INTERVIEWS AND CONCERTS FOR THE WEEK
Monday 01/12
AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHAN AGEBJÖRN
Chilled Gothic ambiences
Johan Agebjörn is a musician who lives in two worlds connected by electronic wires. With a project called Sally Shapiro, he makes smooth electronic dance music. Under his own name, he explores ambient sounds, environmental spaces and gothic tinged melodies. Agebjörn talks about his snow shrouded sound.
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Tuesday 01/13
It's new music with old instruments. At least they are old by digital standards. Jeffrey Koepper specializes in music played on vintage analog synthesizers from the 1970s and 80s. His new album is Luminosity and it glows.
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Wednesday 01/14
We explore a couple of new programs for the computer and iPod that let you make your own ambient dreamscapes. One is the Buddha Machine and the other is Brian Eno's Bloom.
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Thursday 01/15
AN INTERVIEW WITH BOMBAY DUB ORCHESTRA
An exotic trip into Indian Fusion
In a trans-global phone call from Philadelphia to London and Mumbai, we talk about the global music of Bombay Dub Orchestra. Garry Hughes and Andrew T. MacKay have finally released the second edition of the exotic east-west fusion they began with their 2006 debut. Since then, Andrew has moved to Mumbai where he talks while dogs and fireworks go off in the streets during Diwali celebrations. Between the bangs and the barks, they reveal the story behind their new CD,3 Cities.
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Friday 01/16
We go into blackout on the next Echoes with Lights Out Asia. They aren't from Asia but they are an ambient rock band mixing deep atmospheres, glitch electronic edges and some affecting vocals from their album, Eyes Like Brontide.
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Playlists for previous weeks can be found at our Playlist Archive
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