Fear, Loss and Sticking the Landing; Marconi Union: The Echoes Interview
Marconi Union talk about their CD of the Month, The Fear of Never Landing. The British electronic band has been providing ambient atmospheres and deep groove on the show for 20 years and they are still creating with their latest album, The Fear of Never Landing, Echoes June CD of the Month. After losing a founding member, Jami Crossley and Duncan Meadows have continued on with a new, refreshed sound for this ensemble. It’s not music for Tik Tok.
Jamie Crossley: It’s not youth music is, it’s not for teenagers probably. That’s not to say that teenagers shouldn’t listen to it, but it’s probably more on the kind of demographic of where we are, where we are at ourselves.
John Diliberto is no kid. He talks to Jamie Crossley and Duncan Meadows about Marconi Union mark 3.0 on Echoes from PRX.
Read John’s review of The Fear of Never Landing
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Weekend, July 12-13, 2025 – Echoes Program 2527A |
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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 | Marconi Union and Jah Wobble | Reality Crash | Anomic |
| 0:06:00 | Tony Sieber | Because We Are | Because We Are |
| 0:09:54 | Rosa Anschutz | Chase Pioneers | Sabbatical |
| 0:12:33 | Ian Boddy & Erik Wøllo | Salvage | Transmissions |
| 0:20:17 | Rufus du So | On My Knees | Surrender |
| 0:24:34 | Marcator | Treibholz 2025 | PanAroma Reincarnations |
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Second Half Hour |
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| 0:30:00 | Interview: Marconi Union | ||
| 0:44:05 | Marconi Union | Crystalline | The Fear of Never Landing |
| 0:50:38 | Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe | And Live Again | Luminal |
| 0:54:50 | Jeff Pearce | Sun on Frost | From the Darker Seasons |
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Third Half Hour |
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| 1:01:00 | Bluetech | Embassytown | Sci-Fi Lullabies |
| 1:06:00 | Adrian Quesada | Primos with Hermanos Gutiérez) | Boleros psicodelicos II |
| 1:08:42 | PLATFORM8 | Waiting (feat. Noah Wilding and Tom Eaton) | PLATFORM8 |
| 1:14:19 | Quiet Resonance | Almost Dreaming | Asleep at the Wheel |
| 1:20:34 | Michelle Qureshi & Sean O’Bryan Smith | Ankara | One is All |
| 1:24:18 | Eric Hilton | L’ Ocean (feat Natalia Clavier) | Midnight Ragas |
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Fourth Half Hour |
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| 1:30:00 | London Grammar | LA | The Greatest Love |
| 1:34:23 | Russel Walder | The Longer Journey | Speak to the Storm |
| 1:39:26 | Tan Cologne | Cool Star | Unknown Beyond |
| 1:42:38 | break | ||
| 1:43:20 | David Helpling & Eric “the” Taylor | Her Endless Cold Embrace | The Precious Dark |
| 1:51:24 | aeseaes | Desire | Opia |
| 1:54:43 | Harbors | Where the Light Falls | When We Are Free |
On the next Echoes, new music by Quiet Resonance. That’s the pseudonym of Mississippi pastor, Tony Pounder. He takes ambient guitar in new directions on his latest album, Asleep at the Wheel which is not to be confused with the country swing band of the same name, despite the album cover. John Diliberto wants you to stay awake so you hear it on the next Echoes from PRX.
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| Weekend, July 12-13, 2025 – Echoes Program 2527B | |||
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| Start Time | Group Name | Song Name | Album Name |
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| 0:01:00 | R. Carlos Nakai | Monsoon Morning with William Eaton & Will Clipman | In Harmony We Journey: The Best of R. Carlos Nakai – The Second 20 Years |
| 0:06:00 | Quiet Resonance | Insomnia | Asleep at the Wheel |
| 0:12:22 | PLATFORM8 | Fly (feat. Noah Wilding and Tom Eaton) | PLATFORM8 |
| 0:17:32 | Michelle Qureshi & Sean O’Bryan Smith | Moonrise | One is All |
| 0:22:42 | George Sarah | All of Us Here (Featuring Angela McCluskey) | All of Us Here |
| Second Half Hour | |||
| 0:30:00 | Ambiente Solstice | He Speaks My Soul Dreams (feat. Dashmesh) | The World Above the Clouds |
| 0:34:52 | Tan Cologne | Cool Star | Unknown Beyond |
| 0:42:27 | break | ||
| 0:43:13 | aeseaes | White Noise | Opia |
| 0:46:41 | Ravi Kulur & Barry Phillips | Sarasa | Breath & Bow |
| 0:52:47 | Marcator | Garuda’s Message 2025 | PanAroma Reincarnations |
| Third Half Hour | |||
| 1:01:00 | Cigarettes After Sex | Motion Picture Sound (MIX4) | Motion Picture Soundtrack (single) |
| 1:06:00 | Quiet Resonance | Slow-Wave | Asleep at the Wheel |
| 1:11:55 | Carline Polachek | On the Beach | On the Beach (Single) |
| 1:16:02 | The Steve Miller Band | Song for Our Ancestors | Sailor |
| 1:21:46 | Molly Dean | Swell | Interwoven |
| Fourth Half Hour | |||
| 1:30:00 | Quaeschning & Schnauss | Rain on Dry Concrete | Synthwaves |
| 1:35:24 | Eric Hilton | Beautiful Moment (feat The Infinite Daisy Chains) | Midnight Ragas |
| 1:38:40 | break | ||
| 1:39:25 | Mark Dwane | Aeon One | Aeons |
| 1:42:46 | Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Societh | The Invisible City | Psychedlia |
| 1:49:54 | Manika Kaur | Aum | Devocean |