Cassettes are having a revival and Echoes’s John Diliberto has a lot of them, but it’s not a technology he wants to revisit. But he does like the memories they bring him..
Reviews & Commentary
Cassette Revival-A Trove of Memories
Year: 2024
Playlists
Monday, Aug 12, 2024 – Echoes Program 2433A
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.
Coming Up
Weekend, Aug 24-25, 2024 – Limina Interview
Take Sigur Ros, add strings and a more classical sensibility, and you get Limina. By day, Tyler Durham works on film scores. At night he fires up his virtual orchestra as Limina.
Playlists
Weekend, Aug 10-11, 2024 – Programs 2432A & 2432B
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.
Coming Up
Friday, Aug 23, 2024 – Slow Flow Echoes
Do you listen to Echoes to go to sleep? Well, we have the perfect music for you when we hear from Max Richter’s album, Sleep-Tranquility Base, on a Slow Flow Echoes.
Playlists
Friday, Aug 9, 2024 – Echoes Program 2432E
We enter the world of Chant. From Abbess Hildegard von Bingen to contemporary musicians exploring a medieval sound, we’ll hear voices descending from the heavens and tuning the spirit.
Coming Up
Thursday, Aug 22, 2024 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Gustavo Santaolalla from his score to The Last of Us, the HBO dystopian monster series. We’ll also hear a remix of a track by Omar Faruk Tebilek
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Thursday, Aug 8, 2024 – Echoes Program 2432D
It’s a Wicked Game on the next Echoes. Chris Isaak’s single, Wicked Game, was released 35 years ago in 1989. This sound has influenced pop music, ambient country and more.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Aug 21, 2024 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Orchestra Indigo, which isn’t an orchestra, but just Richard Randlett. When he isn’t playing blues rock he creates electronic ambient chamber music.
Playlists
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2024 – Echoes Program 2432C
Angels descend when we hear heavenly music as the spirits of angels fly through the soundscape with music from Jane Siberry, Iasos, Liminal Drifter and more heavenly bodies.