I Think Like Midnight is enigmatic name of a Philadelphia instrumental rock group that includes members of the punk band, The Dead Milkmen. It’s a bitchin’ post-rock sound live on Echoes.
On the next Echoes, it’s a Flashback 50 to “An Electric Storm” by White Noise. Created by members of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in their off-hours, it was an underground psychedelic classic.
It’s the midway point of the year which means it’s time for The Best of Echoes 2019, So Far. I’ve got our top 25 albums of 2019’s first 6 months and you’ll hear them counted down.
Yann Tiersen is a wonderful composer who has scored films like Amelie and Goodbye Lenin, but he also composes his own music for multiple keyboards, percussion, strings and more. He plays live on Echoes.
Take a deep trip with Desert Dwellers into ambient tribal space when we hear Breath, Echoes June CD of the Month. This band makes music for a global village in space.
Afro Celt Sound System continue their exuberant world fusion ways on their latest album called Flight. We’ll hear an electro-charged track featuring singer Riognach Connelly.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, Sverre Knut Johansen takes us to the birth of the planet on his album Precambrian. With Robert Rich, he creates a tone poem for earth’s genesis.
Lowpines is Oli Deakin. He collaborates with Lyla Foy, but he makes his own introspective and atmospheric songs. He played music from his “In Silver Halides” live. Hear it streaming now.
Yagull is a progressive rock group that strips down to a duo with the husband and wife team of guitarist Sasha Markovic and pianist Kana Kamitsubo. They talk about their album, Yuna.
Meat Beat Manifesto is the legendary British electronic artist who came up during the industrial and trip-hop sampling days. Founder Jack Dangers is a scholar of electronic music.