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Two masters of strings from guitar to ngoni when we talk to Joss Jaffe and Jim Kimo West. Jaffe is a musical explorer. West is a guitarist with a reputation for Hawaiian slack key music.

We celebrate the 40th anniversary of It'll End In Tears. It's an album by a musical collective on the 4AD label called This Mortal Coil and was headed-up by 4AD founder, Ivo Watts-Russell.

It’s the 50th Anniversary of Kraftwerk's Autobahn. In an Echoes documentary, we’ll hear from Kraftwerk’s Ralf Hutter and many more, looking back on an album that altered the face of music.

On An Echoes Halloween, John Diliberto is your crypt keeper of sonic terror, creating a soundscape of whispered voices, ambient ghosts and hip death goddesses to soundtrack All Hallows’ Eve.

On a Slow Flow Echoes, a startling duet between Iranian kamencheh musician Kayhan Kalhor and Malian kora player Toumani Diabate. We'll also hear some new solo work by Michelle Qureshi.

Erik Wollo traverses memories and solitude with a double CD called Solastalgia, the November CD of the Month. He takes us on a journey of sequencer-driven grooves and soaring melodies.

On an Election Day Slow Flow Echoes, new music from Le Morte D'Abby. She's got a new album of effervescent electronics called Five Minutes because all the tracks come in that 5-minute range.

New music by Robert Schroeder. He's one of the last musicians to release in the classic sequencer 1970s. He has a new album that expands that sound called Observer.

On a Slow Flow Echoes, we celebrate the 90th Birthday of Patrick Gleeson. His solo albums include the epic Rainbow Delta. We'll hear an entire side from this 1980 recording.

A classic from one of the first electronic groups in America, Mother Mallard’s Portable Masterpiece Company. They debuted in 1973 and we’ll hear from a new live compilation.

Rena Jones and KiloWatts come on to talk about their new album Caesura. It's a more complex take on electronica combining synthesizers with Rena's violin, viola and cello orchestrations.

Jeff Oster, Vin Downes and Tom Eaton play live. They released their debut album earlier this year, a deep recording of ambient improvisation. Every time they play, it's a different journey.

Music from the second posthumous release by cellist David Darling. Mickey Houlihan has taken some of Darling’s unfinished recordings and put them into shape on the album, Other Worlds.

On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Diane Arkenstone. Her release, Aquaria II: Ascension taps 90s electronic rhythms, siren wordless vocals, and electronic moods. Ascend with a Slow Flow Echoes.

Donna De Lory was a back-up singer for Madonna, but now creates a more spiritual and serene kind of music. She has a new album out with guitarist James Harrah called Sing to the Light.

We talk to a pioneer of electronic music, David Borden, the founding member of Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company. Their debut album from 1973 remains a classic today.

On the next Echoes, the Trio Mediaeval singers channel sounds from the Middle ages up through contemporary composers. We talk to them about their 23-year journey into the past.

On the next Echoes a giant of techno music when John Diliberto talks with Carl Craig. His music burst through all the stereotypes of techno to create a more symphonic sound.

On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Nicholas Gunn from his single, Thoughts of You. He's returned to his flute after a dalliance with synthesizers. We'll also hear the Nashville Ambient Ensemble.

On a Slow Flow Echoes, music from Brazilian electronic artist Anna off her album, Intentions. We'll also hear a new collaboration from oboist Jill Haley and electronic artist Deborah Martin.

Lush was one of the signature bands of 1990s Alternative rock and the 4AD label. Now, one of their singers, Emma Anderson has released her solo debut album, Pearlies and a Remix release.

We go east on the next Echoes for the second in a trilogy of albums by sitarist Anoushka Shankar. We’ll hear track from her EP, Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before the Dawn.

We head into space on the next Echoes when we hear music by Paul Ellis & Pabellón Sintético. It’s a trip through sequencer melodies and synchronized rhythms from Veiled Portraits.

An Echoes Acoustic Thanksgiving brings us an array of acoustic sounds to set the mood for this time of coming together. It will feature music from George Winston, Penguin Café, and many more.

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.

Afro Celt Sound System, the most inventive and dynamic of World Fusion bands. OVA is their first album since the passing of founder Simon Emmerson. It’s Echoes December CD of the Month.

New music by Wouter Kellerman, Eru Matsumoto and Chandrika Tandon. This trio of flutes, cello and voice create a world fusion meditation called Triveni. We travel its paths.

Colin Newman is part of the iconic post-punk band Wire. Malka Spigel is from the Israeli group Minimal Compact. Together they record as Immersion and their new album is Nanocluster Volume 2.

Electronic sounds from Argentina. Ulises Labaronni records on the British Din label as Sophos and Pabellon Sintético who teams up with American artist Paul Ellis of Veiled Portraits.

Music by Dean and Britta. Since leaving the band Luna, they've been making a dreamy music. They have a release called A Peace of Us. We'll also hear Slowdive remixed.

MAPS is the recording persona of James Chapman.  Best known for dream pop releases, his last two albums, Counter Melody and Counter Continuo have been pure joyous, electronic bliss. 

We've been playing the electronic music of Vic Hennegan for decades on Echoes. Now we will be talking to Jaymie Rose Hennegan who has just made her debut with the album, Transition.

Two singers on the edge. We'll hear KÁRYYN with a song remixed by Cosey Fanni Tutti of Throbbing Gristle, and Sheenah Ko from her album, Transformation.

On a Slow Flow Echoes, music from EDM artist Sasha. He scored the music for the immersive exhibition, Da Vinci Genius. It flows from orchestral to ambient moods in a cinematic expanse.

David Arkenstone talks about his album, Winterlude. It’s a seasonal tone poem without Christmas carols and without sleigh bells. Join John Diliberto for this exclusive interview.

Trevor Gordon Hall is a master finger-style guitarist who also plays a custom-designed instrument called the Kalimbatar, that combines the African kalimba with an acoustic guitar.

Get your shopping list ready for The Best Albums of 2024 on Echoes. It has been a great year for new music and we’ll pick out our Top 30 albums for your delight. We count them down.

Echoes doesn't have 12 days of Christmas but we do have Twelve CD of the Month Picks. We'll go through them, first forward from January and then backwards from December.

Many musicians who lit up the Echoes sky left us this year. They may have left the planet but their music remains. John Diliberto remembers, with Echoes in Memoriam.

Get ready for the big chill on An Echoes Winter Solstice. Echoes’ John Diliberto creates a soundscape of snow-shrouded trees, silent saguaro cacti and white-out conditions, with no Christmas Carols.

We create a soundscape for the season. Original songs mix with carols as we play music inspired by the season in all its quiet majesty and interior warmth. Original songs mix with carols.

Get the sugar plums dancing with an Echoes Night Before Christmas. It’s a time when life seems suspended between the Christmas build-up and the explosion of Christmas morning.

It's a soundscape for that long winter’s nap. Hear traditional carols reinvented and new carols for the 21st century. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night with an Echoes Christmas.

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.

Robert Schroeder is one of the last musicians to release in the classic sequencer 1970s with his debut album, Harmonic Ascendant. He has a new album that expands that sound called Observer.

We head into the sci-fi regions of Neon Blue Utopia by Deepspace, the CD of the Month for January. It’s the 16th album from this Australian musician and an immersive web of ambient melodies.

Dance in 2025 with An Echoes Ambient New Year’s Eve. All systems are plugged in, and the chill is turned up to 11, as we swing in on electronic sounds old, new and beyond time and space.

We take a look back at The Best Albums of 2024 on Echoes. It was a great year for new music and we’ll pick out our Top 30 albums for your delight. We count them down.

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.

New music from Explosions in the Sky. The atmospheric guitar ensemble has their first proper new album in seven years. They’re back with an ominously titled release. It’s just called End.

Danish composer Trentemøller has been crafting electronic pop since the early 2000s. He has a new album called Dreamweaver that taps his influences from dream-pop to shoegaze.

Rena Jones and KiloWatts come on to talk about their new album Caesura. It's a more complex take on electronica, combining synthesizers with Rena's violin, viola and cello orchestrations.

New music from Bill Nelson in what seems to be an endless stream of new music. This one is called Studio Cadet and echoes the early 60s guitar band sound of The Ventures and The Shadows.

On a Slow Flow Echoes, new 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.

Music from the second posthumous release by cellist David Darling. Mickey Houlihan has taken some of Darling’s unfinished recordings and put them into shape on the album, Other Worlds.