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.
We talk with Lebanese singer Yasmine Hamdan. With music born in the Lebanese civil war, and a nomadic life since childhood, she’s created an Arab electronica that transcends worlds.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, electronic composer Richard Bone from his Age of Falconry. And Bluetech returns with The 4 Horsemen of the Electrocalypse-The Black Horse.
New music by Miranda Lee Richards called Existential Beast. Her last album was Echoes CD of the Year in 2016. We’ll hear new music by Falling You, a dream pop band, from Shine.