Information about current events in the Echoes universe.
SynGate Records Closes the Gate; A Loss for Independent Electronic MusicThere are a lot of great labels out there bringing you music that you hear on Echoes, sounds that are off the mainstream path with music that excites imagination and triggers inner thought. Among them, Spotted Peccary Music, Thrill Jockey Records, Projekt Records, DiN Music,…
New Zealand musician David Parsons was one of the early artists out of the gate of New Age music and turned towards an electronic world fusion recording two dozen albums.
Echoes host John Diliberto moderates leading ambient avatars on two panels at Big Ears Festival. They include Michael Rother, Bob Holmes, Mary Lattimore, Steve Roach and Linda Kohanov.
Sonic percussion iconoclast Jamie Muir leaves the planet at 82. A veteran of Britain’s free-jazz scene and percussionist for King Crimson, he left an indelible mark.
Zakir Hussain, the master of the tabla and a world fusion explorer with John McLaughlin’s Shakti, Mickey Hart’s Planet Drum has died at the age of 73.
Flutists and electronic artist Zero Ohms, a.k.a Richard Roberts left the planet on November 4. We remember this most pure of ambient musicians who left a trail of releases.
Big Ears Festival 2025 marks the return of the prestigious new music event with more artists than ever form the Echoesphere including Steve Roach, Immersion and Michael Rother.
Mike Oldfield’s Hergest Ridge was the second of a brilliant four album run that began with Tubular Bells. Taking up two full album sides, it remains the apotheosis of progressive rock.
It’s Specials Week on Echoes with soundscapes of Gothic Chant Fusions, A Wicked Game Meditation, New Age Ancient and Modern and a Tim Blake Interview.We’ve got a lot of special shows for you in the next few weeks. We’ll have a week of Specials focusing on different music sounds, then a week of our favorite…
Kinobe, the downtempo band centered by Julius Waters, creates an seductive, 60’s cinematic music on new album, Out of the Blue. They’ve released a video for the song “It’s Only a Dream.”