German Composer Robot Koch has gone from death metal to deep ambient chamber music in his career. We follow the course of this inventive artist up through his latest offering.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Oct 13, 2021 – Robot Koch Interview
Tag: Ambient
Playlists
Wednesday, Sept 29, 2021 – Echoes Program 2139C
In honor of National Hispanic American Heritage Month, we’re going to the Latin side of Echoes. Not what you might expect: We’ll hear a different, more ambient part of the Latin aesthetic.
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Tuesday, Oct 12, 2021 – Stephan Micus Interview
Before there was a genre called world music, Stephan Micus was taking instruments from around the globe and creating acoustic ambient soundscapes. We talk to Stephan Micus on Echoes.
Playlists
Tuesday, Sept 28, 2021 – Echoes Program 2139B
It’s the 50th Anniversary of the greatest unsung band of Progressive Rock, Jade Warrior. Launched in 1971, they created a quartet of the most brilliant world fusion albums.
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Monday, Oct 11, 2021 – Liquid Bloom & PERE, Tigerforest
Liquid Bloom teams up with PERE from Israel for an album of tribal electronic moods called Afar. We’ll hear that, and Tigerforest’s album, Discovery remixed as Re:Discovery.
Reviews & Commentary
Alarm Will Sound Play John Luther Adams
Composer John Luther Adams has always placed nature at the core of his work. With Ten Thousand Birds, Alarm Will Sound take it into nature at the Morris Arboretum.
Coming Up
Weekend, Oct 9-10, 2021 – Kevin Keller & Hybrid
Weekend Listeners hear October’s CD of the Month, Shimmer by Kevin Keller. Hear that and an interview with Hybrid talking about their August CD of the Month.
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Friday, Oct 8, 2021 – New Music from Anoushka Shankar
Sitarist Anoushka Shankar is the daughter of Ravi Shankar, but she’s going even further afield than her father. We’ll hear a track from Love Letters PS, featuring her sister, Norah Jones.
Playlists
Friday, Sept 24, 2021 – Echoes Program 2138E
The sultry sound of Morcheeba with music from their album, Blackest Blue and new ambient chamber music by South American composer Sebastian Plano from his album, Agos.
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Thursday, Oct 7, 2021 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music from French 79, whose new album, Joshua takes a retro-electronic spin. We’ll also hear new music by Phil Keaggy‘s Acoustic Sketches 3.