Digitonal tops the Echoes Top 25 for September, and will no doubt be near the top for the next several months. But right behind is Marconi Union, topping their own record as the highest placing digital download recording on Echoes. October’s CD of the Month, Sumner McKane’s nostalgia-tinged ambient americana masterpiece, What A Great Place to be, is already near the top in September at #4. New Entries include Darshan Ambient, Jeff Pearce, General Fuzz, Anja Lechner & Vasillis Tsabropoulos , Peter Kater, and Wolfert Brederode. Over-all, another month of chilled moods and exotic grooves from across the Echoes spectrum. It’s been a good year, and it’s not over yet. You can read print reviews and hear audio reviews with music from several of them, including Sumner McKane, Digitonal, Marconi Union, Ron McFarlane, Michael Brook & Djivan Gasparyan, Ottmar Liebert, Solas, and General Fuzz.
John Diliberto
SEPTEMBER 2008
| 1. | Digitonal | Save Your Light for Darker Days | Just Music | Read the Review! |
| 2. | Marconi Union | A Lost Connection | MU Transmissions | |
| 3. | Ronn McFarlane | Indigo Road | Dorian | |
| 4. | Sumner McKane | What A Great Place to Be | Don’t Hit Your Sister Records | |
| 5. | Darshan Ambient | From Pale Hands to Weary Eyes | Lotuspike |
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| 6. | Michael Brook/Djivan Gasparyan | Penumbra | Canadian Rational | |
| 7. | Ottmar Liebert | The Scent of Light | Spiral Subwave Records Int’l | |
| 8. | Solas | For Love and Laughter | Compass Records | |
| 9. | William Ackerman | Meditations | Compass Productions | |
| 10. | Fernwood | Almeria | Self Released | |
| 11. | Hans-Joachim Roedelius & Tim Story | Inlandish | High Wire Records |
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| 12. | Niyaz | Nine Heavens | Six Degrees | |
| 13. | Jeff Pearce | Rainshadow Sky | Jeff Pearce Music | |
| 14. | Jesse Cook | Frontiers | Koch Records | |
| 15. | David Cullen | Guitar Travels | Solid Air | |
| 16. | General Fuzz | Soulful Filling | Self Released | |
| 17. | California Guitar Trio | Echoes | Inner Knot | |
| 18. | Peter Kater | Cloud Hands | Point of Light Records | |
| 19. | David Arkenstone | Echoes of Light and Shadow | Gemini Sun Records | |
| 20. | Joan Jeanrenaud | Strange Toys | Talking House Records | |
| 21. | Anja Lechner and Vasillis Tsabropoulos | Melos | ECM Records |
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| 22. | Michel Banabila | Traces | Tapu Records | |
| 23. | Forastiere | Why Not? | Candyrat Records | |
| 24. | V/A | Harp Guitar Dreams | Harp Guitar Music | |
| 25. | Wolfert Brederode Quartet | Currents | ECM Records |
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