40 years ago, Pink Floyd released their epic album, Wish You Were Here, the follow-up to Dark Side of the Moon. We’ll recreate Wish You Were Here with cover versions, and one movement from the Pink Floyd original as we shine on Wish You Were Here.
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Árstíðir is a band out of Iceland with an organic, acoustic sound that has roots in the harmonies of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Playing guitars, violin, piano and cello, these musicians create introspective songs on their latest album, Hvel.
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Clarinet isn’t an instrument you often hear in electronic music, but it’s a central part of the sound of Digitional the English ambient chamber music band headed up by Andrew Dobson. Along with violinist Samy Bishai, Dobson creates a music of haunting melodies and luxurious moods. Their latest album is Beautiful Broken, where they find a common ground between chilled electronic grooves and the modern classicism of Steve Reich and Arvo Pärt.
The ambient chamber music ensemble Bing & Ruth comes in to play their haunting, slow flowing ambient classical jazz live.
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Chronotope Project is the name used by electronic musician and cellist Jeffrey Ericson Allen to deply his free-floating atmospheric compositions that merge concepts of Buddhism, astrophysics and ambient music. he talks about his new album, Dawn Treader.
Nels Cline is best known as the guitarist with Wilco, but long before he joined that band he had a burgeoning solo career as a an outside jazz guitarist and he still maintains that path with groundbreaking albums with his group the Nels Cline Singers and experimental work that pushes the boundaries of electric guitar.
John Diliberto brings us another Slow Flow Echoes, an all instrumental soundscape to put you into your dreams.
Ólafur Arnalds is one of the signature composers of ambient chamber music, and in the last year, he’s released an album based on the compositions of Chopin, scored BBC TV series, Broadchurch and recorded an all electronic project as Kiasmos.
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Forrest Fang is a classically trained musician who plays instruments from around the world in a surreal global symphony. He takes us on a global journey that starts in his bedroom.
Howling brings together an Australian singer and German electronic artist who met on Skype. They have a new album of electro-pop called Sacred Ground. We’ll hear that and new, surprisingly mellow music from the Japanese guitar assault band, Mono.