Echoes has gone through the hundreds of recordings that we’ve played and picked out the Top 30 albums for 2020, a horrible year in life, but a great year in music. We count-down the top 20.
Playlists
Friday, Jan 1, 2021 – Echoes Program 2052E
Tag: Ambient
Coming Up
Thursday, Jan 14, 2021 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Loga Ramin Torkian, one half of the Persian fusion group, Niyaz. He has a new solo album out of micro-tonal guitar and cello called Brink of Absolute.
Playlists
Thursday, Dec 31, 2020 – Echoes Program 2052D
Stomp on 2020 and blow it out of your mind when we dance in 2021 with Downtempo New Year’s Eve Soundscape. The chill is turned up to 11 as we swing in on electronic sounds.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2021 – SUSS Interview
SUSS is the tripped-out band that merges country, ambient, and psychedelic music and their side project, Numuen. Are they ambient Americana or psychedelic country. We suss it out.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Jan 12, 2021 – Remembering David Darling
We remember David Darling, the cellist and pioneer of Ambient Chamber music. He plucked his last note on January 8, 2021. He was a pioneer of ambient chamber music.
Playlists
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2020 – Echoes Program 2052B
Michael Rother, legendary guitarist of German progressive music, has played with Kraftwerk, Neu, and Harmonia. We talk to Rother about his new album, his first in 16 years called Dreaming.
Coming Up
Monday, Jan 11, 2021 – Marya Stark Interview
Singer-songwriter Marya Stark has a more celestial approach to lyrics. Last year she released the album, Sapphire, co-produced with Joshua Penman of the electronic project, Akara.
Playlists
Monday, Dec 28, 2020 – Program 2052A
Ryan West records as Rival Consoles, a resolutely electronic project, but he still thinks of his chromium plated compositions as songs. He calls it “songwriting with an electronic palate.”
Coming Up
Weekend, Jan 9-10, 2021 – Steve Roach CD of the Month
Today is Tomorrow as we start 2021 with our January CD of the Month, Steve Roach’s Tomorrow. Then an interview with early pioneer of jazz driven electronic music, Amon Tobin.
Playlists
Weekend, Dec 26-27, 2020 – Programs 2051A & 2051B
Bundle up for a Winter Solstice Soundscape of snow shrouded trees, silent saguaro cactus and white out conditions. We create a winter fantasy taking you into the chilled side of the season.