One of the most influential albums of electro-pop turns 45, Metamatic by John Foxx. Musically adventurous and lyrically trenchant, it remains a timeless artifact of electronic music & pop.
Danish composer Trentemøller has been crafting electronic pop since the early 2000s. He has an album called Dreamweaver that taps his influences from dream-pop to shoegaze.
Music from the second posthumous release by cellist David Darling. Michael Verdick has taken some of Darling’s unfinished recordings and put them into shape on the album, Other Worlds.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music from Kevin Keller. The ambient chamber music artist takes a turn to the Middle Ages, adapting hymns from Abbess Hildegard von Bingen on his album, Evensong.
New music from Bill Nelson in what seems to be an endless stream of new music. This one is called Studio Cadet and echoes the early 60s guitar band sound of The Ventures and The Shadows.
Rena Jones and KiloWatts come on to talk about their new album Caesura. It’s a more complex take on electronica, combining synthesizers with Rena’s violin, viola and cello orchestrations.
Danish composer Trentemøller has been crafting electronic pop since the early 2000s. He has an album called Dreamweaver that taps his influences from dream-pop to shoegaze.
We head into the sci-fi regions of Neon Blue Utopia by Deepspace, the CD of the Month for January. It’s the 16th album from this Australian musician and an immersive web of ambient melodies.
Music from Explosions in the Sky. The atmospheric guitar ensemble released an album in 2023 with an ominous title: End. It’s a more rocking album than their previous releases, but we found a cinematic track on it.
On a Slow Flow Echoes we’ll be hearing music by Erik Wøllo. The Norwegian guitarist and electronic musician unplugs the synthesizers and makes an album of all guitar called Cloud of Strings.