If you thought the only electronic-based music coming out of Greece was from Yanni and Vangelis, then you haven’t been keeping up on a wave of electronic artists who are more plugged in to Boards of Canada’s textural melancholy than Yanni’s grandiose orchestrations. Melorman is one of those artists. That’s the parody-ready moniker of Antonis…
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Best Of
Echoes Top 25 for July 2013.
Queens of the Stone Age, reinvented, Leads Echoes Top 25 … Like Clockwork by Queens of the Stone Age made Number One on the Billboard Top 200, but Olivier Libaux‘s Uncovered Queens of the Stone Age was Number One on Echoes. Libaux’s UNQOTSA , in which he creates intimate, melancholic versions of tunes from this…
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New Music From Chinmaya Dunster and Der Waldläufer
Hear New Music From Chinmaya Dunster and Der Waldläufer on Echoes tonight. New music by Chinmaya Dunster, the English-born guitarist headed who east and studied with Indian sarod masters, from his new album, Meditation Ragas. We’ll also hear new space music Der Waldläufer, which means The Ranger. Below, watch Chinmaya Dunster’s live performance of “Bhattiyali”…
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Interview: Rachel Zeffira
Hear an interview with Rachel Zeffira tonight on Echoes Rachel Zeffira is a former operatic soprano who now vocalizes in caressing whispers. She makes an enchanting and haunting dream pop, telling tales of suicide and lost love, placing it all in a chamber music setting. She doesn’t like to reveal the meanings of the songs…
Living Room Concerts
Living Room Concert: Arborea
Hear a Living Room Concert with Arborea tonight on Echoes Arborea is Buck & Shanti Curran, a husband and wife duo from Maine who have been making a dreamy psychedelic folk music for several years. They recently released the album, Fortress of the Sun. They come into the Echoes Living Room with their guitars and…
Interview Podcast
Jah Wobble & Marconi Union Echoes Podcast.
Hear the Echoes Podcast with Marconi Union & Jah Wobble In a surprising collaboration, English ambient band Marconi Union teams up with dub bassist Jah Wobble, best known for his work with Public Image, Ltd. They talk about their album of deep-dub space music called Anomic. Highlights include: Jah Wobble on Marconi Union: I was…
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New Music: Daughn Gibson & Der Waldläufer
Hear new music from Daughn Gibson and Der Waldläufer tonight on Echoes. It’s New Music from singer-song-writer Daughn Gibson who has a dark and introspective sound that befits his album title, Me Moan. We’ll also hear music from a German electronic artist who records as Der Waldläufer, which means, The Ranger. Here’s Der Waldläufer from his…
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Interview with Scotland’s Laki Mera: Electro-Dream-Pop
Hear an interview with Laki Mera tonight on Echoes Laki Mera is a Scottish dream-pop band fronted by singer Laura Donnelly with electronic musicians Keir Long and Andrea Gobbi. They follow in the tradition of groups like Beach House and The Cocteau Twins with influences from German electronic bands and authors like Haruki Murakami and…
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Interview: Olivier Libaux
Hear an interview with Olivier Libaux tonight on Echoes Olivier Libaux is a co-founder of Nouvelle Vague, a French project that records lounge versions of Punk and New Wave songs. Libaux steps out on his own with the CD titled Uncovered Queens of the Stone Age, reinventing songs by that hard rock band. He turns…
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Interview: Marconi Union & Jah Wobble
Hear an interview with Marconi Union & Jah Wobble tonight on Echoes In a surprising collaboration, English ambient band Marconi Union teams up with dub bassist Jah Wobble, best known for his work with Public Image, Ltd. They talk about their album of deep-dub space music called Anomic. Highlights include: Jah Wobble on Marconi Union:…