The return of Beth Orton. She first fused folk and electronica in the ’90s, and now she’s gone even deeper with The Ground Above, a haunting, self-produced album of intimate songs.
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Tuesday, Oct 20, 2026 – Echoes Program 2642B
Tag: Ambient
Coming Up
Tuesday, Nov 3, 2026 – Music from 36
Music from the artist 36 and his album of deep minimalist ambience, The Infinity Room. We’ll also hear Alex Amor, who has an album of dream-pop called Heavenly Bodies.
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Monday, Oct 19, 2026 – Echoes Program 2642A
David Helpling and Scott Reich go Through the Thought Horizon. “If you can go through the thought horizon, then you’re opening up all kinds of new experiences. You can exist beyond thought.”
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Weekend, Oct 17-18, 2026 – Programs 2641A & 2641B
In the beginning, there was Will Ackerman. The guitarist and founder of Windham Hill Records launched a movement in 1976. Ackerman is still making music and he has a new album called Home.
Playlists
Friday, Oct 16, 2026 – Echoes Program 2641E
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Fall Therapy. He’s an electronic musician from Grenoble who has a sound that moves from pure electronic to acoustic. We’ll also hear Variant Field.
Coming Up
Friday, Oct 30, 2026 – An Echoes Halloween
John Diliberto is your crypt keeper of sonic terror, creating a soundscape of whispered voices, ambient ghosts and hip death goddesses as we soundtrack an Echoes Halloween.
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Thursday, Oct 15, 2026 – Echoes Program 2641D
Music from Avant-pop singer Jenny Hval, who wrote her Master’s thesis on Kate Bush: “The Singing Voice as Literature.” Hval has a new album called Classic Objects.
Coming Up
Thursday, Oct 29, 2026 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, a pair of tracks from the German electronic label, Sine. We’ll hear the artist who records as Sine, and the ever prolific Thomas Lemmer.
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Wednesday, Oct 14, 2026 – Echoes Program 2641C
Tangerine Dream’s album is called Raum, which means space. They’ve been exploring it for over 5 decades. This album is based on compositions left by the late founding member, Edgar Froese.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Oct 28, 2026 – Music from Röyksopp
Music by the Norwegian electronic duo, Royksopp. They team up with Alison Goldfrapp, the singer for the dream pop band, Goldfrapp. We’ll also hear Trip-hoppers Karmacoda.