It’s a meeting of ambient music pioneers. Michael Stearns and Robert Rich talk about Reunion of Breath and Waves, the first collaboration of these two ground breaking artists.
Playlists
Weekend, July 25-26, 2026 – Programs 2629A & 2629B
Tag: Ambient
News
Ambient Composer Loren Nerell Gone at 65. R.I.P.
Loren Nerell came out of the Southern California 1980s New Age scene but quickly found and original voice merging electronics and Balinese Gamelan instruments. He has died at 65.
Playlists
Friday, July 24, 2026 – Echoes Program 2629E
On a Slow Flow Echoes music from Penguin Café off their album, Rain Before Seven. We’ll also hear harpist Peter Sterling from his album, Mystic Voyager.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast – Michael Stearns & Robert Rich
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Thursday, July 23, 2026 – Echoes Program 2629D
Electronic sounds from Chronotope Project off the album, Chronology. I also have a producer from Quebec who is in the Rufus du Sol mode of downtempo, moody songs. He records as CRi.
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Wednesday, July 22, 2026 – Echoes Program 2629C
Music from the husband-and-wife electronica duo Pink Sky. They have a synth-infused dreampop sound on their album, Disenchantment. We’ll also hear music from Robert Schroeder.
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Tuesday, July 21, 2026 – Echoes Program 2629B
Inspired by her pregnancy and birth of her first child, Eartheater’s album Heavenly Body: If I’m the Bottle, You’re the Message is a meditation of gothic dimensions.
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Monday, July 20, 2026 – Echoes Program 2629A
It’s a meeting of ambient music pioneers. Michael Stearns and Robert Rich talk about Reunion of Breath and Waves, the first collaboration of these two ground breaking artists.
Playlists
Weekend, July 18-19, 2026 – Programs 2628A & 2628B
David Helpling and Scott Reich go Through the Thought Horizon. “If you can go through the thought horizon, then you’re opening up all kinds of new experiences. You can exist beyond thought.”
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Friday, July 17, 2026 – Echoes Program 2628E
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Quiet Resonance, a guitarist from Mississippi who creates ambient landscapes. His album is Snowblind. We’ll also hear from George FitzGerald.