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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
On the next Echoes, music from the flaming guitar duo, Rodrigo Y Gabriela and we’ll hear Lisa Molinaro. A classically trained violist, she was a member of Modest Mouse and Talkdemonic. Her album, Blind Trust, takes a more contemplative approach. John Diliberto is always contemplating on Echoes from PRX.
| Start Time | Artist | Song Title | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| Program 2630B | |||
| First Half Hour | |||
| 0:01:00 | Richard Burmer | Winter on the Wind | Mosaic |
| 0:06:00 | Eartheater | Wasp in the Fig | Heavenly Body: If I’m the Bottle You’re the Message |
| 0:09:23 | David Helpling and Scott Reich | The Source of the Longest River | Through the Thought Horizon |
| 0:15:39 | Boards of Canada | Into The Magic Land | Inferno |
| 0:19:50 | Lisa Molinaro | Not So Secret Codes | Blind Trust |
| 0:22:55 | Unwed Sailor | Three Jewels | High Remembrance |
| 0:29:30 | Deepspace | High Precision Hydrocleansing Protocols | Water Planets |
| Second Half Hour | |||
| 0:30:00 | Rodrigo y Gabriela | Our Home | Our Home |
| 0:32:52 | Beth Orton | Cigarette Curls | The Ground Above |
| 0:39:15 | Forrest Fang | Invisible Spring | Radiance and the Receding Light |
| 0:44:30 | break | ||
| 0:45:10 | Widowspeak | Wondering | Roses |
| 0:49:20 | Byron Metcalf & Erik Wøllo | The Route of the Ascendant | Spanned Times |
| 0:59:00 | Bluetech | Nightvale (excerpt) | Sci-Fi Lullabies |
| Third Half Hour | |||
| 1:01:00 | JJRD | Une Traversée | Occidental Tribes |
| 1:06:00 | Hollan Holmes | So Far Away | The Sanctity of Rust |
| 1:10:49 | KARYYN | Collapse Phase | Physics Universal Love Language: PULL |
| 1:15:03 | Tori Amos | St. Teresa | In Times of Dragons |
| 1:21:13 | Ryan Farish | Lost Frequencies | Wild As the Wind |
| 1:25:08 | PINES | Closer To You | Dancer (EP) |
| 1:29:30 | Michael Hewitt | Gold (Live on Echoes) | Victoria Place – Echoes Live 23 |
| Fourth Half Hour | |||
| 1:30:00 | Kinobe | Blue Sunshine | Open Your Mind |
| 1:34:01 | Kaney | Facade | Facade (Single) |
| 1:36:51 | Unwed Sailor | Gingerman | High Remembrance |
| 1:42:27 | break | ||
| 1:44:14 | Snorri Hallgrimsson | Vorar | Nowhere Sessions |
| 1:46:56 | Ludovico Einaudi | Santiago – Live | The Summer Portraits Live |
| 1:51:12 | Tom Caufield | Riding the Brights | Quiet Modern |