The July CD of the Month is Game Trails by Aukai. Aukai is the world fusion group headed up by Marcus Sieber of the duo, Mirabai Ceiba. We also have an interview with Blue Landscapes.
Playlists
Weekend, July 11-12, 2020 – Programs 2027A & 2027B
Tag: Ambient
Coming Up
Friday, July 24, 2020 – New Music from Sohn
New music by singer Sohn & the Metropole Orkest who turn his electronic pop into pop symphonies. We’ll also hear music from Aukai off their new album of world fusion, Game Trails.
Playlists
Friday, July 10, 2020 – Echoes Program 2027E
It’s dreamy, downtempo music by JFDR, that’s an abbreviation of her more complicated Icelandic name. We’ll also hear electronic music by Spinger from the album, Invisible Tree.
Coming Up
Thursday, July 23, 2020 – Slow Flow Echoes
Simon Posford of Shpongle has a new album of ambient moods, Flux & Contemplation and Tom Holkenborg a.k.a. Junkie XL, has a new soundtrack for White Lines. Go outside the lines on Echoes.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Moby’s Techno Return and Techno Paranoia
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Coming Up
Wednesday, July 22, 2020 – New Music by Yaima
New music by Yaima, the dream pop duo whose music is suffused with nature imagery and hang drum rhythms. We’ll also hear from Julianna Barwick’s new album of her looped gothic chants.
Playlists
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 – Echoes Program 2027C
Singer Channy Leanagh fell off a roof and broke her back, but that didn’t stop her from recording a great album with her group, Polica. We talk about the album When We Stay Alive.
Coming Up
Tuesday, July 21, 2020 – AIR’s Nicolas Godin Interview
The French Band AIR was one of the seminal electronic pop groups of the 1990s and oughts. Founding member Nicolas Godin has a new solo album out that began as an architectural art project.
Playlists
Tuesday, July 7, 2020 – Echoes Program 2027B
Swim through Blue Landscapes, the duo of flutist Damjan Krajacic and Robert Thiese. They talk about improvising their impressionistic ambient chamber music with only acoustic instruments.
CD of the Month
Echoes July CD of the Month: Aukai’s Game Trails
Aukai’s Game Trails is Echoes July CD of the Month. This is an expansive, cinematic album of world ambient chamber music that will elevate your soul. Read our review and hear it on Echoes.