Spotted Peccary Music celebrates its 40th Anniversary
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In the Echoes Podcast, it’s all about Spotted Peccary Music as the pioneering ambient and electronic label celebrates its 40th anniversary. They have 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.”
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. The Spotted Peccary is an imaginary creature born in the desert southwest. But it’s the name of a consequential label, Spotted Peccary Music. We’ll be talking with them about their genesis and evolution across 40 Years.
SPOTTED PECCARY CDS OF THE MONTH SINCE 2005
April 2026: Craig Padilla & Marvin Allen – Unfolding Skies
January 2026: Deborah Martin & Jill Haley – Rendering Time
May 2025 CD of the Month: David Helpling and Eric “the” Taylor – Precious Dark
March 2023: Hollan Holmes – Emerald Waters
June 2022: David Helpling – IN
September 2021: Chronotope Project – Gnosis
September 2020: Michael Stearns and Erik Wollo – Convergence
June 2020: John Gregorius – Full of Life
May 2019: Massergy – Fire Opal
December 2013: David Helpling & Jon Jenkins – Found
September 2013: Darshan Ambient – Little Things
December 2011: Darshan Ambient – Dream in Blue
September 2010: David Helpling & Jon Jenkins – The Crossing
December 2008: John Gregorius – Heaven and Earth
July 2007: David Helpling & Jon Jenkins – Treasure
January 2005: Green Isac –Etnotronica