Echoes February Top 25 includes the CD of the Month, Bonobo’s Migration and the CD of the Month for next Month, Daniel Voth’s Transcendance. See the complate list at echoes.org
World fusion took on classical dimensions when Yo-Yo Ma formed his acclaimed Silk Road Ensemble. He brought together musicians and composers from around the world to create a new dialogue in a hybrid cultural sound. We talk with Ma and other members of the ensemble.
Danish singer Agnes Obel’s third album, Citizen of Glass is a conceptual work that explores new musical terrain. She talks about the stories behind the album.
We talk to one of the most venerable of American Progressive Rock groups, Djam Karet. They’ve been making music for over 30 years, starting out inTheir 18th album is Sonic Celluloid
From Western Australia comes Laliya, the duo of James and Melissa McGuire. Since 1995 they’ve been creating an acoustic based sound with electronic extensions like delays and loops to create a world fusion of the imagination.
Icelandic singer Emilliana Torrini has a new album of electronic pop with the Colorist. The ambient Chamber music group, Bing and Ruth explores a subtle, understated, fog-shrouded sound, and they have a new album called No Home of the Mind.
New music from down tempo acoustics laden album from Aimee Mann and on the opposite end of the emotional spectrum is new music from the dub influenced Theivery Corporation.
Symbion Project is the venture of electronic artist Kasson Crooker. It’s an exploration of family, technology, Sci-fi and more. Crooker talks about it on Echoes.