The German duo Grandbrothers, who play a grand piano hooked up with electronics and a machine for an orchestral sound. We tickle the ivories and program the drum machines of Grandbrothers.
Coming Up
Monday, Mar 22, 2021 – Grandbrothers Interview
Tag: Ambient Chamber Music
Coming Up
Friday, Mar 19, 2021 – Echoes Vernal Equinox
We declare winter over with an Echoes Vernal Equinox Soundscape. We’ll hear music for the turning of the seasons and the cycle of celestial events to drive winter away.
Playlists
Friday, Mar 5, 2021 – Echoes Program 2109E
If you caught Nils Frahm live in 2018 and 2019, you saw one of the most spectacular solo performances of the millennium. Now it’s been released as a live album, Tripping with Nils Frahm.
Coming Up
Thursday, Mar 18, 2021 – Olafur Arnalds Interview
Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds talks about his new album, Some Kind of Peace. He pares down to a simpler sound for music of introspection. It’s a pandemic meditation.
Best Of
Echoes February 2021 Top 25: Time Traveler at the Top
Echoes Top 25 for February 2021. Time Traveler’s Sky Falter, February’s CD of the Month, is at the top, followed by Erik Wollo, Grandbrothers, Todd Boston, and 21 other great CDs.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast : Wax Tailor & 12th Icon-Moby
Playlists
Wednesday, Mar 3, 2021 – Echoes Program 2109C
The 12th Icon of Echoes, Moby. For the last 35 years, he’s had a varied career from techno to downtempo and beyond. We look back and profile this fascinating, sometimes controversial artist.
CD of the Month
Echoes March 2021 CD of the Month: Johnson & Keaggy
Jeff Johnson & Phil Keaggy’s 4th collaboration, Ravenna, is the Echoes March CD of the Month. It’s an album of layered textures, intricate instrumentation and deep moods.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Mike Oldfield and Henrik Lindstrand
Playlists
Thursday, Feb 25, 2021 – Echoes Program 2108D
German electronic music legend Hans-Joachim Roedelius was a founder of Cluster and Harmonia. Lately, he’s gone acoustic and has even recorded for the Deutsche Grammophon classical label.