On a Slow Flow Echoes, drift on the currents of Erik Wøllo’s North Star, his latest missive of guitar moods from Norway. We’ll also hear from Chris Liebing off his album Another Day.
New music by Mamak Khadem, the extraordinary Iranian singer. She has a new album called Remembrance. We’ll also hear some downtempo eastern grooves by the Zikr Project.
The Royal Arctic Institute: not a science organization, although one is a psychologist. This quintet creates atmospheric guitar-centric sound, like the Ventures gone slow mo and psychedelic.
Iconic German electronic band Kraftwerk haven’t released new music in decades, so they’ve turned their work over to remixers for a double CD set just called Remixes.
The May CD of the Month is Imaginary Trains by Michael Whalen. Whalen pulls in all his synthesizers to create a vision for the future with landmarks in the past of space music and the new age.
David Helpling takes us inside his new double CD that’s just titled IN. The title is simple but the music is an expanse of dynamic ambient orchestrations for guitar and synthesizers.
New music from singer Jo Beth Young, who we’ve known previously as Talitha Rise. She has new music that takes a more electronic and ethereal direction. We’ll also hear music by Tone Ranger.
Klaus Schulze, the soul of German electronic music, died on April 26 at the age of 74. We remember him with music from across his career, as well as interviews with Klaus, and musicians he influenced.
The Smile is Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood from Radiohead, producer Nigel Godrich, and Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner. We’ll hear from their debut, A Light for Attracting Attention.
Two singers with very different approaches. We’ll hear the raging voice of Zola Jesus from a new single, and Natalia Clavier, a singer with Thievery Corporation who has a new recording.