It’s the 9th Icon of Echoes, Robert Rich. Robert Rich is an electronic pioneer of dreamy, sometimes dark, and always evolving, electronic dreamscapes. We survey his career.
The chill sounds of the African Diaspora. As part of Black History Month, we navigate the world for the bliss of Afro-futuristic jazz, world fusion, Detroit techno and space music.
Hear new music by Jess Lamb and The Factory. This is a collaboration out of Cincinnati by singer Jess Lamb and electronic musician Warren Harrison, who used to be in the duo, Hungry Lucy.
It’s the sound of the spirit when we talk with Shunia, the duo of Lisa Reagan and Suzanne Jackson. The two operatic singers turn Hindi chants into serene dream pop.
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.
Time Traveler’s debut album, Sky Falter is a melodic meeting of downtempo and space music and it’s the February CD of the Month. Then an interview with Henrik Lindstrand.
New music by Alex Maas, lead singer of the psychedelic band The Black Angels. He goes more pastoral on an album called Luca. We’ll also hear Time Traveler’s CD of the Month.
New music by Eivør. She’s got a powerful voice, influences of Bjork and Kate Bush, and a new album, Segl. We’ll also hear some creaky piano from Swedish Neo-Classical composer Henrik Lindstrand.
Echoes Top 25 for January 2021. Steve Roach’s album Tomorrow, Echoes January CD of the Month, is at the top, followed by Marya Stark, Loga Ramin Torkian, Dave Bessell & Parallel Worlds, and 20 other great CDs. See if your favorites made the list!
Two guitarists with expansive sounds: Carl Weingarten, from a new album of rustic chamber music, Ember Days, and Robert Jurjendal with a more ambient approach on Water Finds a Way.