Electric Chamber Music on Edge with AVAWAVES: The Echoes Interview
AvaWaves talk about their album, Heartbeat. Avawaves is the British electric chamber music duo of violinist Anna Phoebe and keyboardist Aisling Brouwer. Their fusion of electronic and music and compositional verve can be heard on their soundtrack to Apple TV series, The Buccaneers and their latest album, Heartbeat. All three of their recordings have been linked to tumultuous times: Brexit, Covid lockdown and now, political, social and global uncertainty. They aren’t ready to make nice.
Anna Phoebe: “And at the moment . . . the wars and what’s going on. You can’t not be affected by that. And I think making nice music with violin and piano is good for the soul sometimes, but then there is a little bit more rawness and it feels like this now is not the time to hide behind the sheen of lots of reverb.”
Join John Diliberto when he talks to AvaWaves on Echoes from PRX.
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Tuesday, November 18, 2025 – Echoes Program 2546B |
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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 | AvaWaves | Mood | Heartbeat |
| 0:06:00 | Dino Malito | Athabasca | Athabasca (single) |
| 0:09:18 | Children of the Bong | The Veil (Dr. Trippy Remix) | Sirius Versions |
| 0:14:07 | Purity Ring | Place of my Own | Purity Ring |
| 0:17:04 | Sferix | Moments | Moments (Single) |
| 0:20:11 | Pan Electric | She Bought the Sun (Pan Electric remix) | Miscellany One (v/a) |
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Second Half Hour |
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| 0:30:00 | Interview: AvaWaves | ||
| 0:46:46 | AvaWaves | Escape | Heartbeat |
| 0:50:04 | AvaWaves | Wedding | Buccaneers Season 2 (OST) |
| 0:53:25 | break | ||
| 0:53:43 | Azure Ray | Bad Dream | Remedy |
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Third Half Hour |
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| 1:01:00 | Heligoland | Mapping Your Desires | All Your Ships are White |
| 1:06:00 | Steve Reich | Jacob’s Ladder III: V’hinei, sulam mutzav artza (and behold a ladder set up on the earth) | Jacob’s Ladder/Traveler’s Prayer |
| 1:09:47 | Steve Reich | Jacob’s Ladder IV: V’rosho magia hashamayima (and its top reached heaven) | Jacob’s Ladder/Traveler’s Prayer |
| 1:13:28 | Wax Tailor | Down In Flames | Phonovisions Symphonic Orchestra |
| 1:17:43 | Mark Dwane | The Genesis Engram | The Nefilim |
| 1:23:07 | Rival Consoles | Forms | Landscape from Memory |
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Fourth Half Hour |
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| 1:30:00 | Erik Wøllo | Sunburst | Gateway (2025 Remaster) |
| 1:34:57 | Washed Out | Got Your Back | Notes from a Quiet Life |
| 1:38:57 | MusicTellers | Expedition | Speaking in Song |
| 1:45:15 | break | ||
| 1:46:03 | Lisa Bella Donna | Future Moves | Counterpoints |
| 1:49:12 | Felsmann + Tiley | Open Fields (feat. The Kite String Tangle) | Open Fields |
| 1:52:44 | Steve Gunn | Slow Singers on the Hill | Music For Writers |
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