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.
Trevor Gordon Hall is a master finger-style guitarist who also plays a custom-designed instrument called the Kalimbatar, that combines the African kalimba with an acoustic guitar.
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.
On the first Day of the New Year, we reprise The Best Albums of 2024 on Echoes. It was a great year for new music and we picked our Top 30 albums for your delight. We count them down.
Dance in 2025 with An Echoes Ambient New Year’s Eve. All systems are plugged in, and the chill is turned up to 11, as we swing in on electronic sounds old, new and beyond time and space.