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	W.A.DEPHUL - When aliens meet a drop of water (cd)


	DER WALDLäUFER - Wanderlust (Digital Download)


	LISA WALKER - Grooved Whale (cd)


	WANDERWELLE - Lost in a sea of trees (Lp/Digital Download)


	SEAN WASHBURN - Wave Mantra (cd)


	SEAN WASHBURN - Wave Mantra (CD)


	WASSONIC - Wassonic (cd-r/Digital Download)


	WATERBONE - Tibet (cd)


	JESSE WAUGH - Japanese Tea Garden (Digital Download)


	WAVE WORLD - Cloudseeder (cd)


	WAVE WORLD - Hieroglyphs (cd)


	WAVE WORLD - Tableaux (cd)


	WAVE WORLD - The Falls of Varnal (cd)


	WAVE WORLD - The Winds of Laax (cd)


	WAVESTAR II - Nightwinds (CD/Digital Download)


	BERNARD WEADLING - Out of Time (cd)


	CHRISTIAN WELDE - Fairytales (cd)


	WELLENFELD - Pandemie (cd-r/digital download)


	WELLENFELD - Sunshine (cd-r/Digital Download)


	WELLENFELD - The Big Bang (cd-r/Digital Download)


	WELLENFELD - Trip to Illusion (cd-r)


	MICHAEL WHALEN - Like Rain Through My Hands (cd)


	MICHAEL WHALEN - Nightscenes (cd)


	CLIFFORD WHITE - Ascension (cd)


	CLIFFORD WHITE - Atlantis (cd)


	CLIFFORD WHITE - The Healing Touch (Ascension II) (cd)


	STEPHAN WHITLAN - Inertial Moments (cd-r/Digital Download)


	STEPHAN WHITLAN - Map Reference (cd)


	STEPHAN WHITLAN - Travelling Light (Digital Download)


	STEPHAN WHITLAN - Triangulation (cd)


	KLAUS WIESE - Perfume (cd)


	PHILLIP WILKERSON & CHRIS RUSSELL - Vague Traces (CD/Digital Download)


	PHILLIP WILKERSON - Amorphous Worlds (cd-r)


	PHILLIP WILKERSON - Complex Silence 23 (Digital Download)


	PHILLIP WILKERSON - Early Works (cd-r)


	PHILLIP WILKERSON - Highlands (Digital Download)


	PHILLIP WILKERSON - Interplay (Ep)


	PHILLIP WILKERSON - Sojourner (cd-r/Digital Download)


	PHILLIP WILKERSON - Starjournal (cd-r)


	PHILLIP WILKERSON - Still Point (cd-r)


	PHILLIP WILKERSON - Sun Tracer (cd-r)


	PHILLIP WILKERSON - Ten to Eleven (cd-r/Digital Download)


	PHILLIP WILKERSON - The Stars and Afterward (cd-r/Digital Download)


	PHILLIP WILKERSON - Ways of Forgetting (Digital Download EP)


	PHILLIP WILKERSON - Wondrous Encounters (CD-r/Digital Download)


	SIMON WILKINSON - Cryosleep Dreams (Digital Download)


	BEKKI WILLIAMS - Edge of Human (cd)


	ANDREW THOMAS WILSON - Carnarvon -Rain Forest- (cd)


	TERJE WINTHER - Electronic Regions (cd)


	WINTHERSTORMER - Electric Fairytales (cd)


	WINTHERSTORMER - Ground Connection (cd)


	WINTHERSTORMER - Woodwork (cd)


	WITHIN REASON - Farshadow (CD/Digital Download)


	WITHIN REASON - Substrate: Collected Elements (cd-r/digital download)


	WITHIN REASON - Subtle Shift (cd-r)


	WITHIN REASON - Transient Broadcasts (CD-r/Digital Download)


	WOLFSKIN FEAT. LAST INDUSTRIAL ESTATE - Stonegates of Silence (cd)


	JACK WOOD - Lighthouse (cd)


	RENé VAN DER WOUDEN - Altostratus / Cirrostratus (cd-r)


	RENé VAN DER WOUDEN - Fixus Naturalis (cd-r/Digital Download)


	RENé VAN DER WOUDEN - Numerus Fixus (cd)


	RENé VAN DER WOUDEN - Panorama (cd-r/Digital Download)


	RENé VAN DER WOUDEN - Pro Sequentia (cd-r)


	RENé VAN DER WOUDEN - Stargazer (CD-r/Digital Download)


	RENé VAN DER WOUDEN - Zeppelins! There they go (cd-r/Digital Download)


	DAVID WRIGHT - Connected (CD/Digital Downoad)


	DAVID WRIGHT - Dreams and Distant Moonlight (cd)


	DAVID WRIGHT - In Search of Silence (CD/Digital Download)


	DAVID WRIGHT - Live at the London Planetarium (CD/Digital Download)


	DAVID WRIGHT - Momentum (cd)


	DAVID WRIGHT - The Spirit of Light (Best of Volume 2) (CD/Digital Download)


	FRéDéRIC WURTZ - Sequence Time (Mc)


	BERNHARD WöSTHEINRICH - Live in New Jersey (Digital Download)


	ERIK WøLLO & BERNHARD WöSTHEINRICH - Weltenuhr (CD/Digital Download)


	ERIK WøLLO - Airborne (CD/Digital Download)


	ERIK WøLLO - Blue Radiance (CD/Digital Download)


	ERIK WøLLO - Celestia (Digital Download EP)


	ERIK WøLLO - Echotides (CD/Digital Download)


	ERIK WøLLO - Emotional Landscapes (cd)


	ERIK WøLLO - Gateway (cd)


	ERIK WøLLO - Guitar Nova (cd)


	ERIK WøLLO - Silent Currents (Live at Star’s End) (cd)


	ERIK WøLLO - Silent Currents 3 (Digital Download)


	ERIK WøLLO - Timelines (CD/Digital Download)


	ERIK WøLLO - Tundra (CD/Digital Download)


	ERIK WøLLO - Wind Journey (cd)

WAVESTAR II
Nightwinds
CD/DIGITAL DOWNLOAD, Groove Unlimited, 2018

Wavestar II sees John Dyson accompanied by accomplished composers and studio-technicians Paul Ward and Stephen Whitlan continuing the sonic quest where Wavestar left us many years ago.

“Nightwinds” contains 78 minutes of warm, melodic and accessible electronic music John Dyson had been working on for long (but never was able to finish properly) with some of JD’s fine e-guitar work and solos here and there, “Track of Time” being a very fine example. “The Velocity of Time” following next is another pinnacle which sees Mr Dyson’s execute various triumphant, interlocking solos recalling the hay days of good old Wavestar. “Reprise” (dedicated to John’s deceased partner Jack) starts out with intro of Wavestar’s classic track “U.F.O.”, then evolving into majestic, symphonic sphere and farscapes with cinematic hints.

The album concludes with the 22-minute epic title track beginning with slow building synth textures and gentle guitar playing laying down a smooth blanket of warm atmospheres in the first half. The next 5-6 minutes features grand orchestral drama before the trio returns back to the starting point building a lovely celebratory-symphonic finale of the theme again including rapid sequencing and John’s enthusiast and signature soloing.

Both Wavestar II and “Nightwinds” make a strong and appealing statement. I, and I’m sure many with me, would love to see this and more performed live sometime...Last but not least, thanks so much guys for resurrecting Wavestar.