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FEATURES FOR THE WEEK Monday June 5, 2000 RASA'S HYMNS OF DEVOTION Rasa is an Indian word loosely translating as "essence" and it's the name of cellist Hans Christian's latest project. On their debut, DEVOTION, (Hearts of Space) Hans teams up with singer Kim Waters, setting Indian devotional music to ecstatic rhythms laced with Hans' cello, sarangi and nyckleharpe (keyed-fiddle). Although their lyrics and melodies date back centuries, there's nothing traditional about their performance. We talk with Hans Christian and Kim Waters about the essence of Rasa. Tuesday June 6, 2000 THE STRANGE WORLD OF RYUICHI SAKAMOTO Ryuichi Sakamoto is a musical enigma. He came to renown in the 1970s as part of the synthesizer band, Yellow Magic Orchestra, and released a series of acclaimed solo albums in the 1980s. His movie scores include "The Last Emperor" and "High Heels." In the 1990s, he's collaborated with Iggy Pop, Laurie Anderson and David Byrne, scored dissonant electro-acoustic symphonies and totally kitschy pop. Now, Sakamoto has two new discs. One is CINEMAGE, (Sony Classical) orchestral renderings of his film scores. The other is BTTB (Sony Classical), or Back to the Basics. It's a solo piano album, that includes a song that started out as a commercial jingle and wound up number one in Japan. Ryuichi Sakamoto talks about his strange world. Wednesday June 7, 2000 A LIVING ROOM CONCERT WITH DAVID DARLING AND KETIL BJORNSTAD David Darling is the renowned cellist who played with the Paul Winter Consort for years before striking out on his own with several recordings on the ECM label. Ketil Bjornstad is a Norwegian pianist with dozens of recordings. These musicians get together in the Echoes Living Room to explore slow motion largos and dusky improvisations, drawing from their latest album of duets, EPIGRAPHS (ECM). Friday June 9, 2000 AN ANCIENT ECHO FROM PAUL SPEER We go back to 1984 and Paul Speer's album of spacial moods called COLLECTION 983: SPECTRAL VOYAGES. Long out of print, we'll be dusting off some vintage vinyl to reveal this forgotten gem. ***************************************************************** *denotes compilation ID#00-J07-00111 Monday, June 5, 2000 (Echoes Program 16I) ARTIST SELECTION RECORDING First Half Hour Rasa Govinda Jaya Jaya Devotion Joseph Fire Crow Circle Dance Cheyenne Nation Libera Lux Aeterna Libera Spacecraft Restless Kaleida Dreams Steve Tibbetts Travel Alone The Fall of Us All Second Half Hour RASA'S HYMNS OF DEVOTION Rasa Ganesha Sharanam Devotion Oregon Aurora Best of the Vanguard Years John Hodian Piano 5 Section 2 Available Forms Thomas Newman Useless Erin Brockovich SDTK Third Half Hour Damian Draghici Haunting Eyes Gypsy Journey Wild Colonials Victim Reel Life, Vol. I Paul Halley Shores of Ironbound Triptych Sheila Chandra Quiet 3 Quiet Fred Alley, Hans The Voyageur and The Lake Christian & Ira Red Iron Ore Stein Jeff Pearce A Fading To the Shores of Heaven Fourth Half Hour Steve Schuch Morning Prayer The Shores of Lillisand Tony Levin Waters of Eden Waters of Eden Thomas Otten Espiritu Close to Silence Robby Longley Coco Robichaux Sanctuary ****************************************** WANT TO ADD ANY OF THESE CDS TO YOUR COLLECTION? PLEASE SEE THE BOTTOM OF THIS PLAYLIST FOR PRICING & AVAILABILITY AS WELL AS HOW TO ORDER!! ******************************************* ID#00-J07-00112 Tuesday, June 6, 2000 (Echoes Program 23G) ARTIST SELECTION RECORDING First Half Hour J. Arif Verner Within the Portals Through the Timeless Barry Phillips Braigh Loch Iall Cello Rasa Bhajahu Re Mana Devotion Jonn Serrie & Hidden World Hidden World Gary Stroutsos Ketil Bjornstad & Song for TKJD Epigraphs David Darling Second Half Hour Joseph Fire Crow Circle Dance Cheyenne Nation Kevin Keller Distanced Pendulum Chicane Saltwater Behind the Sun Michael Hedges Oracle The Best of... Alan Stivel E Kreiz Hag Endro Back to Breizh Third Half Hour Peter Ostroushko Medicine Bow Sacred Heart LAGQ Along the Edge Air and Ground Axiom of Choice A Walk by the Lake Niya Yesh Kate Price The Isle of The Isle of Dreaming Dreaming Thomas Newman Occasional Erin Brockovich Tombstones Fourth Half Hour THE STRANGE WORLD OF RYUICHI SAKAMOTO Ryuichi Sakamoto Energy Flow BTTB Mary Jane Lamond Tonight My Step Lan Duil is Heavy Steve Roach & Healing Temple Vine, Bark & Spore Jorge Reyes 777 Faydeaudeau System 7 ****************************************** WANT TO ADD ANY OF THESE CDS TO YOUR COLLECTION? PLEASE SEE THE BOTTOM OF THIS PLAYLIST FOR PRICING & AVAILABILITY AS WELL AS HOW TO ORDER!! ******************************************* ID#00-J07-00113 Wednesday, June 7, 2000 (Echoes Program 23H) ARTIST SELECTION RECORDING First Half Hour Ketil Bjornstad & Factus Est Repente Epigraphs David Darling California Guitar Waters of Eden Rocks the West Trio Vas Prayer for Soheil In the Garden of Souls Herman Delago Aquasonic Brass Trancealpin Fantasy Jon Brion So Now Then Magnoila SDTK Second Half Hour A LIVING ROOM CONCERT WITH DAVID DARLING AND KETIL BJORNSTAD Third Half Hour Dave Patrick And They Lived Light through the Trees Cocteau Twins Lazy Calm Victorialand Michael Mandrell The Ancient Art of The Great Spiral Dance Soul Travel Harold Budd The Photo of By the Dawn's Early Santiago McKinn Light Michael Thomas Ice Break Arctic Berkley Fourth Half Hour Tim Story & A Ripening Drop Dwight Ashley Al Petteway & Hidden Wings Racing Hearts Amy White Jeff Pearce Veil of Lake Snow To the Shores of Heaven Troika Crossing the Light Shaman Rainbow Serpent Part 3 Pulse ****************************************** WANT TO ADD ANY OF THESE CDS TO YOUR COLLECTION? PLEASE SEE THE BOTTOM OF THIS PLAYLIST FOR PRICING & AVAILABILITY AS WELL AS HOW TO ORDER!! ******************************************* ID#00-J07-00114 Thursday, June 8, 2000 (Echoes Program 23I) ARTIST SELECTION RECORDING First Half Hour Aryeh Frankfurter Northfjord Halling Harp Songs of the Midnight Sun Suzanne Teng China Lily Mystic Journey Jonn Serrie Andromeda Dream Century Seasons Ruben Garcia 5 Dreams from Lakeland Yesterday Barry Phillips Caoineadh an Cello Spailpin Second Half Hour Skyedance La Gallega Labyrinth Axiom of Choice Parvaz Niya Yesh Patrick Leonard Floating with Amos Rivers Kevin Keller Convergence Pendulum Bill Laswell Lost Roads Hear No Evil Orchestral Site Third Half Hour Kentucky Standard Rain on Demby Flats Kentucky Skies Band Steve Schuch The Coming of The Shores of Lillisand Summer Peter Finger Just Another Day Open Strings in May Vas Ephemere In the Garden of Souls Sounds from the Rye Terra Firma Ground Fourth Half Hour Kim Robertson The Spiral Gate The Spiral Gate Thomas Otten Underdown Aperture Close to Silence Suzanne Ciani Italian Movie History of My Heart CC: Dome The Glistening Dream Furious Conrad Praetzel River Truce Entrance Kate Price Andalusia The Isle of Dreaming ****************************************** WANT TO ADD ANY OF THESE CDS TO YOUR COLLECTION? PLEASE SEE THE BOTTOM OF THIS PLAYLIST FOR PRICING & AVAILABILITY AS WELL AS HOW TO ORDER!! ******************************************* ID#00-J07-00115 Friday, June 9, 2000 (Echoes Program 23J) ARTIST SELECTION RECORDING First Half Hour Sante Awakening Into Light Paul Speer Vivace Collection 983: Spectral Voyage Mizuyo Komiya Path Lullaby Joe Euro Gypsies In The High Road Snakeskin Boots Uttara Kuru Wonder Ship East Wind Second Half Hour Paul Speer Lentu Collection 983: Spectral Voyage Kate Price Voices of My The Isle of Dreaming People Brent Rowen Bells Bare Essentials Paul Speer Andarle Collection 983: Spectral Voyage Third Half Hour Joe Euro Child's Play The High Road Vas Sevdama In the Garden of Souls J. Arif Verner Across the Abyss Through the Timeless Mychael Danna & A Gradual Awakening The Best of Danna and Tim Clement Clement Fourth Half Hour Oregon Aurora Best of the Vanguard Years Joanne Shenandoah She Had a Dream Warrior in 2 Worlds Angels of Venice Forever After Echoes Living Room Concerts Vol. V* Jonn Serrie & Mystery of Falcon Hidden World Gary Stroutsos Cove Jeff Pearce Doubt on Dark To the Shores of Heaven Waters ***************************************************************** RELEASES AVAILABLE FROM ECHODISC ARTIST TITLE / PRICE (CD/CASS.) ITEM# 777 System 7 N/A Alley, Christian & The Lake $17.98 *THE LAKE Stein Axiom of Choice Niya Yesh $17.98 A121 Berkley, Michael T. 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