Electronic artist Tim Blake was there at the beginning, playing synth for space rockers Gong and Hawkwind and launching his own project of synthesizers and lasers, Crystal Machine.
Playlists
Monday, Aug 5, 2024 – Echoes Program 2432A
Year: 2024
Coming Up
Weekend, Aug 17-18, 2024 – Seven Conversations Interview
We have one conversation with a trio that has released an album called Seven Conversations. They are Jeff Oster, Vin Downes and Tom Eaton. We talk to them about improvising in ambient space.
Playlists
Weekend, Aug 3-4, 2024 – Programs 2431A & 2431B
The August CD of the Month is the debut recording of Jaymie Rose Hennegan. She has spun an album of delirious sequencers and free-form synth solos, improvised live on the album, Transition.
Coming Up
Friday, Aug 16, 2024 – Edgar Froese’s Aqua at 50
We get liquid with Edgar Froese’s solo debut album, Aqua, released 50 years ago. Froese was the founding member of Tangerine Dream, but this album went more experimental.
Playlists
Friday, Aug 2, 2024 – Echoes Program 2431E
Music from Arooj Aftab, the Pakistani-American singer who wraps you in dark sultriness. We’ll hear from her album, Night Reign. We’ll also hear a psychedelic band called Magic Fig.
Coming Up
Thursday, Aug 15, 2024 – Klaus Schulze’s Blackdance at 50
We celebrate Klaus Schulze’s Blackdance. Released in 1974, it was Schulze’s third release and the first to see him moving in the direction of music for which he’s best known.
Playlists
Thursday, Aug 1, 2024 – Echoes Program 2431D
On a Slow Flow Echoes, we’ll hear a Japanese electronic artist who records as Yaffle. He’s got a beautiful ambient chamber music release recorded with several Icelandic musicians.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Aug 14, 2024 – Tangerine Dream Phaedra at 50
Head into psychedelic space on the 50th anniversary of Tangerine Dream’s Phaedra. This is a seminal album that essentially launched the whole sequencer school of electronics.
News
Kinobe Release Nostalgic Video for It’s Only a Dream
Kinobe, the downtempo band centered by Julius Waters, creates an seductive, 60’s cinematic music on new album, Out of the Blue. They’ve released a video for the song “It’s Only a Dream.”
Playlists
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 – Echoes Program 2431C
Loreena McKennitt revisits her classic album, The Mask and Mirror. She’s currently touring that album in Europe, and released a live album from 1994 on the original’s 30th anniversary.