Tangerine Dream returns to Philadelphia after 11 years with a sound that calls to the past for the sound of the future moving from Phaedra to Raum. John Diliberto reviews their concert.
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Tangerine Dream Live in Philadelphia
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Concert Review: Sigur Rós at Kings Theater
Sigur Ros took the stage of Kings theater, playing music from across their career including their latest album, ÁTTA. It was dark, brooding, both opoppressive and rapturous.
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An AI Creates Echoes Playlist
Can ChatGPT program a radio show? It is seeping into our lives in so many ways and streaming sites are already serving up algorithm powered playlists Echoes John Diliberto tried it out.
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Ralph Lundsten R.I.P. 1936-2023
Swedish electronic pioneer Ralph Lundsten was a sonic explorer who produced over 80 albums, invented instruments and his own idiosyncratic personality. He left the planet on July 5, 2023.
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George Winston – Five Essential Albums
George Winston is the 30th Icon of Echoes and we’ve picked our five favorite albums. His album, Autumn remains his bestselling recording, but it’s not on top of our list.
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Ten Essential Mike Oldfield Albums
Mike Oldfield is the 11th of 30 Icons of Echoes. We go through his catalog and Rank his 10 Best albums. And #1 isn’t Tubular Bells. We also rank all 6 iterations of Tubular Bells.
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Big Ears Festival 2023 Review
The Big Ears Festival 2023 took place this past weekend 3/30-4/2 and it lived up to its reputation with nearly 200 performances that stretched music concepts.
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PAKT at Solar Myth 02/19/2023
PAKT, the quartet of Percy Jones, Alex Skolnick, Kenny Grohowski and Tim Motzer Brought the spirit of King Crimson to a night of free electric improvisation at Solar Myth,
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Grammys 2023 In Memoriam Snubs Electronic Giants
The Grammy’s have never been kind to progressive or electronic artists but this year saw them snubbing some giants including Klaus Schulze.
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Echoes In Memoriam: Musicians We Lost in 2022
We lost many artists from the Echoes galaxy in 2002, among them were giants of electronic music, creators of dream pop and explorers of the soul and sound. Here is the list.