Thursday, August 19th Echoes Program 1033D New music: Movie Soundtracks John Diliberto enters your dreams with Hans Zimmer’s score to the psychological thriller, Inception and then he referees a match with Scott Pilgrim vs. the World when we hear Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich’s score. Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour…
Month: August 2010
Reviews & Commentary
Rollover Eno, Justin Bieber’s Ambient Epic
In the tradition of John Oswald’s Plunderphonics and Hans Zimmer’s recent slo-mo take on Edith Piaf’s rendition of “Non, je ne Regrette Rien,” in Inception, here’s a song by pop sensation, Justin Bieber, “U Smile” slowed down 800% by an artist who records as Shamantis. Think Brian Eno‘s Music for Airports “2/1″ and “1/2″, Sigur…
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Wednesday, August 18th-Echoes Program 1025B
Wednesday, August 18th Echoes Program 1025B Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Jon Hopkins Elegiac Opalescent 0:06:00 Sunwrae Underneath Eavesdropping 0:14:27 Chris Conway/Chris Puleston The Seven Jewels Paradise Chillout (v/a)* 0:19:27 Carbon Based Lifeforms Polyritmi Interloper 0:29:00 break Second Half Hour 0:30:00 Interview: Bluetech Acclaimed downtempo electronic composer Bluetech…
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Tuesday, August 17th-Echoes Program 1033B
Tuesday, August 17th Echoes Program 1033B New music: Lisa Gerrard & Max Richter It’s the voice of heaven’s gate with new music from Lisa Gerrard & Marcello De Francisci, her import only release called Departum. We’ll also listen to the latest chapter of ambient chamber music from Max Richter’s album, Infra. Start Time Group Name…
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Monday, August 16th-Echoes Program 1033A
Monday, August 16th 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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Friday, August 13th-Echoes Program 1023B
Friday, August 13th Echoes Program 1023B Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Erik Scott Sundogs Other Planets 0:06:00 Ralph Towner and Paolo Fresu Chiaroscuro Chiaroscuro 0:12:20 Carmen Rizzo Bring the Mountain Down Looking Through Leaves 0:16:52 Sounds From The Ground Tale Before Time Spectral 0:22:55 Wah! Lalitamba Maa 0:29:00…
Program Highlights
Five Adventures from David Arkenstone
A Symphonic Story Teller: David Arkenstone, #18 of 20 Icons of Echoes David Arkenstone has released over forty albums in the last quarter century, although many of them aren’t recorded under his name like his Ah*Nee*Mah project with his ex-wife, Diane Arkenstone. He’s an eclectic and prolific multi-instrumentalist and composer with classical aspirations, a rockers…
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Thursday, August 12th-Echoes Program 1032D
Thursday, August 12th Echoes Program 1032D Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Bombay Dub Orchestra Egypt by Air 3 Cities 0:06:00 Max Richter Infra 3 Infra 0:08:56 Hans Zimmer Time Inception (OST) 0:13:30 Lisa Gerrard Adagio for a Broken Promise Departum 0:16:29 Gert Emmens Pert 20 The Nearest Faraway…
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Wednesday, August 11th-Echoes Program 1014D
Wednesday, August 11th Echoes Program 1014D Music from Andy McKee & Jonsi It’s music by finger-style guitarist Andy McKee and the solo debut from Jonsi. He’s the front man of Sigur Ros and his album, Go is surprisingly upbeat. But he’s got a couple of moody Sigur Ros style tracks on it. Start Time Group…
Reviews & Commentary
MoogFest-Just Another Alt-Rock Music Festival
I was having doubts about Moogfest from the start, but now that the final line-up is solidifying, it’s clear that this is not a celebration of the Moog, its history and the music it spawned. It’s just another hipster alt-rock festival along the lines of the Pitchfork Music Festival, Bonaroo, Coachella, etc. Nothing wrong…