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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.

Hammock talk about the Christian experiences, LSD trips and disaffection with current politics that fuel their album, The Second Coming was a Moonrise.

Bill Bruford, famed progressive rock drummer of Yes and King Crimson, is drawn out of retirement by guitarist Pete Roth to create a different take on fusion.

Summer’s over and Fall has officially arrived. John Diliberto paints sound in Autumnal colors with classic tunes, as well as new music. It’s an Echoes Autumnal Equinox soundscape.

Marissa Nadler has an EP of covers and extra tracks called The Wrath of the Clouds. We'll also hear from guitarist Randal Meek and his homage to Hawaii called Longings.

On a Slow Flow Echoes, we have music by Erik Wøllo. The prolific guitarist and electronic musician has an album of meditative pieces called Sojourns.

Trumpeter Mark Isham returns with his first solo album in 27 years. It’s called At The Carousel Club. Isham takes us on a wild ride where every aspect of his career meets in one album.

Downtempo global fusion erupts when we hear Tropo, a project of violinist Tyson Leonard. He mixes electronics with violin and all kinds of global elements on Siente tu Corazon.

On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Bodhiheart, a new age jazz ensemble mixing piano, cello, global percussion and bass and Special EFX guitarist Chieli Minucci with a solo, layered guitar album.

Steve Reich turns 90. We’ll celebrate with some special insights and we’ll play most of Music for 18 Musicians, one of his most celebrated works and one of the masterpieces of the 20th Century.

New music from singer Jo Beth Young, who we've known previously as Talitha Rise. She has new music that takes a more electronic and ethereal direction. We'll also hear music by Tone Ranger.

Singer Agnes Obel returns with her first album in 6 years, The Meaning of Flowers. It’s a haunting meditation on motherhood and fame. It’s also the Echoes CD of the Month for October.

Downtempo artist Bonobo goes even more chill with his album, Distance in Static. And on the acoustic side, we'll hear the latest from finger-style virtuoso Tim Farrell, Hidden Treasure.

Music by Mamak Khadem, the extraordinary Iranian singer. She has an album called Remembrance. We'll also hear some downtempo eastern grooves by the Zikr Project.

Iconic German electronic band Kraftwerk haven't released new music in decades, so they've turned their work over to remixers for a double CD set just called Remixes.

On a Slow Flow Echoes, Will Ackerman. We'll listen back to a collection drawn from his romance with Italy called Positano Songs. We'll hear that and some downtempo electronic by Fade.

In the beginning, there was Will Ackerman. The guitarist and founder of Windham Hill Records launched a movement in 1976. Ackerman is still making music and he has a new album called Home.

We'll hear Hermanos Gutierrez, the Ecuadorian-Swiss brothers who make dreamy instrumentals that are like songs from the high desert. We’ll also hear Portuguese guitarist, Francis Mann.

Tangerine Dream’s album is called Raum, which means space. They've been exploring it for over 5 decades. This album is based on compositions left by the late founding member, Edgar Froese.