Living Room Concert: James Hood In the Hollywood Hills overlooking Los Angeles, James Hood sits on the floor, cradling his Hang. It’s a tuned metal percussion instrument that looks like a flying saucer and sends Hood into serene space when he plays it live on Echoes. Weekend April 25th, 26th & 27th Echoes Program 1412C…
Month: April 2014
Program Highlights
From the 80s to Infinity
Did you miss out on the 1980s? A band called The Big Bright has a CD of covers from the new wave decade called I Slept Thru the 80s. We’ll hear a surprisingly mellow Duran Duran track from that. But if you want to stay in the 21st century, get ready for new music from…
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Thursday April 24th-Echoes Program 1417D
New Music: The Big Bright & Bluetech Did you miss out on the 1980s? A band called The Big Bright has a CD of covers from the new wave decade called I Slept Thru the 80s. We’ll hear a surprisingly mellow Duran Duran track from that and new music from electronic musician, Bluetech called Cosmic…
Interview Podcast
Aphex Twin’s Selected Ambient Works Vol II at 20
I’m in a state right now where 20 year anniversaries don’t seem like such a big deal. After all, we just commemorated the 30th Anniversary of Steve Roach’s Structures from Silence and the 40th Anniversaries of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon and Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells. I think that divide might say something…
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Wednesday April 23rd-Echoes Program 1417C
Interview: Aphex Twin’s Selected Ambient Works Volume II at 20 It was 20 years ago that Aphex Twin released his double CD, Selected Ambient Works Volume II. It’s the album that’s most responsible for launching the second generation of ambient music and it still remains controversial. We talk with journalist Marc Weidenbaum who has just released an…
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Eleven Earth Day CDs
Today is Earth Day. Tonight on Echoes we’ll celebrate with an Earth Day Soundscape, but you create your own soundscape any day with these 11 recordings that are drawn from nature. 1 Wendy Carlos – Sonic Seasonings Released in 1972, Sonic Seasonings was ambient before ambient was coined. Taking the form of Antonio Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons,”…
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Tuesday April 22nd-Echoes Program 1417B
An Echoes Earth Day Soundscape We create an Earth Day soundscape with music born from nature including the Fresh Handmade Sound Collective, Wendy Carlos’ Sonic Seasonings, Robert Rich’s Nest, and Ariel Kalma’s Osmose. Tuesday April 22nd Echoes Program 1417B Start Time Group Name Song Name Album Name First Half Hour 0:01:00 Tim Farrell Across the…
Living Room Concerts
James Hood Hangs Ten on a Hang Drum Live on Echoes
Moodswings Maestro Unplugs and Taps Metal Instead of Drums and Computer Keys Live There are only a few new instruments in the 20th century and one of them is the Hang, often referred to as the Hang drum to the consternation of its creators, Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer of PanArts in Switzerland. They call…
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Monday April 21st-Echoes Program 1412C
Living Room Concert: James Hood In the Hollywood Hills overlooking Los Angeles, James Hood sits on the floor, cradling his Hang. It’s a tuned metal percussion instrument that looks like a flying saucer and sends Hood into serene space when he plays it live on Echoes. Monday April 21st Echoes Program 1412C Start Time Group…
Program Highlights
Afro Celts Simon Emmerson in Echoes Podcast
Smells Good & Sounds Good: Afro Celt’s Simon Emmerson’s Fresh Handmade Sound Hear about it in the Echoes Podcast Simon Emmerson smells good. Not because he’s necessarily so hygienic, but because for the last four years or so he’s been creating custom made spa soundtracks for Lush Spas. They’re mostly in the UK, but now…