Ben Blackett plugs in computers instead of guitars to create dance floor trances and melodic contemplations. He talks about virtual synthesizers, choir samples, and his wife’s voice on Echoes.
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Wednesday, Oct 7, 2020 – Echoes Program 2040C
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Tuesday, Oct 6, 2020 – Echoes Program 2040B
Under Cover: We’ll hear songs you know by people who didn’t originally record them including new version of music by Roxy Music, Phil Collins, Cocteau Twins, The Beatles and Pink Floyd.
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Monday, Oct 5, 2020 – Echoes Program 2040A
Erik Wøllo & Michael Stearns talk about their debut collaboration, Convergence. Echoes September CD of the Month emerged from dreams, brain tumors and pandemic behind the release.
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Weekend, Oct 3-4, 2020 – Programs 2039A & 2039B
Down to the Moon, White Winds and Dancing with the Lion were classics of New Age. After 11 years, Andreas Vollenweider has returned with Echoes October CD of the Month, Quiet Places.
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Friday, Oct 2, 2020 – Echoes Program 2039E
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music from AVA, an enchanting piano and violin duo from England who use their acoustic instruments to create an ambient space.
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Thursday, Oct 1, 2020 – Echoes Program 2039D
Music from Numün, a project with a member of the ambient guitar band, Suss. They’ve created an album inspired by the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.
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Wednesday, Sept 30, 2020 – Echoes Program 2039C
New music by Loma, the collaboration between singer Emily Cross and Jonathan Meiburg. They have a new album coming, Don’t Shy Away. We’ll also hear something new from Svara.
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Tuesday, Sept 29, 2020 – Program 2039B
Ryan West records as Rival Consoles, a resolutely electronic project, but he still thinks of his chromium plated compositions as songs. He calls it “songwriting with an electronic palate.”
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Monday, Sept 28, 2020 – Echoes Program 2039A
Down to the Moon, White Winds and Dancing with the Lion were classics of New Age. After 11 years, Andreas Vollenweider has returned with Echoes October CD of the Month, Quiet Places.
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Weekend, Sept 26-27, 2020 – Programs 2038A & 2038B
Gracie and Rachel have a new album called Hello Weakness, You Make Me Strong. Then Tubular Bells’ composer Mike Oldfield talks about Ommadawn, his two-sided epic from 1975.