World fusion from Ravi Kulur and Barry Phillips. Kulur plays bansuri flute and Phillips plays cello, an instrument he’s used in folk music, jazz and new age music in the past.
We celebrate the 40th anniversary of Patrick O’Hearn’s debut album, Ancient Dreams. This signature release was a road map of mood and mystery and set the tone for the Private Music label.
We celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Epsilon in Malaysian Pale, the second solo album by Tangerine Dream founder Edgar Froese. It’s hailed as a masterpiece of ambient and electronic music.
Music by Immersion, the duo of Colin Newman and Malka Spigel. They have an album called Nanocluster Vol. 2 and we’ll hear their collaboration with Thor Harris from the band Swans.
Music from Course, the project of Jessica Robbins. On the album, Hue Mirror, she turns her medical journey into deeply felt songs of despair and hope. We’ll hear a couple of tracks.
David Helpling and Eric the Taylor talk about their new album, A Precious Dark. Helpling is a guitarist in the world of ambient music and Taylor records solo and with Architects of Existence.
Music by 9 Theory and Torii Wolf from their collaboration, Soft Realms. 9 Theory is producer Gabe Lehner and Torii Wolf is a singer and producer who comes out of the Massive Attack mold.
A legend of dub on the next Echoes when we talk to producer Adrian Sherwood. He’s worked with artists like Creation Rebel, Keith LeBlanc, and more. His new album is The Collapse of Everything.
The return of Ancient Future. The band that coined the term World Fusion in 1978 has their first significant release in nearly 25 years. I talk to founder and guitarist Matthew Montfort.