For July 4th we take you into twanguility with an Ambient Americana soundscape. It’s country and western distilled though Brian Eno ambiences, but still with that country twang.
Composer Steve Reich is 86 years old but he’s still making the music of tomorrow. He has a new album, Reich/Richter, inspired by paintings of Gerhard Richter, and a new book, Conversations.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by David Arkenstone and Wouter Kellerman. The two musicians have gotten together for an album of joyful world fusion called Pangaea.
Music from the wilds of Siberia when we hear the latest single by Otyken called “Storm”. We’ll also hear a dream pop artist with a name that’s out of season, I Am Snow Angel.
Alison Wonderland is Australia’s Alexandra Margo Sholler, who is a DJ, producer and singer. We’ll hear from her album, Loner. We’ll also hear from S. Carey and his album, Break Me Open.
It’s time for The Best of Echoes 2022, So Far. It’s been a pretty great year for music thus far. Out of the hundreds of recordings we’ve received in 2022, only 25 will make this list.
Composer Steve Reich is 86 years old but he’s still making the music of tomorrow. He has a new album, Reich/Richter, inspired by paintings of Gerhard Richter, and a new book, Conversations.
An interview with Norway’s Röyksopp. An exploding puff ball mushroom inspired their name, and their music has ranged from ambient to dance pop. Their new album is Profound Mysteries.
New music by Sharon Van Etten who tells us something we all know, We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong. We’ll get it right with her new music, and a track by Tone Ranger from Desert Rose.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by VLMV from their new album, Sing with Abandon. We’ll also hear a group called Above and Beyond who’ve devised a spacey ambient chamber music sound.