On Rick Wright’s brithday, July 28, David Gilmour posted an incredible jam session with Pink Floyd creating Cosmic 13, which would become Marooned.
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Pink Floyd in Improvisational Space on “Cosmic 13”
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Jon Hassell Remembered: From Ambient to Tribal
Jon Hassell, transformed the sound of the trumpet and married it to a blenderized sound called Fourth World Music. A collaborator with Brian Eno and Talking Heads, he died on June 26, 2021.
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10 Essential Erik Wollo Albums
Feast your mind on the 10 Essential Erik Wøllo album, the 23rd Icon of Echoes. The Norwegian artist has been creating soundscapes born in the landscapes of home and space.
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Patrick O’Hearn: Five Essential Albums
Patrick O’Hearn is one of the most heartfelt, mood inducing artists in the ambient space. Here are his most essential recordings including his 1985 debut Ancient Dreams.
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Ulrich Schnauss 5 Essential Albums
Ulrich Schnauss is #20 among 30 Icons of Echoes. Here are 5 essential albums from an artist, now a member of Tangerine Dream, who has helped define the sound of Echoes in the 21st century.
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Five Essential Michael Hedges Albums
Michael Hedges rewrote the book on finger-style acoustic guitar. He died too young, but he’s the 18th Icon of Echoes. Here are Five Essential Michael Hedges albums.
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Enya 10th Icon of Echoes: Five of Her Best Albums
Enya is the 10th Icon of Echoes. Her voice descends from the heavens in multiple layers. We look across her 34 year solo career and pick her 5 best recordings out of 8 proper album releases.
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Robert Rich Icon of Echoes: 10 Essential Albums
Robert Rich is the 9th of 30 Icons of Echoes and we’ve picked ten of his best recordings from across his 40-year career that exemplify his genius, beauty and soul.
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Klaus Schulze: The 7th Icon of Echoes
Klaus Schulze-The 7th Icon of Echoes: An Appreciationby John Diliberto Updated 1/26/2021 Three years ago we celebrated the 70th birthday of Klaus Schulze and I wrote this at that time. Now, as we celebrate his anointment as the 7th of 30 Icons of Echoes, I’m taking another look back at this giant of electronic music.…
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Vangelis: Ten Essential Albums from an Icon of Echoes
Vangelis is an icon of electronic music and his influence remains pervasive. As we celebrate his anointment as the 6th Icon of Echoes, we select 10 of his Essential CDs.