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INTERVIEWS AND CONCERTS FOR THE WEEK
Monday 12/31
THE ECHOES NEW YEAR’S EVE AMBIENT CHILLOUT
Slink into the new year on seductive grooves and ambient moods
An Echoes New Years takes a turn toward the surreal lounge as we create an ambient soundscape to wind you in and out of the new year. Expect to hear seductive rhythms and voices form Nucultures, Cinematic Orchestra, Ulrich Schnauss, Loungeclash and more. The midnight martini lounge goes psychedelic in the Echoes New Year’s Eve Chillout Room.
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Tuesday 01/01
25 ESSENTIAL ECHOES CDs for 2007
One Last Look Back to the Best of 2007
Before we launch into 2008, we take one last look at 2007 with a reprise of 25 Essential Echoes CDs of 2007. It was a year of returning icons, new discoveries and an influx of ambient lounge music. We'll hear what surfaces in 25 Essential Echoes CDs for 2007.
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Wednesday 01/02
MICHAEL BROOK’S SECRET SOURCES
We discover the influences in the music of Michael Brook
Michael Brook has been at the bleeding edges of new music, working with Jon Hassell and Brian Eno, collaborating with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Djivan Gasparyan, scoring films like An Inconvenient Truth and recording his own albums like last year’s RockPaperScissors. Now, Michael Brook’s album BellCurve has been listed in the Top 25 of both Echoes 2007 Polls and his soundtrack for Into the Wild has just been released. In his Los Angeles studio, we play and Michael comments on music that influenced his career and some that he has influenced.
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Friday 01/04
AN INTERVIEW WITH MICKEY HART & ZAKIR HUSSAIN:
PLANET DRUM KEEPS BEATING
Two Global Drummers dither electronic beats
In 1976, Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart and Indian tabla wizard Zakir Hussain created the Diga Rhythm Band. In 1991 that morphed into Planet Drum and now they return with the Global Drum Project. We gather the two percussionists to talk about creating their 21st century global percussion orchestra.
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Playlists for previous weeks can be found at our Playlist Archive
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