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	STEPHEN BACCHUS - Ambient Origins (cd)


	STEPHEN BACCHUS - Etherium (cd-r)


	STEPHEN BACCHUS - Pangaea (cd)


	JONATHAN BADGER - Metasonic (cd)


	AMIR BAGHIRI & MATHIAS GRASSOW - True North (cd)


	AMIR BAGHIRI & NIMH - Entities (cd-r)


	AMIR BAGHIRI & WEE BANDITS - A Brief History of Light (cd-r)


	AMIR BAGHIRI - Bluebox Collection (cd)


	AMIR BAGHIRI - Cages (cd)


	AMIR BAGHIRI - Dreamresources (cd)


	AMIR BAGHIRI - Exosphere (cd)


	AMIR BAGHIRI - Planet X (cd)


	AMIR BAGHIRI - Rooms (cd)


	AMIR BAGHIRI - Time (cd)


	AMIR BAGHIRI - Winterscape (cd)


	AMIR BAGHIRI - Yalda (cd-r)


	CHRISTOPHE BAILLEAU - Air Resort (cd)


	DAN BARRIO - This Physical World (cd-r)


	EVAN BARTHOLOMEW - Caverns of Time (cd)


	EVAN BARTHOLOMEW - Secret Entries into Darkness (cd)


	KEVIN BARTLETT - Glow in the Dark (cd)


	KEVIN BARTLETT - Near Life Experience (cd)


	ADRIAN BEASLEY - Powerhouse (cd-r)


	MICHEL BEKKERING - Cosmopolitan Dances (cd-r)


	DENE DE BENEDICTIS - A Lone Reply (cd)


	DENE DE BENEDICTIS - Salvaging the Past (cd)


	MICHAEL THOMAS BERKLEY - Arctic (cd)


	MICHAEL THOMAS BERKLEY - Images from Earth (cd)


	BERNHARD - Down on Earth (cd-r)


	BETWEEN INTERVAL - Autumn Continent (cd)


	BETWEEN INTERVAL - Radio Silence (cd-r)


	BETWEEN INTERVAL - Secret Observatory (cd)


	BETWEEN INTERVAL - The Edge of a Fairytale (cd)


	AMIN BHATIA - Virtuality (cd)


	MARK BIEHL - Landscapes (cd)


	DANIEL BLANCHET - L’Harmonie des Mondes (cd)


	SERGE BLENNER - Musique de Chambre (cd)


	DANIEL BLOOM - Event Horizon (cd)


	BLUE STONE - Breathe (cd)


	BLUETECH - Phoenix Rising (cd)


	BLUTIGER FLUSS - Dawn of Mars (cd-r)


	BLüCHEL & VON DEYLEN - Bi Polar (cd)


	BLüCHEL & VON DEYLEN - Mare Stellaris (cd)


	CHRIS BOCAST - Through the Airlock (cd)


	WOLFGANG BOCK - Cycles (Lp)


	CLAUS BOCKSTANDT - Voyages (cd)


	IAN BODDY & BERNHARD WöSTHEINRICH - Hemispheres (cd-r)


	RICHARD BONE - Experiments ’80-’82 (cd)


	RICHARD BONE - Infinite Plastic Creation (cd)


	RICHARD BONE - Saiyuji (cd)


	RICHARD BONE - Short Waves (cd-r/dvd-r)


	RICHARD BONE - The Eternal Now (cd)


	RICHARD BONE - The Spectral Ships (cd)


	RICHARD BONE - Vesperia (cd)


	RON BOOTS & FRIENDS - By Popular Demand (cd)


	RON BOOTS & FRIENDS - Joie de Vivre (cd)


	RON BOOTS & IAN BODDY - Phase 3 (cd)


	RON BOOTS & JOHN KERR - Offshore Islands (cd)


	RON BOOTS, KEES AERTS & HAROLD VAN DER HEIJDEN - BAH! Live in Sweden (cd-r)


	RON BOOTS - 80's Box (cd)


	RON BOOTS - Acoustic Shadows (cd)


	RON BOOTS - Area Movement (cd)


	RON BOOTS - Beyond the Boundaries of Twilight (cd)


	RON BOOTS - Current (cd)


	RON BOOTS - Derby! (cd)


	RON BOOTS - Detachment of Worldly Affairs (cd)


	RON BOOTS - Different Stories and Twisted Tales (cd)


	RON BOOTS - Dreamscape (cd)


	RON BOOTS - Ghost of a Mist (cd)


	RON BOOTS - Liquid Structures in Solid Form (cd)


	RON BOOTS - Mea Culpa (cd)


	RON BOOTS - Of Desolate Places And Urban Jungles (cd-single)


	RON BOOTS - Screaming Whispers (cd)


	RON BOOTS - See Beyond Times, Look Beyond Words (cd)


	RON BOOTS - Tainted Bare Skin (cd)


	RON BOOTS - Too Many Secrets (cd)


	MEG BOWLES - Blue Cosmos (cd)


	KEVIN BRAHENY - Galaxies (cd)


	BRAIN LAUGHTER II - Not Far from a Distant Sun (cd)


	BRAINWORK - Ten (cd)


	STEVE BRAND - Bridge to Nowhere (cd-r)


	STEVE BRAND - SoulSpiral (cd-r)


	THOM BRENNAN - Satori (cd-r)


	THOM BRENNAN - Shimmer (cd-r)


	THOM BRENNAN - Silver (cd -r)


	THOM BRENNAN - Stories from the Forest (cd)


	THOM BRENNAN - Vibrant Water (cd-r)


	BROEKHUIS, KELLER & SCHöNWäLDER - Blue (cd)


	BROEKHUIS, KELLER & SCHöNWäLDER - Live @ Dorfkirche Repelen 2 (cd)


	BROEKHUIS, KELLER & SCHöNWäLDER - Repelen 3 (cd)


	BROKEN HARBOUR - Broken Harbour (cd-r)


	VINCENT BRULEY - Dauphins et Baleines (cd)


	VINCENT BRULEY - La Nature s’endort (cd)


	BRUNETTE MODELS - Last Poem (cd)


	HAROLD BUDD & CLIVE WRIGHT - A Song for Lost Blossoms (cd)


	HAROLD BUDD - The White Arcades (cd)


	RICHARD BURMER - Invention (cd)

ADRIAN BEASLEY
Powerhouse
CD-R, Private Release, 2007

Adrian Beasley is one of the members of the UK-band Air Sculpture, which has ran a bit out of sight since a couple of years, although they did perform several concerts and compose a few tracks for samplers.

With this solo album, Adrian likes to share his passion and excitement that fulfilled him 30 years ago when he had his first encounter with the raw power of electronic gear.

The 18-minute "Turbines" takes off with a long intro of starting engines, later followed by the well-known up-tempo sequencing and melodic textures from Air Sculpture, which reminds of old-style TD.
On "The Great Hall" things turn quiet with beautiful atmospherics and sustained Eno-esque piano.

The excellent "Power Surge" turns dynamic again with powerful sequencing, a lofty solo lead and a steady beat.
The 11-minute "Off-Line" is another great atmospheric, well rendered ambient track, featuring deep, slow morphing Roach-like spheres.

The title track ends things in a great manner, starting out rather quietly, but soon sequencing and electronic textures come in. Adrian adds some great soloing in the tradition of Mark Shreeve and old Mr Dyson, making all ingredients ending up in a fantastic up-tempo piece.

All in all, "Powerhouse", available through outlets like Groove Unlimited and SMD, sure is a recommended album!