Today on Echoes, we’ll be hearing Lanterna playing live (Tomorrow for Philly listeners on WXPN). Lanterna is essentially one guy, Henry Frayne and he’s been around for about two decades, playing in Cocteau Twins influenced groups like The Moon Seven Times and Area out of the midwest. Henry has a new CD called Desert Ocean.…
Category: Program Highlights
Program Highlights
Mysteria and Digital Samsara-Sample Aesthetics
There are no special features on Echoes tonight, but listen for two interesting new CDs operating towards opposite ends of electronica. One is Tempting the Muse by Mysteria. Mysteria is a studio project headed up by Mark Allison who has also records as Phobos and The Spirit Level. Mark makes a slick brand of electronica,…
Program Highlights
Random Record Thoughts
Records hitting me the right way today: Maneesh de Moor Sadhana A very cool ethno-ambient album that looks like another New Age swill of eastern mysticism but is much more sophisticated than that. Robert Fripp Exposure A re-issue of the 1979 album, with the original version and a second version with vocals by Daryl Hall…
CD of the Month
November 2001 CD of the Month: Erik Wøllo
Erik Erik Wøllo’s music floats with the grace of a hawk, effortlessly riding air currents that are left painted and glistening in his wake. But what sounds effortless is actually deeply layered, intricately woven and composed with a poetic language. Sometimes Erik is acoustic, as on GUITAR NOVA, sometimes all electronic, like POLAR DRONES, but…