We celebrate Klaus Schulze’s Blackdance. Released in 1974, it was Schulze’s third release and the first to see him moving in the direction of music for which he’s best known.
Head into psychedelic space on the 50th anniversary of Tangerine Dream’s Phaedra. This is a seminal album that essentially launched the whole sequencer school of electronics.
Moby’s Play turns 25. This influential landmark album remains an important signpost of electronic music and electronic pop and “Porcelain” might be the first standard of electronic pop.
We have one conversation with a trio that has released an album called Seven Conversations. They are Jeff Oster, Vin Downes and Tom Eaton. We talk to them about improvising in ambient space.
Electronic artist Tim Blake was there at the beginning, playing synth for space rockers Gong and Hawkwind and launching his own project of synthesizers and lasers, Crystal Machine.
We enter the World of Chant. From Abbess Hildegard von Bingen to contemporary musicians exploring a medieval sound, we’ll hear voices descending from the heavens and tuning the spirit.
It’s a Wicked Game on the next Echoes. Chris Isaak’s single, Wicked Game, was released 35 years ago in 1989. This sound has influenced pop music, ambient country and more.
Angels Descend when we hear heavenly music as the spirits of angels fly through the soundscape with music from Jane Siberry, Iasos, Liminal Drifter and more heavenly bodies.
Hear New Age Ancient and Modern. Echoes takes a spin through some of the earliest new age music as well as some of its more recent exponents, including Steven Halpern, Iasos, Yaima and White Sun.
Electronic artist Tim Blake was there at the beginning, playing synth for space rockers Gong and Hawkwind and launching his own project of synthesizers and lasers, Crystal Machine.