Planetary Unfolding by Michael Stearns is a seminal ambient album from 1981 by Michael Stearns. A new reissue reveals this electronic epic was indeed the music of the future.
CD of the Month
Echoes April CD of the Month: Planetary Unfolding
Tag: Ambient
Playlists
Monday, Apr 4, 2022 – Echoes Program 2214A
Michael Stearns’s Planetary Unfolding is a seminal Ambient album from 40 years ago. We talk to the composer and feature the album as Echoes April CD of the Month.
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Weekend, Apr 16-17, 2022 – The Royal Arctic Institute Concert
The Royal Arctic Institute creates an atmospheric guitar-centric sound live and Hollan Holmes talks about his electronic Echoes CD of the Month, Emerald Waters.
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Friday, Apr 15, 2022 – The Global Fusion of Tropo
Downtempo global fusion erupts when we hear Tropo, a project of violinist Tyson Leonard. He mixes electronics with violin and all kinds of global elements on Siente tu Corazon.
Playlists
Friday, Apr 1, 2022 – Echoes Program 2213E
We have new music by Tom Caufield, except he isn’t recording under his own name, but as Gatefold Sleeve. His new album Vessels of the Essence is an ambient improvisational journey.
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Thursday, Apr 14, 2022 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, a pair of new tracks from the German electronic label, Sine. We’ll hear the artist who records as Sine, and the latest offering from the ever prolific Thomas Lemmer.
Playlists
Thursday, Mar 31, 2022 – Echoes Program 2213D
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new electronic music by Colin Rayment, Polyphonic Memories II. It’s in the Berlin School style of an artist from that era, Robert Schroeder, who also has a new album.
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Wednesday, Apr 13, 2022 – New Music from Royksopp
New music by the Norwegian electronic duo, Royksopp. They team up with Alison Goldfrapp, the singer for the dream pop band, Goldfrapp. We’ll also hear Trip-hoppers Karmacoda.
Playlists
Wednesday, Mar 30, 2022 – Echoes Program 2213C
New music by Thom Yorke, the founder and frontman of Radiohead and a few other projects. He has a new and very introspective single out. We’ll also hear a new single from Wax Tailor.
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Tuesday, Apr 12, 2022 – Hollan Holmes Interview
Texas-based artist Hollan Holmes paints southern landscapes and rusty artifacts by day, but he heads into electronic space at night, composing music like his CD Emerald Waters.