Month: March 2011

Icelandic Chamber Music Heads Echoes Top 25

Skuli Sverrisson’s Lush Ambiences Lead Echoes Top 25 for March. Skuli Sverrisson’s Seria II was our Echoes CD of the Month in March and it leads the Echoes Top 25 for March, bringing in a lot of other ambient chamber music on its coattails including Meg Bowles’ A Quiet Light, Dustin O’Halloran’s Lumiere and Olafur…

Thursday, March 31st-Echoes Program 1113D

Thursday, March 31st Echoes Program 1113D New music: Sumner McKane and Happy Rhodes Guitarist Sumner McKane has created a film documentary and an Americana-tinged soundtrack about the gritty days of logging called “In the Blood.” We’ll also hear something from singer-songwriter Happy Rhodes Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00…

Wednesday, March 30th-Echoes Program 1113C

Wednesday, March 30th Echoes Program 1113C New music: Nils Frahm & Anne Müller and Klaus Schulze It’s music for cello and electronics when we hear the German duo of Nils Frahm and Anne Müller.  They create a glitch strewn ambient chamber music landscape on their album, 7fingers.  John Diliberto keeps the German sound going with…

Tuesday, March 29th-Echoes Program 1113B

http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20100331.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS Tuesday, March 29th Echoes Program 1113B Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Portico Quartet Isla  Isla 0:06:00 Chronos Planetarium  Inspirational Power 0:13:02 Nils Frahm and Anne Muller Let My Key Be C  7Fingers 0:18:48 Zoe Keating Escape Artist  Into the Trees…

Monday, March 28th-Echoes Program 1113A

Monday, March 28th and the weekend of April 2nd Echoes Program 1113A Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Pino Forastiere Danza International Guitar Night V (v/a)* 0:06:00 All India Radio Shimmer The Silent Surf 0:08:21 Dead Beat Project Checkmate  R’Evoluton 0:16:11 Robbie Robertson Madame X How To Become Clairvoayant…

Pete Townshend’s Ambient Dream.

Can you imagine Pete Townsend as Brian Eno? Pete Townshend Regrets Joining The Who By Live4ever Posted on 24 Mar 2011 at 5:52am The Who guitarist Pete Townshend has said if he could have his time again he would avoid joining a band, as he believes the dynamic has stifled his creativity over the years.…

Friday, March 25th-Echoes Program 1105A

Friday, March 25th Echoes Program 1105A Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Der Spyra City of Glass Homelistening is Killing Clubs 0:06:00 Saul Stokes Camera Clicks Perceived Distances (v/a)* 0:12:11 Agnes Obel Avenue  Philharmonics 0:16:13 Olafur Arnalds Loftið Verður Skyndilega Kalt (The Air Suddenly Goes Cold)  …And They Have…

Thursday, March 24th-Echoes Program 1112D

Thursday, March 24th Echoes Program 1112D New music: Vicki Richards and The Forefathers Violinist Vicki Richards has been around for several years, making atmospheric settings for her strings.  On a new CD called “She Vanishes,” Richards heads into a world music direction.  We’ll also hear music from some Dukes of Delay, The Forefathers. Start Time…

Wednesday, March 23rd-Echoes Program 1112C

Wednesday, March 23rd Echoes Program 1112C New music: Al Di Meola and Pierre Moerlen‘s Gong We hear new music from Al Di Meola, an icon of fusion guitar from his latest album “Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody.” We’ll also hear recently reissued music by Pierre Moerlen’s Gong going back to the album, “Leave It Open.” Start…

Tuesday, March 22nd-Echoes Program 1112B

Tuesday, March 22nd Echoes Program 1112B Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Thierry David Rain On Me  Zen Pause 0:06:00 Skuli Sverrisson Instants  Seria II 0:08:25 Caroline Swimmer  Verdugo Hills 0:13:07 Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Soft Trees Break the Fall  The Social Network OST 0:17:26 Chuck van Zyl…