On the next Echoes, a new generation of space musicians when we talk to Ascendant. They’re an electronic duo out of California who have been releasing albums of melodic electronics.
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Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016-Echoes Program 1631C
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Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016-Echoes Program 1631B
Al Jewer plays flutes. Andy Mitran plays keyboards and percussion. When they aren’t crafting commercial jingles in Chicago, they create music that ranges from world fusion to pure ambient. Winners of a ZMR Award in 2016, they talk about their music on Echoes.
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Monday, August 1st, 2016-Echoes Program 1631A
Echoes goes country, but not the way that might imply. Guitarist William Tyler has a new album out called Modern Country that employs his Nashville heritage but takes it into minimalist, ambient and experimental spaces
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Weekend, July 30 & 31, 2016-Echoes Program 1630A
Peter Baumann was a member of Tangerine Dream during their classic era and founded Private Music. Now, after 20 years in his think tank, the Baumann Foundation, he returns with his first new album in 33 years, Machines of Desire. He talks about electronics and philosophy on Echoes.
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Friday, July 29th, 2016-Echoes Program 1630E
Coming up on Echoes, the band Una mixes electronics, DJ scratching and lounge moods.
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Thursday, July 28th, 2016-Echoes Program 1630D
He’s played with every member of the Grateful Dead and had a band with guitarist John Cippolina of Quicksilver Messenger Service.
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Wednesday, July 27th, 2016-Echoes Program 1630C
The French duo called Air is both retro and “moderne,” chilled pop and ambient lounge. They created a splash in 1998 with their album, Moon Safari In 2004 they came to Echoes to play music from that album and The Virgin Suicides soundtrack.
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Tuesday, July 26th, 2016-Echoes Program 1630B
The sister group from Colorado, SHEL returns to Echoes for their third visit on the heels of their best album yet. It’s called Just Crazy Enough and features some of their most vibrant songs and most elaborate production.
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Monday July 25th, 2016-Echoes Program 1630A
Peter Baumann was a member of Tangerine Dream during their classic era and founded Private Music. Now, after 20 years in his think tank, the Baumann Foundation, he returns with his first new album in 33 years, Machines of Desire. He talks about electronics and philosophy on Echoes.
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Weekend, July 23 & 24, 2016-Echoes Program 1629A
OnDeadWaves is the gothic Americana shoegaze project of James Chapman from Maps and Polly Scattergood. As OnDeadWaves they’ve created a gothic western noir sound that explores themes of loss, alienation, addiction and desolation.