Coming up on Echoes Slowdive returns with their first new album in 22 years. And Liset Alea, one of the voices of Nouvelle Vague, released a new album called Heart-Headed.
The Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society is less of a fan club and more of an electronic, deep ambient duo with Garry Hughes of Bombay Dub Orchestra and Harvey Jones.
This year’s unlikely New Age Grammy winners were the trio White Sun, a group that takes Hindi mantras and turns them into soaring vocal melodies. The group is fronted by singer, Gurujas, who writes the melodies that have propelled this group to the New Age forefront.
We survey the first six months of the year for our favorite albums. Among them are Wilsen’s I Go Missing in My Sleep, Jean-Michel Jarre’s Oxygene 3, and Mike Oldfield’s Return to Ommadawn.
Michael Hewett is a finger-style guitarist inspired by Michael Hedges’ two-handed tapping approach, but he has found his own way, creating a deeply melodic music and using enhanced guitar processing to create an enveloping sound. He’s also a Yoga Master.
On the next Slow Flow Echoes we’ll hear music from the soundtrack of The Rise of the Synths and a new album from Thorsten Quaschning and Ulrich Schnauss called Synthwaves.
Tangerine Dream created their first film score in 1977 for Sorcerer, directed by William Friedkin. Friedkin later said he would’ve used the Dream for The Exorcist if he’d known about them.
Bathe in the warmth of music sunshine on an Echoes Summer Solstice Soundscape. Echoes takes through you the summer as we track the midnight sun and explore the sounds of the season.
Swedish electronic musicians Johan Agebjörn & Mikael Ögren create an imaginary road trip through the Finnish-Russian border called We Never Came to the White Sea.
Michael Hewett is a finger-style guitarist inspired by Michael Hedges’ two-handed tapping approach, but he has found his own way, creating a deeply melodic music and using enhanced guitar processing to create an enveloping sound. He’s also a Yoga Master.