On a Slow Flow Echoes we go ambient country with guitarist Carl Weingarten who has released Stop Me Try, and The Royal Arctic Institute who twang in ambience on From Catnap To Coma.
Trentemøller is a Danish electronic musician who started out on the dance floor. Now he’s creating a more introspective music drawing upon his memories and his recent status as a father.
In honor of Black History Month, we turn the Echoes prism onto the African and black influences in ambient music. They come from many sources: jazz, R&B, Hip-hop and Africa itself.
New music by Mamak Khadem, the extraordinary Iranian singer. She has a new album of Persian fusion called Remembrance. We’ll also hear some downtempo eastern grooves by the Zikr Project.
Chieli Minucci talks about his instrumental outing into a more contemplative mode. He’s a guitarist and founder of fusion group Special EFX, but has a new solo album called Someone’s Singing.
We talk to Marconi Union, a true 21st century band. The British electronic trio has a new album out that finds them tapping a more rhythmic, drum driven sound, even though there are no drums.
The Echoes February CD of the Month takes us into deep space with Emerald Waters by Hollan Holmes. He creates landscape paintings of Texas by day and electronic spacescapes by night.
Get close to the one you love for Echoes of the Heart, a Valentine’s Soundscape. John Diliberto brings you songs of love and sounds of sensuality for Valentine’s Day on Echoes.
We hear dream pop from Australia from Brigitte Bardini. Her debut album, Stellar Lights, is bathed in new wave grooves, dream pop moods and singer-songwriter reveries.
Frostlake is the recording persona of Jan Todd who sings and plays a multitude of instruments including a few you may have never heard of. She has a new album called The Weight of Clouds.