New music by new wave pioneers, Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark. This electronic duo is still creating sophisticated electronic pop today. Their new album is Bauhaus Staircase.
Playlists
Friday, Feb 9, 2024 – Echoes Program 2406E
Year: 2024
Coming Up
Friday, Feb 23, 2024 – Music from David Holmes
David Holmes is a longtime giant of electronic music and a prolific film composer. He teams up with singer Raven Violet to create a politically charged album, Blind on a Galloping Horse.
Coming Up
Thursday, Feb 22, 2024 – Slow Flow Echoes
New music by Limina, an ambient chamber music project from Tyler Durham. He recorded with members of the London Symphony Orchestra to get the crystalline sound of his album, Coming Home.
Reviews & Commentary
Brian Eno’s Here Come the Warm Jets
Brian Eno’s solo debut, Here Come the Warm Jets was released 5 decades ago on February 8. This sonic assault did nothing to predict the ambient direction this artist would pioneer.
Playlists
Thursday, Feb 8, 2024 – Echoes Program 2406D
February 8 marks the 50th anniversary of Brian Eno’s solo debut, Here Come the Warm Jets. This release set the stage for one of the most important artists of the last half-century.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Feb 21, 2024 – New Music from The Smile
On the next Echoes, new music from The Smile. That’s the project of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood. We’ll also hear the latest by Mitski, who explores the dark side of our psyche.
Playlists
Wednesday, Feb 7, 2024 – Echoes Program 2406C
It’s an orchestra of the imagination with music by Orchestra Indigo. This is a project of rock artist Rick Randlett. He goes into a cocktail lounge in space for his album, The Small Hours.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Feb 20, 2024 – Tangerine Dream’s 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.
Playlists
Tuesday, Feb 6, 2024 – Echoes Program 2406B
It’s Ambiences in Black when we turn the Echoes prism onto the African and black influences in ambient music. They come from many sources, jazz, R&B, Hip-hop and Africa itself.
Playlists
Monday, Feb 5, 2024 – Echoes Program 2406A
Take a trip into sequencer delirium with our February CD of the Month, The Desert Winds of Change by Steve Roach. It is a non-stop journey of synchronized patterns and soaring melodies.