merging into the whole in an inventive unity that leads one into the vastness of space. Play on repeat. Favorite track: Constellation: Parts 1-5.

Andy Bloyce
A wonderful experience. A must-have set of recordings that I will be enjoying for a long time to come.
dcgunman thumbnail dcgunman I’m digging this latest release by Chuck Van Zyl. I downloaded this as soon as I saw it here on Bandcamp while on holiday in Japan. On our flight back to the mainland earlier today this was one of many albums I listened to while flying over the Pacific Blue. What a journey indeed. I was anticipating this release over the last 2 years and here it is. Beautiful. Thank you Chuck.

Preformed, recorded, edited, mixed, mastered and produced by Chuck Van Zyl, ‘Live On Star's End 2021-2022’ was released by Synkronos Music on 18th March 2023.

‘Live On Stars End 2021-2022’ is released on 18th March 2023.

Also available by CHUCK VAN ZYL …
CENOTAPH (2012 Album / 6-Panel Digi-Pak) CD – Stock # 1611292
LIVE ON STAR’S END 10-06-19 (2020 Album / 4-Panel Card Cover) CCCD – Stock # 2204853
RECITALS-V1 (2016 2CD Album / 6-Panel Digi-Pak) CD – Stock # 1911198
RECITALS-V2 (2018 2CD Album / 6-Panel Digi-Pak) CD – Stock # 2072647
RECITALS-V3 (2019 2CD Album / 6-Panel Digi-Pak) CD – Stock # 2198786
REGENERATION MODE (1996 Album Recorded with Peter Gulch) CD – Stock # 317169
RELIC (2018 2CD Remastered 1995 Classic / 6-Panel Card Cover) 2CCD – Stock # 2204856
RITUALS (2014 Album / 4-Panel Digi-Pak) CD – Stock # 1743358
SPACETONES (2019 Album of E-Day 2018 Gig) CD – Stock # 2184590
TRANSIENCE (2025 Album / 6-Panel Digi-Pak) CD – Stock # 2207025
VOTIVE (2021 Album / 6-Panel Digi-Pak) CD – Stock # 2205842
XYL FILE (2020 Album / Ltd to 100 Copies / 4-Panel Digi-Pak) CD – Stock # 2204854

CHUCK VAN ZYL: LIVE ON STAR’S END 2021-2022 3CD Track List:

CD 1:
01. Constellation: Parts 1-5 (01:15:28)

CD 2:
01. Constellation: Parts 6-7 (35:29)
02. Constellation: Part 8 [live at SoundQuest Fest 2021] (33:01)

CD 3:
01. Brocade (52:33)