Patrick O’Hearn is one of the most heartfelt, mood inducing artists in the ambient space. Here are his most essential recordings including his 1985 debut Ancient Dreams.
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Patrick O’Hearn: Five Essential Albums
Tag: Ambient
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Wednesday, May 19, 2021 – Echoes Program 2120C
The 22nd Icon, Patrick O’Hearn, came to renown with Frank Zappa, was a pop star in Missing Persons, then crafted personal electronic music on a string of albums starting with Ancient Dreams.
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Tuesday, June 1, 2021 – Bob Boilen Interview
NPR’s Bob Boilen is more than the host of Tiny Desk Concerts and All Songs Considered. He’s also a composer of music from ambient to punk rock. We talk about his pandemic album Hidden Smiles.
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Tuesday, May 18, 2021 – Echoes Program 2120B
The Canadian band Mythos celebrates its 25th Anniversary with a new collection and new songs. Founders Bob D’Eith and guitarist Paul Schmidt talk about their chilled instrumental sound.
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Monday, May 31, 2021 – Schnauss & Munk CD of the Month
The June CD of the Month ia Eight Fragments of an Illusion by Ulrich Schnauss and Jonas Munk. Schnauss is a member of Tangerine Dream. Munk records shoegaze influenced electronics as Manual.
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Monday, May 17, 2021 – Echoes Program 2120A
Idiosyncratic folk-rocker Sufjan Stevens has a five volume set of deeply ambient compositions called Convocations. It’s partly a response to deaths in the family and the pandemic.
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Friday, May 28, 2021 – Mint Julep and Shpongle
It’s just about the right time for a Mint Julep, not the drink or candy, but the dreampop duo of Keith and Hollie Kenniff. They have a new album, In a Deep and Dreamless Sleep.
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Thursday, May 27, 2021 – Slow Flow Echoes
New music from a pair of duos. We’ll hear Sweden’s Johan Agebjorn and Mikael Ogren with Artefact, and Bluetech and Steven Moore have a new downtempo collaboration, Liminal Migration.
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Thursday, May 13, 2021 – Echoes Program 2119D
On A Slow Flow Echoes, a space music epic by David Wright. The Lost Colony is a soundtrack for a graphic novel by Matt Howarth. We’ll also hear something by Comit from An Ocean of Thoughts.
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Wednesday, May 26, 2021 – 23rd Icon Erik Wøllo
The 23rd Icon, Norwegian guitarist Erik Wøllo. Since the mid-1990s he’s been sculpting celestial landscapes for guitar and synthesizer. We’ll hear a vintage live Echoes Performance.