FEATURES FOR THE WEEK
On ECHOES

Tuesday 4/4/2006
ECHOES APRIL CD OF THE MONTH
SAUL STOKES: VAST
Synthesist and instrument builder finds the melody

Saul Stokes is an experimenter at heart, but on his new album VAST, he finds the melody. Filtered and spun through his own distinctive sound design, VAST is an enveloping, mesmerizing album. It's our CD of the Month for April. Go to www.echoes.org for a full review. View Playlist

Wednesday 4/5/2006
A LIVING ROOM CONCERT WITH CARYN LIN
Electric violinist plugs in and loops

Caryn Lin plays a space age violin with a rock guitarist’s set of effects pedals. Using her violin for percussion as well as melody, she creates an ambient chamber music soundscape, layering her instrument with shifting timbres. It sounds like a mutated string orchestra, but it's just Caryn Lin, playing everything in real time. We'll hear her do it live on Echoes. View Playlist

Thursday 4/6/2006
A CLASSICAL CONFLUENCE
Classical music beyond Bach and Beethoven

We’ll hear a confluence of classics, as orchestral musicians cross over into new terrain and classic works are re-interpreted in modern ways. It includes performances by Yo-Yo Ma, William Orbit and Richie Blackmore. Wait a minute, wasn't he on the “Echoes Rocks” show? That's the world of Classical Confluence. View Playlist

Friday 4/7/2006
A LIVING ROOM CONCERT WITH DEAN DE BENEDICTIS
Veteran synthesist turns his bedroom into an ethno-techno space probe

Dean De Benedictis makes an introspective brand of electronica full of literary and mystical references. He records under his own name and as Surface 10 and has also started an electronic community in Los Angeles called the Fateless Flow Collective. His latest CD, SALVAGING THE PAST (Spotted Peccary), is a recording of emotional resonance as De Benedictis looks back at his music, fusing elements of German space music, glitch electronica, operatic vocals and his Native flutes. In his bedroom studio, De Benedictis fires up vintage synthesizers, wooden flutes and is joined by operatic soprano Cathryn Deering for a free descent into his music, live. View Playlist

Playlists for previous weeks can be found at our Playlists Archive.

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