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.
We’ll survey the landscape of women electronic musicians from pioneers like Wendy Carlos, Delia Derbyshire and Suzanne Ciani to contemporary artists from Laurie Anderson through Eve Maret.
Texas-based artist Hollan Holmes paints southern landscapes and rusty artifacts by day, but he heads into electronic space at night, composing music like his CD of the Month, Emerald Waters.
Echoes’ March CD of the Month looks back on Memories. It’s called Memoria by Danish electronic artist Trentemøller. He mixes downtempo grooves, New Wave moods and dreampop vocals.
We’ll hear music by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, from a new album of covers that takes them in unexpected directions. We’ll also hear new music by William Orbit.
Two sides of deep ambience. We’ll hear from Billow Observatory (Danish guitarist Jonas Munk and American electronic artist Jason Kolb) and we’ll have new music by the Icelandic duo Hugar.
We hear notes from the frontline of the Russian Ukraine invasion when we talk to electronic musician, Vonavi. He reports from his home under black out conditions awaiting air raid sirens.
Singer-songwriter Tori Amos’s 16th album, Ocean to Ocean is an album born in grief, turmoil and hope during pandemic isolation. She talks about it on Echoes.
Echoes’ March CD of the Month looks back on Memories. It’s called Memoria by Danish electronic artist Trentemøller. He mixes downtempo grooves, New Wave moods and dreampop vocals.
Chieli Minucci talks about his instrumental outing into a more contemplative mode. He’s a guitarist and founder of fusion group Special EFX, but has a new solo album called Someone’s Singing.