2015 began with the unexpected death of Edgar Froese, the founding member of the German electronic band, Tangerine Dream. 2015 also saw the anniversary of two influential Tangerine Dream albums, Rubycon and Ricochet.
Bella Gaia, or Beautiful Earth is a massive multi-media project put together by violinist and electronic composer Kenji Williams. Williams and singer/pianist Kristin Hoffmann come in to Echoes to play music from Bella Gaia live.
Smoke Fairies have released the best seasonal album of 2015 with Wild Winter. It’s a different kind of winter CD, and it’s beautiful. Katherine Blamire and Jessica Davies come into Echoes to play music from Wild Winter and some earlier songs live.
The sound of Enya is one of the most recognizable in music. She’s not very prolific, just four albums in the 21st century. Her latest is Dark Sky Island and it has all the signature Enya sounds that audiences have come to love.
On a Slow Flow Echoes we’ll hear guitarists Dave Preston & Ian Ethan Case with two different approaches to guitar orchestrations..
Brian Eno’s “Discreet Music,” released 40 years ago, is the seminal work of ambient music. A Toronto new music group arranges it for acoustic instruments.
We travel from slow-core pastoral rock to ambient electronic music when we hear the latest by the Lancaster based band, The Innocence Mission and the English electronic pop group, Radium 88.
Jamie Sieber was at the leading edge of a new generation of cellists taking the most soulful of symphonic strings in new directions, looping her cello and using electric guitar-style effects. She comes in to create her looping cello chamber works live.
The sound of Enya is one of the most recognizable in music. She’s not very prolific, just four albums in the 21st century. Her latest is Dark Sky Island and it has all the signature Enya sounds that audiences have come to love.
Laurie Anderson is a true icon of modern music, creating a sound unlike any other that brings together cultural observations, acute humor and ambient textures. In her new film, Heart of a Dog, she explores themes of death, doubt, culture and moms.