Day: August 4, 2010

Two Essential Lisa Gerrard CDs (+3)

Lisa Gerrard – The Sound of the Spirit: One of 20 Icons of Echoes. Lisa Gerard was the possessed vocalist with Dead Can Dance, the enigmatic group that channeled a world of sound through their electro-ethnic arrangements and the incantatory voice of Gerrard. Gerrard sings in a hybrid supralingua that sounds like a real language,…

Klaus Schulze Turns 63

A Sultan of Synthesizers 63 isn’t a very significant birthday,  but any time we can celebrate the music of Klaus Schulze, we should do it.   Born August 4, 1947, Klaus Schulze remains the John Coltrane of electronic music.   It’s been nearly four decades since his solo debut, Irrlicht, and he continues creating CD length…

Wednesday, August 4th-Echoes Program 1031C

Wednesday, August 4th Echoes Program 1031C Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Gareth Pearson Paranoid Android Urban Echoes, Vol. 1 0:06:00 Tierra Negra and Muriel Anderson Summer Morning Rain New World Flamenco 0:09:37 Hammock Still Secrets Remaining  Chasing After Shadows…Living with the Ghosts (Outtakes) 0:16:45 Dean and Britta I…