New music by Yaima, the dream pop duo whose music is suffused with nature imagery and hang drum rhythms. We’ll also hear from Julianna Barwick’s new album of her looped gothic chants.
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 talk to Yppah, a band that makes a joyful sound out of psychedelia, hip-hop and minimalism. Founder Joe Corrales Jr. talks about going from surfing to minimalist psychedelia.
Llynks played music as Sara Kendall, then metamorphosed in Llynks, a dark, electronic pop project. Then Anna Phoebe and Aisling Brouwer went from classical to ambient with AvaWaves.
It’s music by electronic dream pop singer Half Waif. The daughter of an Indian refugee from Uganda and an Irish-American, she heard Indian bhajans and Celtic pop growing up.
Mark Dwane has a new album called Future Tense and his guitar actually sounds like a guitar sometimes. We’ll also hear from Imaginational Anthems Volume 10, Overseas Edition.
We get High on Isra. That’s actually the name of a band out of Germany making an electronic pop. We’ll hear from their album, Sad Sad Sad. We’ll also hear from the California Guitar Trio.
Two women from the classical world go ambient with AvaWaves. Violinist Anna Phoebe and keyboardist Aisling Brouwer have crafted a haunting and unremittingly beautiful sound on their debut.
Llynks graduated from the Berklee School of Music, worked as a model, played music as Sara Kendall, then metamorphosed into Llynks, a dark, electronic pop project. She talks about it on Echoes.
The July CD of the Month is Game Trails by Aukai. Aukai is the world fusion group headed up by Marcus Sieber of the duo, Mirabai Ceiba. We also have an interview with Blue Landscapes.