Pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi is a pioneer of Ambient Chamber Music who works on the more wistful side of the genre. His album, The Summer Portraits is Echoes April CD of the Month.
The electronic duo Immersion with Colin Newman and Malka Spigel combine with Ambient Country band SUSS for a meeting of ambient, Country & Krautrock on Nanocluster Vol.3
Dieter Spears takes you back to 80s electronics, disco beats, and ambient moods on his latest album, Late Day Summer Breeze. It’s Echoes February CD of the Month.
Travel through an imaginary technological city with Neon Blue Utopia by deepspace. Deepspace constructs Enoesque landscapes of electronic sound. It’s Echoes January CD of the Month.
As Simon Emmerson was leaving the planet, he left Afro Celt Sound System their best album in nearly 20 years with OVA. It’s Echoes December CD of the Month.
Erik Wøllo creates a tone poem for lost landscapes and the emotional trauma it produces called Solastalgia. It’s Echoes’ November CD of the Month.
London Grammar’s 4th album is another deep dive into sensually wrapped songs of love, loss and alienation all fronted by singer Hannah Reid. It’s Echoes CD of the Month for October.
I’m always a little skeptical of music masquerading as tone poems, citing some vast vista like the Grand Canyon or the Himalayas or the Taj Mahal that is inspiring the music. I’m sure that’s true for many, but most instrumental artists tell me the titles come after the event of recording. Once I got a…
Jaymie Rose Hennegan takes us into deep space with her debut Transition, a double CD of 2 live performances created in the moment with no computers. It’s Echoes August CD of the Month
Moby has created a definitive late-night album, shrouded in steam vent smoke and darked streets of the mind. Always Centered at Night is Echoes July CD of the Month.