Ancient Future: The Echoes Interview
It’s the return of Ancient Future on the next Echoes. The band that coined the term World Fusion in 1978 has their first significant release in nearly 25 years. I talk to founder and guitarist Matthew Montfort as well as percussionist Benjy Wertheimer, about their world fusion vision, and covering a song by some Grunge icons. It’s world fusion with Ancient Future on the next Echoes from PRX.
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Weekend, May 17-18, 2025 – Echoes Program 2519A |
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Start Time |
Group Name |
Song Name |
Album Name |
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First Half Hour |
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| 0:01:00 | Will Ackerman/Jeff Oster/Tom Eaton | The Golden Hour | Brothers |
| 0:06:00 | Vegyn X Air | New Star in the Sky (Vegyn remix) | Blue Moon Safari |
| 0:09:56 | Aeseaes | Voice | Opia |
| 0:13:14 | Ross Christopher & Eddy Ruyter | The Flickering | Neue |
| 0:17:49 | Suzanne Vega | Last Train from Mariopol | Flying with Angels |
| 0:20:32 | All India Radio | Catch The Breeze (Slowdive Cover) | Catch The Breeze |
| 0:24:55 | Marcator | Deepest Mind | PanAroma |
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Second Half Hour |
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| 0:30:00 | Interview: Ancient Future | ||
| 0:44:24 | Ancient Future | Spirit of Nirvana | Purple Nirvana |
| 0:50:00 | Ancient Future | Edge of a Memory | Dreamchaser |
| 0:56:23 | Ancient Future | East of the Sun | Purple Nirvana |
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Third Half Hour |
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| 1:01:00 | Ben Neill | Blisspeak | Blisspeak Single |
| 1:06:00 | The Royal Arctic Institute | May Her Memory be a Blessing | The Royal Arctic Institute |
| 1:10:55 | Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society | Dubby Signal Chain (Bombaby Dub Orchestra’s The Rite of Spring Remix) | Dubby Signal Chain: The Remixes |
| 1:18:57 | Ambre Ciel | The sun The sky | Still There is Sea |
| 1:23:57 | Ryan Farish | The Sun at My Back | Under the Stars |
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Fourth Half Hour |
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| 1:30:00 | loscil | Bell Flame | Lake Fire |
| 1:35:51 | Jenny Hval | Lay down | Iris Silver Mist |
| 1:39:50 | Synergy Featuring Larry Fast | Legacy | Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra |
| 1:49:55 | break | ||
| 1:50:50 | UNA | Puddles | Puddles |
| 1:53:59 | Kilowatts | Bog Monster | Sympathetic Vibrations |
On the next Echoes, music by Suzanne Vega and her latest album, Flying with Angels. It’s a more atmospheric album with a broader, more philosophical outlook that ingests the state of the world and turns it back out. Join John Diliberto for Suzanne Vega and more, on the next Echoes from PRX.
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Weekend, May 17-18, 2025 – Echoes Program 2519B |
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Start Time |
Group Name |
Song Name |
Album Name |
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First Half Hour |
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| 0:01:00 | John Doan | The Journey Home | Eire: Isle of the Saints |
| 0:06:00 | Ruth Radelet/Nat Walker/Adam Miller | Without a Trace | The Lost Records: Bloom and Rage |
| 0:10:18 | David Helpling & Eric “the” Taylor | Cavernous Heart | The Precious Dark |
| 0:18:10 | Ringdown | My Turn | Lady on the Bike |
| 0:20:50 | Xan Alexander | The Changing Man | Ouroboros II |
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Second Half Hour |
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| 0:30:00 | Suzanne Vega | Last Train from Mariopol | Flying with Angels |
| 0:32:43 | Marcator | Cloudbursting | PanAroma |
| 0:36:12 | Herbert & Momoko | Need To Run | Clay |
| 0:40:45 | break | ||
| 0:41:34 | Vegyn x Air | All I Need (feat. Beth Hirsch) (Vegyn remix) | Blue Moon Safari |
| 0:46:33 | Kitaro | Reflection of Water | Sacred Journey of Ku Kai Volume 4 |
| 0:53:07 | Co.LeGa | Love Me Perpetually | Nobody Goes to Heaven |
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Third Half Hour |
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| 1:01:00 | Steve Stevens | Cinecitta | Flamenco.A.Go.Go |
| 1:06:00 | Beirut | Caspian Tiger | A Study of Losses |
| 1:10:18 | Roger Eno & Kate St.John | Days of Delay | The Familiar |
| 1:14:40 | Olafur Arnalds & Loreen | The Sound of Breathing | Sages |
| 1:18:14 | Ian Boddy & Erik Wøllo | Abeona | Transmissions |
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Fourth Half Hour |
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| 1:30:00 | Suzanne Vega | Alley | Flying with Angels |
| 1:33:29 | Marconi Union | Eight Miles High Alone | The Fear of Never Landing |
| 1:41:02 | Reyna Tropical | Kourtesis | Malegria en la Oscuraid (EP) |
| 1:46:17 | break | ||
| 1:46:44 | Andrew Schoen | Calm Memories (feat. Joe Nutter) | |
| 1:52:11 | Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe | Suddenly | Luminal |
| 1:55:37 | Swomp | The Runestone | Legend of the Runestone |
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