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Get ready for the Best of Echoes 2026 So Far. As we cross the midpoint of the year, we hear the music that rose above the noise: 30 albums of sounds that open up new worlds.

We have music by Shekina Rose, a singer from Sedona who’s got a song for whales. We'll also hear the electronic Arabic fusion of Didon remixed by Bombay Dub Orchestra.

Ben Neill has been at the bleeding edge of new music for decades with his Mutantrumpet. His book, Diffusing Music - Trajectories of Sonic Democratization, has just been published in paperback.

Music to soothe your soul by Lis Addison. Her album is called Songs from the Mara, inspired by Kenya and her environmental work there. It's part of the chilled environment of Echoes.

On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Sigur Ros. The Icelandic post-rock band's album, ATTA, goes into deeply ambient modes. We'll also hear something from Mimi Page.

David Helpling and Scott Reich go Through the Thought Horizon. "If you can go through the thought horizon, then you're opening up all kinds of new experiences. You can exist beyond thought."

The return of Beth Orton. She first fused folk and electronica in the '90s, and now she's gone even deeper with The Ground Above, a haunting, self-produced album of intimate songs.

Music by Slowdive, the shoegaze band who came to renown in the 1990s. After a long pause, they released their album, Everything Is Alive. We’ll also hear a track from VEiiLA.

Echoes brings you downtempo bossa nova when we hear music from Eric Hilton and Natalia Clavier of Thievery Corporation. Their album Corazon Kintsugi taps their sultry Latin side.

On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Quiet Resonance, a guitarist from Mississippi who creates ambient landscapes. His album is Snowblind. We'll also hear from George FitzGerald.

It's a meeting of ambient music pioneers. Michael Stearns and Robert Rich talk about Reunion of Breath and Waves, the first collaboration of these two ground breaking artists.

Inspired by her pregnancy and birth of her first child, Eartheater's album Heavenly Body: If I'm the Bottle, You're the Message is a meditation of gothic dimensions.

Music from the husband-and-wife electronica duo Pink Sky. They have a synth-infused dreampop sound on their album, Disenchantment. We’ll also hear music from Robert Schroeder.

Electronic sounds from Chronotope Project off the album, Chronology. I also have a producer from Quebec who is in the Rufus du Sol mode of downtempo, moody songs. He records as CRi.

On a Slow Flow Echoes music from Penguin Café off their album, Rain Before Seven. We'll also hear harpist Peter Sterling from his album, Mystic Voyager.

Spotted Peccary Music has been releasing signature ambient music albums since 1986. On their 40th Anniversary, founders Deborah Martin and Howard Givens talk about the genesis of the label.

Music from the flaming guitar duo, Rodrigo Y Gabriela. We’ll also hear Lisa Molinaro, a classically trained violist. She was a member of Modest Mouse and Talkdemonic. Her album is Blind Trust.

Lay back on the couch and listen to singer-songwriter Benjamin Jayne. When he’s not making vaguely psychedelic folk music, he’s a psychiatrist. He has a deeply melancholy album called Broken.

Get ready for some powerful darkness with music by Myrkur. The Danish singer is categorized as Black Metal, but really it’s just darker dream pop. She has an album called Spine.

On a Slow Flow Echoes, drift through the electronic sounds of ELEON’s album called Daithi. We'll also hear Jim Kimo West's album, Of Wood and Spirit: American Guitar Stories.

Michael Stearns and Robert Rich are artists who have pushed the borders of electronic music while creating their own, highly individualistic sounds. The join on Reunion of Breath and Waves.

Sheila Chandra is releasing a collection of live recordings called Echo, which has two tracks from her first Echoes Living Room Concert, including “Ever So Lonely/Eyes/Ocean.”

Mathieu David Gagnon talks about his blend of Classical music and Progressive Rock, as heard in the modern electronic chamber music project, Flore Laurentienne.

We put Charlie Cunningham in the picture with his album, Frame. This English singer song-writer has echoes of John Martyn and Nick Drake and atmospheres of Brian Eno and Harold Budd.

On a Slow Flow Echoes it's new music by Helios, one persona of Keith Kenniff, who also records as Goldmund and Mint Julep. His album, Espera, is a downtempo electronic excursion.

Jeff Beck left us over two years ago, but his music is still resonating across six decades. Biographers Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill unfold his genius in their book, Blow By Blow: The Jeff Beck Story.

We remember William Orbit, a musician who produced beautiful electronic albums under his own name, as Strange Cargo and more, as well as producing albums for Madonna, Blur and Beth Orton.

Electronic artist Craig Padilla and guitarist Marvin Allen talk about their latest album, Unfolding Skies. It traverses ambient, progressive rock and psychedelic music.

Music by new wave pioneers, Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark. This electronic duo is still creating sophisticated electronic pop today. Their new album is Bauhaus Staircase.

On a Slow Flow Echoes, Kinobe channels 60s instrumental film sounds on his album, Over the Horizon. We'll also hear Jeff Oster's downtempo, low-fi ambient jazz.

It’s the return of Suzanne Perry. She was the voice of Love Spirals Downwards, the American dream-pop duo. After many years, she’s returned with solo music on an EP called There’ll Be No More Promises.

New music by Thunder Bae. That’s an electronic artist and singer from Düsseldorf, for whom synthesizers and computers are native instruments. We'll hear her debut album, A Woman.

Moby covers a song by Cream, and it’s not one of the big ones. He takes a haunting track from Disraeli Gears and turns it slowcore. We’ll also hear something from Beautiful Chorus.

Deep southern electronica from Niecy Blues. This South Carolina artist creates surreal soundscapes of R&B, hip hop, downtempo and ambient music for her album, Exit Simulation.

On a Slow Flow Echoes we’ll hear music by Erik Wøllo. The Norwegian electronic musician unplugs the synths and makes an album of all guitar called Cloud of Strings.

Steve Hackett and Steve Rothery are best known for their tenures with Genesis and Marillion. They come together on the all-instrumental release, The Roaring Waves.

Music by Baltvus from their sixth album, Manifest. The Bolivian trio is in the psychedelic tradition of Khruangbin, mixing acid rock guitars, trippy songs and eastern flourishes.

Guitarist Tom Caufield brings us an album without any guitar. Using synthesizers and a violinist, he channels the sound of progressive groups like Popol Vuh and Vangelis.

David Holmes is a longtime giant of electronic music and a prolific film composer. He teams up with singer Raven Violet to create a politically charged album, Blind on a Galloping Horse.

Music from the atmospheric guitar ensemble Explosions in the Sky. We'll listen back to an ominously-titled album called End. We found a cinematic track on this rocking release.

The Echoes CD of the Month takes us deep into meditative sounds. World flutist Peter Phippen & electronic artist Eric “the” Taylor create a journey of improvisations in alien soundscapes.

On the next Echoes, Glasgow singer Alex Amor from her debut, Heavenly Bodies. And we’ll hear the cello extended into minimalist variations by Caspar Claus from his album, Cells.

Techno DJs Felsmann & Tiley take the ambient classical pill and dial up a more cinematic electronic sound on their second album, Protomensch. They explore the idiocy and ingenuity of mankind.

We'll hear music by Lunar Noon, a choral dream pop project of Michelle Zheng. Her debut album is Symbolic Creature. We also have music from Robot Koch's Sand And Foam project remixed.

On a Slow Flow Echoes, music from Kevin Keller. The ambient chamber music artist takes a turn to the Middle Ages, adapting hymns from Abbess Hildegard von Bingen on his album, Evensong.

Syrian-Armenian-American singer and producer KÁRYYN’s music lives at the intersection of sound, spirit, and physics. It explores her inner turmoil through the language of physics.

Singer Julia Holter makes pop music that sounds like a dream. Her latest is called Materia. We’ll also hear recently released music by Chick Corea from a 1972 solo performance.

Pastor Tony Pounders returns with a Quiet Resonance album featuring his twang inflected ambient guitar orchestrations. We’ll also hear Sheherazaad’s latest album of eastern modalities.

An icon of German electronic music returns. Guitarist Michael Rother from Cluster, Harmonia, and Neu! has an album with Vittoria Maccabruni called As Long As the Light.

On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Numatik, He’s an American artist and, despite the name and steady pulse, he’s actually inspired by ecological and spiritual concerns in his music.

World flutist Peter Phippen & ambient artist Eric “the” Taylor travel in a landscape of organic moss and digital vines on their album Two by Twilight, creating a world transformed and surreal.

Thelonius Monk goes serene with Jon Batiste. We’ll also hear guitarist Will Ackerman and his meditative album, Home. John Diliberto is right at home on Echoes.

Music from another disciple of Windham Hill guitarist and founder, Will Ackerman. His name is Randal Meek, and Ackerman produced his album, Longings. We'll also hear from Karavan Sarai.

On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Belgian ambient composer Dirk Serries. He teams up with saxophonist Trosta on an album of ambient improvisations called Island On The Moon.

We have music by Tom Caufield, except he isn't recording under his own name, but as Gatefold Sleeve. His album Vessels of the Essence is an ambient improvisational journey.