Throbbing Gristle is an English duo at the bleeding edge of Industrial rock. Cosey Fanni Tutti was at the center of that band and now she’s released her second book called Re-Sisters.
It’s a trip to the red planet when we hear new music by Thaneco from his album, Structures from Mars. It’s an album of deep Berlin school sequencers. We’ll also hear something from Sine.
It’s 88 Keys on Stun when Echoes celebrates Piano Day 2023. Piano Day was created by Nils Frahm in 2015 and we dive deep on an all piano-led show that will include Frahm and many more.
Afro Celt Sound System was a defining band in World Fusion. The founder, Simon Emmerson, recently passed away. We remember him with music from the Afro Celts as well as Simon’s other project.
Vic Hennegan heads into space. The ambient electronic composer comes to Echoes to perform a live electronic set with no computers, just synthesizers, to create a drifting soundscape.
A yogi plays his guitar on Echoes when we hear Michael Hewett. He comes in, plugs his acoustic guitar into an array of effects boxes and loopers and performs music from his Blue Avian EP.
Echoes’ April CD of the Month is from Heather Woods Broderick with the album, Labyrinth. It’s a seductive melodic song cycle of impressionistic and deep reflections on the human experience.
The Royal Arctic Institute creates an atmospheric guitar-centric sound, like the Ventures gone slow-mo and psychedelic. They play songs off From Coma to Catharsis live on Echoes.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Gustavo Santaolalla from his score to The Last of Us, the HBO dystopian monster series. We’ll also hear Vic Hennegan heading into sequencer orbit.
It’s all a fantasy when we hear new music by M83 off the new album of dreamy synths, big chorales and emotional songs called Fantasy. We’ll also hear from Röyksopp’s Profound Mysteries III.