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Space Station Soma FM (spaced out ambient and midtempo electronica format)- “Android Cat Dreams Of Mice,” from Leak constantly played from November 6, 2006 through present (June 16, 2007). Soma FM cliqhop idm is playing “Nightshift At The Baby Mecha Nursery”.

CoolStreams Ambient Caverns (ambient) features “Leak”, “Android Cat Dreams Of Mice”, “Nightshift At the Baby Mecha Nursery”, “Bullet Train”, “Starry Night”, and “Painting Earthtones In Orbit” from October 22 - November 18, 2006, January 7 - February 3, 2007, February 18 - March 3, 2007, March 19 - 31, 2007, April 1 - 14, 2007, April 15 - 28, 2007, April 29 - May 12, 2007, May 27 - June 9, 2007, and June 10 - 23, 2007.

AMBiENT PiNG RADiO (ambient/chill/downtempo format)- Live unreleased recordings “Thoughts Of Home In A Sandstorm” and “Between Aurora And A Nice Hot Cup Of Joe” were played on the Almost Live show on June 4, 2007. Live unreleased recordings “The Life And Times Of Mr. Water Vapor,” “Leaving Las Hangri,” and “Marionplatz Glockenspiel” were played on the Almost Live show on December 11, 2006. “Android Cat Dreams Of Mice,” “Painting Earthtones In Orbit,” and “Nightshift At The Baby Mecha Nursery” from Leak were added and featured the week of October 22, 2006.

KRFC-RadioFreeColorado (freeform, indie pop) - “Android Cat Dreams Of Mice,” from Leak played May 26, 2007.

106.7 FM WETX (Freeform, Various, College), Johnson City, TN, The ETSU DeTour Randomization show played “Android Cat Dreams Of Mice” on April 7, 2007 through May 20, 2007.

Echoes (acoustic to electronic, jazz to space music, the avant-garde to rock format)- Echoes, the daily two-hour music soundscape, distributed by Public Radio International and broadcast on over 145 radio stations from Maine to California, has been playing the title track “Leak” from Sensitive Chaos Leak on their Tuesday, January 16, 2007 & Sunday, January 21, 2007 playlist, Tuesday, January 23, 2007 & Sunday, January 28, 2007 playlist, Tuesday, February 13, 2007 & Sunday February 18, 2007 playlist, Wednesday, February 28, 2007 & Sunday March 4, 2007 playlist, Wednesday, March 21, 2007 & Sunday March 25, 2007 playlist, Thursday, March 29, 2007, and Friday, April 27, 2007 and “Android Cat Dreams Of Mice” to the Monday, January 29, 2007 & Sunday, February 4, 2007 playlist, Tuesday, February 6, 2007 & Sunday, February 11th playlist, Friday, April 13, 2007, and Wednesday, April 25, 2007 and Sunday, April 29, 2007.

WVKR-FM, Poughkeepsie, NY, Secret Music Playlist, April 15, 2007, features “Painting Earthtones In Orbit” from Sensitive Chaos Leak CD, which is also in Secret Music’s Top 20 for the month of April, 2007. “Leak” is played on April 1, 2007.

StillStream.com (ambient format)- Leak tracks “Painting Earthtones In Orbit” and “Nightshift At The Baby Mecha Nursery” plus live tracks “Trees Of Tropica Island”, “Leaving Las Hangri”, The Life and Times of Mr. Water Vapor”, “Fireflies In A Jar”, and “Marienplatz Glockenspiel” played on Blue Water Drift Dive show, April 7 & 8, 2007. Leak tracks “Painting Earthtones In Orbit” and “Nightshift At The Baby Mecha Nursery” played on Blue Water Drift Dive show, September 23, 2006 and September 30, 2006.

Radio Despi 107.1 FM in Barcelona, Spain, La Otra Orilla show, March 19, 2007, plays “Android Cat Dreams Of Mice”.

February 2007 Top 20, as reported to New Age Reporter, Music From Beyond the Lakes on WDBX 91.1 FM, Carbondale, Illinois (ambient, electronic, jazz) (www.wdbx.org) lists at number 13. Sensitive Chaos - Leak - Subsequent Records. Included “Starry Night” on its February 4, 2007 Cold Nights, Warm Hearts show, just before a Roger Eno tune and included “Leak” on its November 12, 2006 Abandoned Cities show.

YLE Radio 1 - Space Junk Finnish Broadcasting Company radio station (electronic/ambient/space format)- played “Nightshift At The Baby Mecha Nursery” on their January 14, 2007 show in between songs by Radio Massacre International and Centrozoon, and on their September 10, 2006 show in between songs by Radio Massacre International and Paul Ellis.

WTUL 91.5 FM’s Poptart Show, New Orleans, LA (college alternative format)- “Nightshift At The Baby Mecha Nursery” played on on December 1, 2006, just before Robyn Hitchcock and Animal Collective.

Aural Innovations Radio (electronic/ambient/space format)- “Painting Earthtones In Orbit” added October 1, 2006 to The Electronic Cottage show playlist.

NPR member station WDIY 88.1 FM, Allentown and Bethlehem, PA, 93.9 FM in Easton, PA and Phillipsburg, NJ, 93.7 FM in Fogelsville and Trexlertown, 92.9 FM on Service Electric Cable (electronic/ambient/space format)- Leak track “Bullet Train” played on Galactic Travels show, September 21, 2006.

KTUH FM 90.3 FM Honolulu (college alternative format)- Leak added week of September 11, 2006 to RPM rotation (playing along side of Board Of Canada, Four Tet, DJ Logic, Basement Jaxx, Zero 7, and Cut Chemist).

John Shanahan, May 2007 Hypnagogue Ambient Music News & Reviews:

I like being pleasantly surprised by the music I receive to review. Often that surprise comes because the music belies the presentation. That is to say, the packaging, which is part of the overall experience of any CD, doesn’t raise my hopes for what’s inside. Without meaning to be insulting, I have to say that this was true of Sensitive Chaos’ new CD, Leak. The cover logo, at first glance, looks like it was roughed out on an Etch-A-Sketch quickly. So when I reluctantly loaded the disk hoping for the best, the effect of the music was, to pun, amplified, and in a very good way.

On Leak Jim Combs delivers a package of equal parts funk, world beats and jazz influences wrapped around a solid electronic core. The title track plods in, quaintly uncertain aboard an ungainly rhythm that slowly gains support from a quiet melody rising beneath it. These meld and smooth; shuffling percussion eases in; and then, from a distance comes Brian Good’s flowing saxophone line, elevating the piece to a feel reminiscent of Shadowfax. It does take the track six minutes to get to this point, but listening to it is like watching a building go up in time lapse. And once it’s there, it’s elegant.

The ride continues with “Android Cat Dreams of Mice,” a nice fusion of jazz and hypnosis that gets a lift from a thick, funk-inspired bass line. Good comes back on “Starry Night,” which is as close to a straight-up jazz tune as you get on Leak. It’s a sweet listen, gliding along on that sax and a bouncing beat backed with hiccuppy electronic augmentation. A distorted computer voice welcomes listeners to the upbeat, lilting track, “Painting Earthtones in Orbit.” The voice returns at the end of “Nightshift at the Baby Mecha Nursery,” a fun piece working from a tinkling melody upward into a nicely interwoven construct that subsequently unwinds itself back toward simplicity. (Whereupon we get the voice again, speaking as if to one of the robot babies, a very nice touch).

Each track is fairly long, giving Combs ample time to fully explore his ideas and possibilities. And he spends the time wisely. Leak is a very pleasant surprise and will definitely garner repeat listens.