Cellist Hans Christian is a leading exponent of east-west fusion. But on his new album, After the Fall, he taps his electronic and classical background.
CD of the Month
Echoes Feb. 2020 CD of the Month: Hans Christian
Tag: Ambient Chamber Music
Coming Up
Weekend, Feb 15-16, 2020 – Taimane Live and Big Ears
This weekend on Echoes, Hawaii’s Taimane brings us her modern take on the Ukelele when she plays live. We’ll also hear a preview of Big Ears Festival 2020, talking to founder Ashley Capps.
Coming Up
Friday, Feb 14, 2020 – Echoes of the Heart
On Valentine’s Day, let Echoes of the Heart provide your soundtrack. John Diliberto plays sonic cupid, or Dionysus, as we explore themes of the heart and body.
Playlists
Wednesday, Jan 29, 2020 – Echoes Program 2004C
On the next Echoes, we’ll hear from Tigerforest off his new album of orchestrated electronics called Discovery. We’ll also hear Nicolas Godin, one half of the French duo Air.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Feb 11, 2020 – Big Ears 2020 Preview
We talk to Big Ears Music Festival founder Ashley Capps about 2020’s collection of over 100 artists including Terry Riley, Patti Smith, and especially, artists you’ve never heard before.
Playlists
Friday, Jan 24, 2020 – Echoes Program 2003E
Tangerine Dream’s Thorsten Quaeschning releases The Munich Session. We also go back to 1981 for John Foxx’s The Garden, and Mark Dwane returns to 1988 to revisit his debut with Martian Apparitions.
Playlists
Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020 – Echoes Program 2002D
New music by Seamus Egan, the virtuoso multi-instrumentalist who has fronted the Celtic band Solas for decades and cellist Hans Christian goes darkly into ambient chamber music.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Jan 29, 2020 – New Music from Tigerforest
On the next Echoes, we’ll hear from Tigerforest off his new album of orchestrated electronics called Discovery. We’ll also hear Nicolas Godin, one half of the French duo Air.
Coming Up
Friday, January 24, 2020: New Electronic Music
Tangerine Dream’s Thorsten Quaeschning releases The Munich Session. We go back to 1981 for John Foxx’s The Garden and Mark Dwane returns to 1988 to revisit his debut with Martian Apparitions.
Playlists
Weekend, Jan 4-5, 2020: Programs 1953A & 1953B
It’s chilled ambiences from Iceland, the land of chill, when Hugar come in to play live. The duo unfolds the deep moods and frozen landscapes of their CD of the Month in an intimate and subtle performance.