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Ascendant is a duo of Californian musicians exploring the Big Bang, and other mysteries of the universe, through meticulously-crafted synthesizer soundscapes.
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Dieter Moebius was a founding member of influential German bands Cluster and Harmonia, creating a sound that was known as Krautrock and collaborating with Brian Eno. Moebius died on July 20 at the age of 71. We go back to an interview with Moebius and bandmate Hans-Joachim Roedelius from 1996.
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https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/EchoesPodcast-OlafurArnalds2015.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSHear Olafur Arnalds’ interview above or download the podcast from iTunes. When we first started playing Ólafur Arnalds five or so years ago, he was a little-known secret. But in the last couple of years, he has exploded as a leading avatar of a new neo-classical sound, ambient chamber music.…
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Forrest Fang is a classically trained musician who plays instruments from around the world in a surreal global symphony. He takes us on a global journey that starts in his bedroom.
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Kristin Hoffmann’s album The Human Compass is a spiritual exploration through a tumultuous time in her life. On a new album, Amazing Space, she scores an electro-acoustic journey that accompanies images of the universe from the Hubble space telescope.
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Robert Rich is a critically acclaimed electronic musician who has been recording for 35 years. He takes us from his roots listening to wind harps, minimalists and space music to his own music recorded 20 minutes into the future.
Heather Woods Broderick is a singer-songwriter detailing a life of transience amidst a music that hovers in moody atmospheres and haunting choruses. Her album, Glider is the the Echoes CD of the Month for July.
We pick the Best Echoes CDs of the Year at the halfway point. John Diliberto then runs them down from #25 to number 1. It begins with a band we’ve never heard of before and ends with an Icon of Echoes. We’ll hear from artists who put out signature releases, others reaching for ambitious highs and still others reflecting on very long careers.
Echoes Top 25 for June finds Digitonal’s “Beautiful Broken” at the top, followed by March’s CD of the Month pick, “Backyards” by Lanterna, and guitarist Jesse Cook’s “One World”.
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Minimalist pioneer Terry Riley turns 80 and shows no sign of slowing down. On his birthday, Daevid Allen, Jon Hassell, Kronos Quartet, Mike Oldfield and more talk about the influence of this minimalist icon who has gone beyond minimalism.