An Echoes Take on MoogFest 2010 Day 2: Massive Attack assaults, Thievery Corporation raps, Jon Hopkins up-dates Techno. It was Halloween Eve at MoogFest and there were many treats, no tricks, and some disappointments. Unfortunately, an interview commitment prevented me from seeing several acts including Jonsi, Caribou and Mountain Man. But I have reports on…
Month: October 2010
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MoogFest Day 1: No Devo, MGMTdoes Karaoke
Devo Cancels. MGMT does Karaoke. King Britt travels the Spaceways. Mutemath does Back-Flips The first day of MoogFest consisted of tough choices made easy by disappointment. The disappointment was the late-news that Devo would not be performing. They canceled their entire US tour after guitarist Bob Mothersbaugh sliced his thumb to the bone. But disappointment…
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MoogFest-Too Many Choices
Getting ready for MoogFest tonight and already faced by insurmountable choices with overlapping bands in venues separated by anywhere from 5 to 20 minute hauls. The pleasant pop of Kuroma and The Octopus Project each overlap by half an hour, so I’ll start out with TOP but Kuroma will have to depend on how good…
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Friday, October 29th-Echoes Program 1043E
Friday, October 29th Echoes Program 1043E An Echoes Halloween Lock the doors, close the windows, turn off the lights and just leave one candle burning for an Echoes Halloween. We’ll dip into the dark side of the Echoes soundscape to bring you atmospheres and chills for Halloween. Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name…
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Thursday, October 28th-Echoes Program 1033A
Thursday, October 28th Echoes Program 1033A Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 The Album Leaf Wishful Thinking Into the Blue Again 0:06:00 Jon Hopkins Light Through the Veins Insides 0:14:45 Ubud Potu Ubud Tiga 0:19:57 Steve Tibbetts Sangchen Rolpa Natural Causes 0:23:00 Fuhrs & Frohling Ammerland Ammerland 0:26:00 Ronn…
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Wednesday, October 27th-Echoes Program 1028D
Wednesday, October 27th Echoes Program 1028D Music from Steve Roach and Fuhrs & Frohling A deep trance excursion called Sigh of Ages, the latest from Steve Roach. We’ll also hear a reissue from 1975 by the German symphonic rock band, Führs & Frohling. Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00…
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Tuesday, October 26th-Echoes Program 1043B
Tuesday, October 26th Echoes Program 1043B Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Sanjay Mishra For Julia Blue Incantations with Jerry Garcia 0:06:00 John Gregorius Heaven and Earth Heaven and Earth 0:09:32 Paul Avgerinos Art of Allowing Law of Attraction 0:16:38 The Pels Syndicate Searchlight Cinematic Blue 0:19:25 Yo-Yo Ma…
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Brian Eno’s Stormy Seas.
Echoes’ #1 Icon, Brian Eno Holds a Dark Tiller on Small Craft on a Milk Sea German bands like Neu!, Harmonia, and Cluster have been getting a lot of attention lately, constantly named-dropped as influences on younger bands. Of course, almost no one knew about these artists back in the 70s when they laid down…
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Monday, October 25th-Echoes Program 1043A
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20100224.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS Monday, October 25th and the weekend of Oct. 30th Echoes Program 1043A Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 General Fuzz Acclimate Resonance: The Echoes Living Room Concerts Vol. 13 (v/a)* 0:06:00 Mark Preston Casco Nature & Design 0:10:29 Thievery Corporation The…
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Friday, October 22nd-Echoes Program 1029A
Friday, October 22nd Echoes Program 1029A Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Rena Jones What Was Once Will Be Again Indra’s Web 0:06:00 Mary Youngblood On Our Journey Dance with the Wind 0:09:13 Sysyphe Sinking Running Up That Hill 0:17:28 Sherry Finzer Mystic Haze Sanctuary 0:29:00 break Second Half…