Summer’s over and Autumn has officially arrived, in an Echoes Autumnal Equinox Soundscape. We paint sound in Autumnal colors with George Winston, Fiona Joy Hawkins, Digitonal, and more.
Middle Eastern Ambiences featuring newly released music by the late Cheb I Sabbah with Peter Murphy of Bauhaus and Azam Ali. We’ll also hear the Zikr Project with Jef Stott & Mah Ze Tar.
We’ll hear music by Immersion. Colin Newman from Wire and Malka Spigel from Minimal Compact collaborate with the likes of Ulrich Schnauss and Laetitia Sadier from Stereolab.
Echoes Top 25 for August 2021. Hybrid’s Black Halo, the August CD of the Month, is at the top, followed by Eric Hilton, Tigerforest, and 22 other great CDs.
On the Starship Echoes, Captain John Diliberto heads into space to boldly go where no one has gone before, celebrating the 55th anniversary of the launch of Star Trek.
We talk to Gunnar Spardel, who composes somber and serene chamber music under his own name and upbeat, progressive electronic music under the guise of Tigerforest.
Chronotope Project’s Gnosis is our September CD of the Month. Chronotope Project explores ancient Greek philosophies as he unfolds long, undulating electronic soundscapes.
The ambient jazz trio Twilight Archive traverses a swampy landscape on a new album called Recent Detours. We’ll also hear from William Tyler and Marisa Anderson’s Lost Futures.
New music by Tor, the electronic musician with a hypnotic, downtempo sound. He has a new album called Oasis Sky. We’ll also hear from Jomoro, A project headed by Joey Waronker
Marconi Union return to rhythm, creating some overdrive electronic music on a new album called Signals. We’ll also hear new music from the diva of the downer, Marissa Nadler.