The Ambient Firm of Lane, Gregorius and Smith and Russel Walder's Storm: The Echoes Interviews
Brannan Lane, John Gregorius and Sean O’Bryan Smith come from different musical worlds that range from deep country and western to deep ambience. But they’ve gotten together on an album of lush, ambient flanged instrumental music called Emergence. Their album is was in the Top 15 of The Best Albums of 2023 on Echoes We gather this trio together to talk about their coming together and emerging out.
Brannan Lane, John Gregorius, Sean O’Bryan Smith Interview Playlist
Brannan Lane, John Gregorius, Sean O’Bryan Smith – Emergence- Emergence
Kenny Rogers – The Gambler – The Gambler – The Gambler
Sean O’Bryan Smith – KM’s Groove – Tapestry
Sean O’Bryan Smith – The Great Mystery – Musings of an Occasional Somebody
Brannan Lane – Escape Velocity – Escape Velocity
John Gregorius – The Expansive Sky – Full of Life
John Gregorius – Open – In Awe
Brannan Lane, John Gregorius, Sean O’Bryan Smith – Ride- Emergence
Brannan Lane, John Gregorius, Sean O’Bryan Smith – The Rising – Emergence
Brannan Lane, John Gregorius, Sean O’Bryan Smith – Dawn – Emergence
Brannan Lane, John Gregorius, Sean O’Bryan Smith – Poetry of Light – Emergence
Cocteau Twins – Ivo – Treasure
Brannan Lane, John Gregorius, Sean O’Bryan Smith – The Gate – Emergence
Brannan Lane, John Gregorius, Sean O’Bryan Smith – Shadows in Motion – Emergence
Brannan Lane, John Gregorius, Sean O’Bryan Smith – The Gate – Emergence
Our CD Of The Month in November was Speak to the Storm by Russel Walder. It was so compelling we had to talk to the oboe player who we first knew as one half of the duo Ira Stein and Russel Walder on Windham Hill Records. The music he makes on his own, in his adopted home of New Zealand, is quite a bit darker than anything he recorded with the duo. When he says speak to the storm, he means it.
Russel Walder: I absolutely believe that the internal conscious state of existence is a storm that never ends, ever.
We’ll be talking to Russel Walder, and weathering the storm, on Echoes.
Read John Diliberto’s review of Speak to the Storm .
RUSSEL WALDER FEATURE PLAYLIST
Ira Stein & Russel Walder _ The Underground – A Door in the Air
Russel Walder – The Longer Journey – Speak to the Storm
Russel Walder – Walk on Water – Speak to the Storm
Ira Stein & Russel Walder – Engravings – Transit
Russel Walder – Trusting the Invisible – Speak to the Storm
Russel Walder – The Time Finds Us – Speak to the Storm
Russel Walder – Path to Path – Speak to the Storm
Russel Walder – Conception – Speak to the Storm
Russel Walder – Hidden But Seen – Speak to the Storm
Russel Walder – Beyond Doubt- Speak to the Storm
