Guitarist David Helpling takes us into the runic and oceanic influences of his January CD of the Month, Rune. He talks about ambient guitar, the ocean and ancient runes.
We talk with New Age Pioneer Kevin Braheny Fortune. After 22 years, he has four releases of ambient music. He talks about his name change, years of silence and his new music.
The French Band AIR was one of the seminal electronic pop groups of the 1990s and oughts. Founding member Nicolas Godin has a new solo album out that began as an architectural art project.
We’ll hear a great version of Phil Collins’ In the Air Tonight by Marissa Nadler & Stephen Brodsky. We’ll also hear from Tigerforest’s album of orchestrated electronics called Discovery.
Pianist Peter Kater goes Hawaiian. He taps traditional Hawaiian music and musicians and creates a lush landscape around them. We’ll also hear new music by the electronic artist Kayobe.
We travel to Ukraine to talk with Andrei Ivanov who records as Vonavi. Last year this electronic composer released his impressive debut album, Reflection with collaborators like Run Rivers.
We explore the ambient chamber music of Naneum. On his album, Life Cycle he recorded a local choir singing their traditional music but then sliced it up into his own arrangements.
The French Band AIR was one of the seminal electronic pop groups of the 1990s and oughts. Founding member Nicolas Godin has a new solo album out that began as an architectural art project.
AvaWaves is an ambient chamber music duo who have released their debut album, Waves. Then we interview Steve Roach, the electronic artist who has been part of Echoes for all of its 30 years.
One half of the band, Air, Nicholas Godin, has a new album of retro electro-pop out called Concrete and Glass. We’ll hear that and a duo called Dreaming of Ghosts, with Robot Koch and Fiora.