On a Slow Flow Echoes it’s new music by Jeff Pearce who returns with another album of ambient guitar works called Follow the River Home and we’ll hear from Cliff Martinez, who plugs in his analog synths for the soundtrack to Neon Demon.
Experimental Genre-Spanning Spacepop Experimental could apply to a lot of the music you hear on Echoes, but that’s also how an English band called The Invisible describes their music.
Hammock’s Echoes CD of the Month, “Everything and Nothing” leads the Echoes Top 25 for May, followed by Haroula Rose’s “Here the Blue River,” Jean-Michel Jarre’s “Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise” and Radiohead’s “A Moon Shaped Pool.” See the complete list.
Miranda Lee Richards’s parents were 70s underground comic writers. Metallica’s Kirk Hammett gave her guitar lessons and she was discovered by Anton Newcombe of The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
Kiasmos is the electronic project of ambient chamber music composer Ólafur Arnalds and fellow Icelander, Janus Rasmussen. They talk about how they moved from minimalist techno to something more lush and orchestral.
Aukai is a Hawaiian word that means traveler and that’s just what multi-instrumentalist Markus Sieber does on this expansive yet intimate set of world music chamber pieces.
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.
Six hours of continuous instrumental music that featuring diverse musical streams converging and mixing. It includes music from Vic Hennegan, Bill Frisell, Nik Bartsch, Robert Rich, Tomita, BT, and many others.