Coming up on a Slow Flow Echoes it’s music from Gustaf Fjelstrom, whose main instrument is electric bass. On his new album, Intention, he uses it to create a lush and melodic post-rock sound.
Forrest Fang started out as a violinist, but somewhere along the path he turned towards the weird, picking up instruments from around the world like the Chinese gu cheng, the Turkish lavta lute Vietnamese dan bau, Tibetan bells and more.
The Echoes Top 25 for January includes the CD of the Month by Contact, as well as last month’s pick, Enya, along with new releases by Tuxedomoon, Ane Brun and Tranceology.
Slow Meadow is the performance name of Matt Kidd who started out as a guitarist playing in church and Christian music bands before venturing out on his own ambient journey.
Forty years ago, Brian Eno released the seminal ambient work, Discreet Music. Now the Canadian group Contact has arranged this piece for nine instrumentalists.
Forty years ago, Brian Eno released the seminal ambient work, Discreet Music. Now the Canadian group Contact has arranged this piece for nine instrumentalists.
Brian Eno’s Discreet Music is the seminal work of ambient music. Now Contact has taken this electronic piece and arranged it for acoustic instruments. Contact’s Discreet Music is the Echoes CD of the Month.