We go east on the next Echoes for the second in a trilogy of albums by sitarist Anoushka Shankar. We’ll hear track from her EP, Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before the Dawn.
Lush was one of the signature bands of 1990s Alternative rock and the 4AD label. Now, one of their singers, Emma Anderson has released her solo debut album, Pearlies and a Remix release.
One of the most influential albums of electro-pop turns 45, Metamatic by John Foxx. Musically adventurous and lyrically trenchant, it remains a timeless artifact of electronic music & pop.
Danish composer Trentemøller has been crafting electronic pop since the early 2000s. He has a new album called Dreamweaver that taps his influences from dream-pop to shoegaze.
Music from the second posthumous release by cellist David Darling. Mickey Houlihan has taken some of Darling’s unfinished recordings and put them into shape on the album, Other Worlds.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music from Kevin Keller. The ambient chamber music artist takes a turn to the Middle Ages, adapting hymns from Abbess Hildegard von Bingen on his album, Evensong.
New music from Bill Nelson in what seems to be an endless stream of new music. This one is called Studio Cadet and echoes the early 60s guitar band sound of The Ventures and The Shadows.
Rena Jones and KiloWatts come on to talk about their new album Caesura. It’s a more complex take on electronica, combining synthesizers with Rena’s violin, viola and cello orchestrations.
Danish composer Trentemøller has been crafting electronic pop since the early 2000s. He has a new album called Dreamweaver that taps his influences from dream-pop to shoegaze.
We head into the sci-fi regions of Neon Blue Utopia by Deepspace, the CD of the Month for January. It’s the 16th album from this Australian musician and an immersive web of ambient melodies.