Michael Stearns and Planetary Unfolding at 40: The Echoes Interview and April CD of the Month.
Michael Stearns creates music that’s like the universe expanding. That’s why he’s picked to score Imax films and movies like Chronos and Baraka. In 1981, Stearns released Planetary Unfolding. It was an album length work of seminal ambient electronics that would go on to influence a generation and beyond. Now that album is being reissued by Projekt Records. We’ve picked it as the Echoes CD of the Month for April. On this show, we’ll not only feature the album, but we’ll hear a new interview with Michael Stearns talking about his ambient masterpiece. Stearns talks about the new age culture from it emerged including the movement studio from which it emerged. We’ll hear how the album’s endless evolution was conceived and hear the roar of the Beam, his 12-foot, 24-string cosmic lyre. A Michael Stearns interview and Planetary Unfolding April CD of the Month, on Echoes.