Echoes Top 25 for April 2021. Carl Weingarten’s Ember Days, the April CD of the Month, is at the top, followed by Trigaida, AO Music, Ulrich Schnauss & Jonas Munk, and 21 other great CDs.
Best Of
Echoes April 2021 Top 25: Carl Weingarten on Top
Tag: Ambient
Coming Up
Friday, May 14, 2021 – Music from Decouplr
Electronic pop from Decouplr, a pair of musicians from Philadelphia who are tapping a deep vein of soulful synthesis. We’ll also hear music from Scotland’s Moqwai.
Playlists
Friday, April 30, 2021 – Echoes Program 2117E
We’ll hear music by Dubmatix from a new EP called Dubmatix AKA which finds the band in more chilled downtempo terrain. We’ll also hear from veteran progressive rock band Soft Machine.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Shpongle and Kraftwerk
Coming Up
Thursday, May 13, 2021 – Slow Flow with David Wright
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.
Playlists
Thursday, Apr 29, 2021 – Echoes Program 2117D
Paul McCartney has reinvented his third solo album with new versions of the songs, featuring a different guest artist on almost every track. We’ll hear Phoebe Bridgers from McCartney III Imagined.
Coming Up
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 – 21st Icon Peter Gabriel
The 21st Icon is Peter Gabriel. From Genesis, solo albums and the score to The Last Temptation of Christ, we’ll hear a suite of his music and the world music he’s nurtured on his Real World Music label.
Playlists
Wednesday, Apr 28, 2021 – Echoes Program 2117C
The 19th Icon of Echoes, Kraftwerk. We’ll hear from founder Ralf Hutter as well as Moby, Jean-Michel Jarre, Orbital and Conny Plank, looking back on a band that altered the course of music.
Playlists
Tuesday, Apr 27, 2021 – Echoes Program 2117B
The ambient chamber music of A Winged Victory for the Sullen, a collaboration between Dustin O’Halloran and Adam Wiltzie, explores darker terrain on Invisible Cities.
Playlists
Monday, Apr 26, 2021 – Echoes Program 2117A
We get Shpongled when we talk to Simon Posford and Raja Ram of the psychedelic electronic duo, Shpongle. They talk about their hallucinogenic sound and their deep music backgrounds.