Spotted Peccary Music celebrates its 40th Anniversary
Today, it’s all about Spotted Peccary Music as the pioneering ambient and electronic label celebrates its 40th anniversary. It has outlasted Windham Hill, Narada, Hearts of Space Records and many more. Artists like David Helpling, Deborah Martin, Chronotope Project, Craig Padilla and Rudy Adrian have been part of a catalog of more than 200 releases, all shaped by the creative vision of Howard Givens and Deborah Martin, the brain trust of the label
Howard Givens: “The goal was to design a sound that left you immersed in the music, not distracted by the fact that it came from a synthesizer.”
The Spotted Peccary is an imaginary creature born in the desert southwest. But it’s the name of a real label, Spotted Peccary music. They’re celebrating 40 years since they came together in Tucson, Arizona. They actually released their first album in 1989, In the Land of Power by Brain Laughter. We’ll be talking with Deborah Martin and Howard Givens about the genesis of the label. In addition, all of today’s Echoes will be music from the Spotted Peccary label. Join John Diliberto on the 40th anniversary of Spotted Peccary Music on Echoes from PRX.
| Start Time | Artist | Song Title | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, July 27, 2026 – Program 2630A | |||
| First Half Hour | |||
| 0:01:00 | David Helpling | Stormchaser | Between Green and Blue |
| 0:06:00 | Brain Laughter | Nightfall on the Sonoran Plateau | In The Land of Power |
| 0:09:50 | Greg Klamt | Driven | Fulcrum |
| 0:13:38 | David Helpling & Jon Jenkins | Sun Racer | Found |
| 0:19:37 | Craig Padilla & Marvin Allen | Architects of Time | Unfolding Skies |
| 0:24:33 | Rudy Adrian | MoonWater | Moonwater |
| 0:29:30 | Michael Hewitt | Gold (excerpt) | Victoria Place: Echoes Live 23 (v/a) |
| Second Half Hour | |||
| 0:30:00 | Feature: Spotted Peccary 40th Anniversary | ||
| 0:46:06 | Deborah Martin | Rainbow Man | Under the Moon |
| 0:49:43 | Darshan Ambient | Falling Light | Falling Light |
| 0:59:00 | Bluetech | Nightvale (excerpt) | Sci-Fi Lullabies |
| Third Half Hour | |||
| 1:01:00 | Hollan Holmes | The Unstoppable March of Time | The Sanctity of Rust |
| 1:06:00 | Mark Hunton | Annapurna the Towering Sky | Anapurna the Towering Sky |
| 1:11:34 | John Gregorius | Blanket of Stars | Full of Life |
| 1:16:06 | Chronotope Project | Dawn Treader | Dawn Treader |
| 1:23:37 | Deborah Martin & Jill Haley | Cenote (Place of Deep Water) | Rendering Time |
| 1:29:30 | Feldman & Tiley | Kind (excerpt) | Protomensch |
| Fourth Half Hour | |||
| 1:30:00 | J Arif Verner | In Lucid Dreams | A Vision Beyond Light |
| 1:36:28 | Dean De Benedictis | Never the Sacred Stretch (Edit) | Salvaging The Present |
| 1:41:48 | Sverre Knut Johansen | Awakening | Earth from Above |
| 1:47:39 | break | ||
| 1:48:28 | Howard Givens & Craig Padilla | Threads of Thought | Being of Light |