Ben Neill has been at the bleeding edge of new music for decades with his Mutantrumpet. Now he has a book, Diffusing Music – Trajectories of Sonic Democratization
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Wednesday, May 7, 2025 – Echoes Program 2518C
Tag: Ambient
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Echoes Podcast: Steve Roach Talk at Big Ears Festival 2025.
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Steve Roach’s legendary career stretches nearly a half-century. At Big Ears Festival 2025, he talks about the evolution that keeps the creative spirit alive. It’s in the Echoes Podcast.
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Tuesday, May 6, 2025 – Echoes Program 2518B
It’s a meeting of electronic generations with Ian Boddy and Harald Grosskopf. They’ve created an album called Doppelganger that looks back at the golden age of Krautrock.
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Monday, May 5, 2025 – Echoes Program 2518A
The Echoes May CD of the Month is a deep trip into melodic ambience with The Precious Dark by David Helpling and Eric “The” Taylor. It’s an album that takes you on a journey.
CD of the Month
Echoes May CD of the Month: David Helpling & Eric the Taylor
The Precious Dark by David Helpling & Eric “The” Taylor is an immersion in an aural architectural space that places you in a world that has secrets hiding in its corners.
Playlists
Weekend, May 3-4, 2025 – Programs 2517A & 2517B
Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra by Synergy (Larry Fast) was released 50 years ago. There were no guitars or drums on the album, just synthesizers creating epic, orchestral tracks.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 April: Ludovico Einaudi at the Top
The Summer Portraits by Ludovico Einaudi tops the Echoes April 2025 list, followed by a collaboration between Immersion and SUSS, Carl Weingarten, and 22 other great CDs.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 March: Immersion & SUSS at the Top
Nanocluster Volume 3 by Immersion and SUSS tops the Echoes March 2025 list, followed by a collaboration between Ian Boddy and Harald Grosskopf, Colin Rayment, and 22 other great CDs.
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Friday, May 2, 2025 – Echoes Program 2517E
We hear new music by Hollie Kenniff. She’s the singer in the dreampop duo Mint Julep with her husband, Keith Kenniff. On her solo album For Forever, she goes purely ambient.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Larry Fast’s Synergy Turns 50
