Avant-ambient world fusionist Forrest Fang has a new soundscape out, Scenes from a Ghost Train and we’ll hear a chill track by Nouveau Flamenco duo Terra Guitarra.
The Nightcrawlers were the reluctant leaders of a Philadelphia music scene that tapped the sounds of German space music. An album of their 1980s cassette releases has just been issued. We dig back to an interview with these lost pioneers of electronic space.
Composer Forrest Fang manipulates western, eastern and toy instruments along with flowerpots into surreal soundscapes. He talks about his new album, Scenes from a Ghost Train, on Echoes.
The ZMR Awards acknowledge electronic, ambient and New Age music. We’ll bring you this year’s nominees in categories that span from Best Chill album to Best Neo-Classical album.
On the next Echoes, a pioneer of ambient chamber music, Jeff Greinke. He has a new album called Before Sunrise that uses the night skies of southern Arizona as an inspiration.
We reach the Threshold Point on the next Echoes. That’s the title of Erik Wøllo’s new album, a gorgeous electronic expanse, much of it composed in the aftermath of a deep and tragic loss.
Brian Eno’s 70th Birthday is celebrated on Echoes with a feature profile interview and two hours of Eno’s music from solo albums to collaborations, from ambient to beyond.
On a Slow Flow Echoes it’s new music by Solar Fields. The Swedish electronic artist aka Magnus Birgessontakes his downtempo sound in a more cinematic direction on “Ourdom.”
Thievery Corporation has a new album of downtempo sonic collage, Treasures from the Temple. We’ll hear that and music from an instrumental guitar band called Nova Flares on Echoes
Camaromance is the name taken by Canada’s Martine Groulx to explore her intimate themes. Her new album, Chasing Clouds is born or loss and mourning, couched in a rustic dream pop world.