Day: March 29, 2012

Air Rises to Top of Echoes Top 25

Le Voyage Dans La Lune Lands in the Echoes Top 25 It was a trippy month in March in more ways than one, but none more so than Air’s Le Voyage Dans La Lune, their retro-psychedelic electronica soundtrack for the 1902 French silent film that was also the focal point of the movie Hugo.  It…

Pioneer Laurie Spiegel heard in The Hunger Games.

Fans of early electronic music will be interested in this tidbit from The Hunger Games, which uses an ancient piece from Laurie Spiegel.   Read about it at wired.com I had some great interviews with Laurie in the 1980s for Totally Wired and maybe Electronic Musician.  Always a smart and gracious artist. ~© 2012 John Diliberto…

Thursday, March 29th-Echoes Program 1213D

Homepage Thursday, March 29th Echoes Program 1213D New music: Erik Wollo and Coyote JumpThree early albums by Norwegian synthesist Erik Wollo have just been released.  We’ll hear one of the atmospheric songs from this master of mood.  We’ll also get into a group called Coyote Jump off their album of contemporary native music, Waking from…

New Sigur Rós Crosses Ambient Ocean.

There’s a new Sigur Rós album coming out May 29, Valtari.  There music has been all over HBO’s recently cancelled “Luck.” Here’s the first video from it for the song : “Ekki múkk”  It gives new meaning to ambient video.  Watch the ship come in. ~© 2012 John Diliberto ((( echoes ))) Join us on Facebook…