New music by new wave pioneers, Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark. This electronic duo is still creating sophisticated electronic pop today. Their new album is Bauhaus Staircase.
February 8 marks the 50th anniversary of Brian Eno’s solo debut, Here Come the Warm Jets. This release set the stage for one of the most important artists of the last half-century.
It’s an orchestra of the imagination with music by Orchestra Indigo. This is a project of rock artist Rick Randlett. He goes into a cocktail lounge in space for his album, The Small Hours.
It’s Ambiences in Black when we turn the Echoes prism onto the African and black influences in ambient music. They come from many sources, jazz, R&B, Hip-hop and Africa itself.
Take a trip into sequencer delirium with our February CD of the Month, The Desert Winds of Change by Steve Roach. It is a non-stop journey of synchronized patterns and soaring melodies.
The California Guitar Trio Live. As if 18 strings weren’t enough they’ve added six more with Tom Greisgraber on the 12-string Chapman stick. They debut their newest, unreleased music.
We put Charlie Cunningham in the picture with his new album, Frame. This English singer song-writer has echoes of John Martyn and Nick Drake and atmospheres of Brian Eno and Harold Budd.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, New music by Khruangbin. We’ll hear something from their album, A La Sala. We’ll also hear a new track from the ambient firm of Lane, Gregorius and Smith.
Get on the Peace Wagon. That’s a new composition from new age and world fusion artist James Asher. We’ll also hear music from a new compilation called Music for the Lunar Halflight.
The Grammys are coming this Sunday, with nominees you’ve heard on Echoes, including Hans Christian and David Darling, Billie Eilish, Bela Fleck, Taylor Swift, Olafur Arnalds and Shakti.