On a Slow Flow Echoes we hear the space twang of SUSS, the ambient country band. We’ll hear a track from their latest album, Promise. We’ll also hear from Peter Chilvers and Jon Durant.
The 6th of 30 Icons, Vangelis. We’ll hear a profile of the legendary Greek electronic artist who won the first Oscar for an electronic film score for Chariots of Fire.
Dave Bessell talks about his dark electronics. He is part of Node with producer Flood, and collaborates with the Greek electronic artist, Parallel Worlds. They have a new album, Phosphene.
Digitonal’s Set the Weather Fair was one of Echoes’ Top five Albums of 2020. Andy Dobson and Dom Graveson talk about their merging of classical moods and electronic ambiences and grooves.
We talk to singer-songwriter Marya Stark about her celestial approach to lyrics and her new album, Saphhire. Then we remember cellist David Darling, who left the planet on January 8th.
Sufjan Stevens goes all electronic on an album of life ruminations called The Ascension, maybe his most darkly melodic album ever. Also going deep but more acoustic is Ane Brun.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Loga Ramin Torkian, one half of the Persian fusion group, Niyaz. He has a new solo album out of micro-tonal guitar and cello called Brink of Absolute.
SUSS is the tripped-out band that merges country, ambient, and psychedelic music and their side project, Numuen. Are they ambient Americana or psychedelic country. We suss it out.
We remember David Darling, the cellist and pioneer of Ambient Chamber music. He plucked his last note on January 8, 2021. He was a pioneer of ambient chamber music.
Singer-songwriter Marya Stark has a more celestial approach to lyrics. Last year she released the album, Sapphire, co-produced with Joshua Penman of the electronic project, Akara.