It’s alt-rock instrumentals from WMD off the album Deliquesce. We don’t know if that stands for Weapons of Mass Destruction, but we guarantee that you won’t be destroyed.
The enchantment of Lucinda Chua. The British singer and cellist has just released a masterful, perfectly-pitched album called Yian. It translates as swallow. Lucinda Chua flies on Echoes.
Experience the joy of Ibeyi. That’s Yoruban for twins and this duo are twin sisters from France who have an intoxicating sound that merges pop, hip-hop, African and Cuban grooves.
Vic Hennegan heads into space. The ambient electronic composer comes to Echoes to perform a live electronic set with no computers, just synthesizers, to create a drifting soundscape.
Cigarettes After Sex has a new single, continuing his sultry, pillow-talk sound. We’ll also hear Desire Marea, a daring artist from South Africa who might be that country’s version of Bjork.
Do you listen to Echoes to go to sleep? Well, we have the perfect music for you when we hear from Max Richter’s album, Sleep-Tranquility Base, on a Slow Flow Echoes.
It’s a trip to the red planet when we hear new music by Thaneco from his album, Structures from Mars. It’s an album of deep Berlin school sequencers. We’ll also hear something from Sine.
It’s the dark goth electronics of Depeche Mode who have returned with a new album, Memento Mori, that tackles darker themes of the 21st century. We’ll also hear from Heather Woods Broderick.
Vic Hennegan heads into space. The ambient electronic composer comes to Echoes to perform a live electronic set with no computers, just synthesizers, to create a drifting soundscape.
Echoes’ April CD of the Month is from Heather Woods Broderick with the album, Labyrinth. It’s a seductive melodic song cycle of impressionistic and deep reflections on the human experience.