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.
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Vangelis: Ten Essential Albums from an Icon of Echoes
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Cellist David Darling Leaves the Planet
Cellist David Darling passed on January 8, 2021. He was a pioneer of ambient chamber music, a member of the Paul Winter Consort and took the cello into new terrain. Echoes remembers.
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Jean-Michel Jarre’s Virtual Notre Dame Cathedral
Jean-Michel Jarre creates a virtual Notre Dame Cathedral with the stage as the altar and his synthesizer cockpit the pulpit. John Diliberto goes to church and experiences electronic heaven.
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5 Essential Harold Budd CDs.
Harold Budd passed away on December 7th at 84. Here are Five Essential Harold Budd albums from this avatar of ambient chamber music who defined a sound that was unrepentantly beautiful.
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Brian Eno – Icon of Echoes: 10 Essential Albums
Brian Eno is the number one of 30 Icons of Echoes. He launched Ambient Music and altered pop music. Here is a list of ten Essential Brian Eno Albums, from ambient to angst.
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Wax Tailor’s Dark Video for Misery-A Slice of 2020 Dystopia
Wax Tailor, master of the downtempo cut and paste modality, releases a new and dystopian vision called “Misery” that is pitched for these times with vision of an authoritarian world.
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Echoes Interview: Jon Anderson of Yes
The founder and singer of Yes, Jon Anderson talks about his new album, 1000 Hands: Chapter One, comprised of tapes recorded 30 years ago, as well as Yes, Jethro Tull, Vangelis and Kitaro
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Jimi Hendrix Gone 50 Years Ago
Jimi Hendrix changed music forever. He left the planet 50 years ago on September 18, 1970. In a span of only 3 years, he changed music forever. This is a remembrance.
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Michael Rother’s New “Bitter Tang” Video
Isolated in pandemic lockdown, pioneering guitarist Michael Rother created a contemplative recording called Dreaming. His video for “Bitter Tang” exemplifies the wistful mood..
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Ane Brun’s New Video for “Take Hold of Me”
Ane Brun is an incandescent singer from Norway via Sweden who is moving away from her chamber folk sound and into more electronic ambiences on new songs like “Take Hold of Me” in a new video.