Quaeschning & Schnauss’ “Synthwaves” Hangs Ten in the Echoes Top 25 for August. Riding inside the curl behind them are folktronica artist Gordi’s “Reservoir” and Yaima’s New Age World Electro Fusion “Ovo.”
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In the Echoes Podcast, we take you inside The September CD of the Month, Mystic Journey’s Kingdom of Mountains featuring flutist Suzanne Teng and percussionist Gilbert Levy
Flutist Suzanne Teng returns with Mystic Journey for their first album in 13 years, a lush and seductive journey into world fusion. It’s the Echoes CD of the Month for September.
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In the Echoes Podcast we go into a musical marriage counselling session with Daron and Jenny Hollowell. They are Nights and weekends and they have a new album called Music for Marriage. As you’ll hear in this interview, it’s not music for setting the mood.
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Guitarist Terje Rypdal is an incendiary and influential figure among electric guitarists. Recording for ECM records since 1971, he’s blazed a trail noted for his tone bending colors and free improvisation. We celebrate his 70th birthday in the Echoes Podcast.
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Echoes interviews Pepper Proud and Masaru Higasa of New Age band, Yaima. We discuss Timothy Leary, transformational festivals, new album OvO, and sensory deprivation tanks.
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Pierre Henry virtually invented the idea of sampling. Just using phonograph recordings, many of them custom made, he sampled the world and turned it into what became musique concrète.
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Falling You’s Shine features many talented contributors as vocalists and lyricists. Instrumentalist John Zorko and two vocalists, Anji Lum and Danielle Colbeck, discuss thematic lyrics, influences, and gongs.
ECHOES TOP 25 for July 2017 Hear a Spotify Playlist of Top 25 Below London Grammar – Truth is a Beautiful Thing (Ministry of Sound Recordings) Wilsen – I Go Missing in my Sleep (Secret City Records) Yaima – OvO (Yaima) Maggie Koerner – Dig Down Deep (EP) (R’COUP’D) Emel Mathlouthi – Ensen (PTKF) Nym – Lilac Chaser (Nym) …
German duo and Tangerine Dream members Ulrich Schnauss & Thorsten Quaeschning create a state-of-the-art sequencer excursion called “Synthwaves.” It’s the Echoes August CD of the Month.