New releases from John Carpenter, the horror film director who writes many of his own soundtracks, and from German electronic musician Michael Bruckner.
We go back to 1967 to revisit Cream’s “Disraeli Gears” in a Flashback 50. Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker created this psychedelic classic that includes “Sunshine of Your Love.”
On the next Echoes, Jeffrey Ericson Allen talks about his cosmic ambient music under the name, Chronotope Project. He’s just released a new album called OVUM.
It’s Witches, Ghosts and Wizards when electronic artist Deborah Martin talks about her supernaturally inspired album Eye of the Wizard. It’s part of an Echoes Halloween Soundscape.
One is the loneliest number, but it’s also the Echoes CD of the Month. Guitarist Todd Boston has put out a beautiful album of multi-layered stringed instruments from acoustic guitar to guzheng.
On the next Echoes Cigarettes After Sex lights up live. Cigarettes After Sex is a noir-dreampop group fronted by the sultry voice of Greg Gonzalez. They set the sensual mood, playing music from their debut album live.
On a Slow Flow Echoes we hear music by ARC, the English electronic duo of Ian Boddy and Mark Shreeve and electronic artist Darshan Ambient off his latest, Lingering Day: Anatomy of a Daydream.
Coming up on Echoes, it’s new music by Irish guitarist Simon Taylor from Now Then and a dream pop artist who records as Belle Game from her album, Fear/Nothing.
St. Vincent’s new album of twisted rock motifs is called Masseduction and it explores new terrain in her original sound. We’ll also hear from one of dozens of new soundtracks by Bear McCreary, this one for the movie “Unrest.”
We go inside the enchanting chamber pop of Gracie and Rachel. These high school friends have entered adulthood creating a sound in an orbit with Max Richter, Agnes Obel and Steve Reich.