Guitarist Tom Caufield brings us an album without any guitar. Using synthesizers and a violinist, he channels the sound of progressive groups like Popol Vuh and Vangelis.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, a throwback sound from Ulrich Muehl who recorded as Roger Universe. The name is kinda corny, but the music casts back to a more melodic 1970s sound.
Get close to the one you love for Echoes of the Heart, a Valentine’s Soundscape. John Diliberto brings you songs of love and sounds of sensuality for Valentine’s Day on Echoes.
Moby covers a song by Cream, and it’s not one of the big ones. He takes a haunting track from Disraeli Gears and turns it slowcore. We’ll also hear something from Beautiful Chorus.
Listen to looping guitar live when we hear Italian guitarist Fabio Mittino. He has a highly sophisticated looping and processing system and some burning leads that he puts into his sound.
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.
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.