Before he died in 2013, Lou Reed created an ambient album called Hudson River Wind Meditations, which is now being re-released in a deluxe edition. We go back to our interview with Reed.
You thought the Holiday season was over and winter music was gone, but no. Echoes is still in a chilled winter mood, especially since we’re supposed to get our first real snow of the season.
Brannan Lane, John Gregorius and Sean O’Bryan Smith come from different musical worlds – from deep country and western to deep ambience. But they’ve gotten together for an album called Emergence.
Before we completely leave 2023 behind, we look back at the Best of Albums of 2023 on Echoes. It was such a good year with artists like BT, Steve Roach and Amaara making it to the final 30.
Tim Story used to be the ultimate melodicist, but now he’s mutating sounds, often with German icon, Roedelius. Tim Story talks about his evolution from a melody maven to a dissonant dreamer.
Lay back on the couch and listen to singer-songwriter Benjamin Jayne. When he’s not making vaguely psychedelic folk music, he’s a psychiatrist. He has a deeply melancholy album called Broken.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by American multi-instrumentalist, David Vito Gregoli and Indian keyboardist and producer, Ricky Kej. It’s an eastern world fusion dream called Wild Monsoon.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new space music by Hollan Holmes from his album, Sacred Places and we’ll hear a 1970s French space music pioneer, Zanov from his latest album, Lost in the Future.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Nils Frahm off his deeply ambient 3 hour recording, Music for Animals. We’ll also hear the first and final album by Roger Universe.
Neu! was the 1970s German duo that still influences bands like Stereolab today. On the 50th anniversary of he album Neu! 2, guitarist Michael Rother talks about their gestation as part of Kraftwerk.