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.
Playlists
Weekend, May 10-11, 2025 – Programs 2518A & 2518B
Tag: Ambient
Playlists
Friday, May 9, 2025 – Echoes Program 2518E
It seems like only yesterday that Erik Wøllo released his album, Solastalgia and now he has new one, Where the River Widens. It’s inspired, once again, by his home in Norway.
Playlists
Thursday, May 8, 2025 – Echoes Program 2518D
Outkast’s Andre 3000 goes ambient and new age. We’ll hear music from the rapper’s solo debut album, New Blue Sun which is all instrumental and features no real beats and lots of flute.
Playlists
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 – Echoes Program 2518C
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
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Steve Roach Talk at Big Ears Festival 2025.
Playlists
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.
Playlists
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.