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This Sunday's Echoes Programs
August 19, 2007
INTERVIEWS AND CONCERTS FOR THE WEEK
Monday 08/13
ECHOES AT THE MOVIES
It's another trip to the multiplex on a new Echoes at the Movies
We'll hear music from cinematic forays by BT and Mark Isham and music for soundtracks that never made it to the screen by Lisa Gerrard and Air. It's on the wide-screen of Echoes at the movies.
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Tuesday 08/14
AN INTERVIEW WITH KENJI WILLIAMS: WORLD SPIRITS AND ELECTRIC DREAMS
Kenji Williams came to renown under the guise of ABA Structure, making a techno-dance music. But he started out as a violinist and when he brought that instrument back into his music he started hearing a different sound. Kenji Williams talks about mixing electronics, live violin and elaborate visuals to tap into a psychedelic spirit.
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Wednesday 08/15
AN INTERVIEW WITH TOM ROTHROCK: POP PRODUCTIONS AND DOBROS OF DOOM
The producer of Beck and James Blunt goes ambient Americana
Remember that slide guitar on Beck's hit, "Loser?" That was producer Tom Rothrock who is also responsible for records by James Blunt and Elliott Smith. On his CD, Resonator, Rothrock picks up a dobro resonator guitar and unfurls a dark country blues in ambient hues. In his Los Angeles home, Rothrock tells his resonator tales and dusts off his dobro.
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Thursday 08/16
STEVE ROACH: SECRET SOURCES
A synthesizer icon plucks his sources out of the air
In our latest Secret Sources, synthesist Steve Roach puts on the headphones while we plug in an iPod to play him music that might have been part of his musical journey. From minimalists to space music, pop singers to didgeridoos, Roach identifies and talks about the music of his life and some of the people he's influenced.
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Playlists for previous weeks can be found at our Playlist Archive.
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