On a Slow Flow Echoes we’ll hear from two albums with cosmic themes, but each comes from a very different perspective. We’ll hear from Zero One’s trippy “Signals” and Daniel Hart’s score to “Comet”.
Echoes host John Diliberto has picked his Top 25 albums of 2015. They range from dream pop to sequencer dervishes to ambient chamber music to fusion and beyond.
Two dream pop singers approach moody songs from different directions. Warpaint bassist Jennylee goes toward dark and gothic minimalism while Maia Vidal brings a rhythmic vitality to her fragile songs.
2015 began with the unexpected death of Edgar Froese, the founding member of the German electronic band, Tangerine Dream. 2015 also saw the anniversary of two influential Tangerine Dream albums, Rubycon and Ricochet.
An uninterrupted six-hour soundscape featuring music by Mark Isham, Tangerine Dream, George Winston, Radium 88, and many more.
Bella Gaia, or Beautiful Earth is a massive multi-media project put together by violinist and electronic composer Kenji Williams. Williams and singer/pianist Kristin Hoffmann come in to Echoes to play music from Bella Gaia live.
Smoke Fairies have released the best seasonal album of 2015 with Wild Winter. It’s a different kind of winter CD, and it’s beautiful. Katherine Blamire and Jessica Davies come into Echoes to play music from Wild Winter and some earlier songs live.
The sound of Enya is one of the most recognizable in music. She’s not very prolific, just four albums in the 21st century. Her latest is Dark Sky Island and it has all the signature Enya sounds that audiences have come to love.
On a Slow Flow Echoes we’ll hear guitarists Dave Preston & Ian Ethan Case with two different approaches to guitar orchestrations..
Brian Eno’s “Discreet Music,” released 40 years ago, is the seminal work of ambient music. A Toronto new music group arranges it for acoustic instruments.