American primitive guitar goes east when Buck Curran plays live. Formerly one-half of the psychedelic pop duo, Arborea, Curran goes more rustic, but still trippy when he plays live on Echoes.
Behind Suzanne Ciani’s sweet, classically-derived melodies is an avant-gardist who came of age with the Buchla modular synthesizer in the 1970s. We hear both sides when she plays live.
Michael Hewett is a finger-style guitarist inspired by Michael Hedges, but he has found his own way, creating a deeply melodic music, using processing to create an enveloping sound.
The ambient trio, Departure came in to play live on Echoes. Hear the debut of horn player Jeff Oster, keyboardist and bassist Tom Eaton and guitarist Vin Downes live.
Gordi is an artist from the Australian outback who makes a deep ambient pop with a dark, sensual voice. She played live on Echoes and you can hear her entire set at echoes.org
Emel Mathlouthi’s “Kelmti Horra” was an anthem for Tunisia’s Arab Spring. Now she’s turned her middle eastern melodies into electronica grooves. She plays live on Echoes.
Ron Boots is a prolific Dutch electronic artist who has been recording since the 1980s when he released his music on cassette. He comes in and cranks up his synthesizers to play live.
Hear Ry X’s complete live session on Echoes streaming now. RY X is a musician from Australia who sings like he’s singing to you from the other side of consciousness.