New music by Immersion, the duo of Colin Newman and Malka Spigel. They have a new album called Nanocluster Vol. 2 and we’ll hear their collaboration with Thor Harris from the band Swans.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, we’ll hear a pioneer of electronic music in film, John Carpenter. The director of Halloween, Escape from New York, and Vampires also scores most of his films.
On the next Echoes we get liquid with Edgar Froese’s solo debut album, Aqua, released 50 years ago. Froese was the founding member of Tangerine Dream, but this album went more experimental.
On the next Echoes, new music by Parra for Cuva. It sounds Latin but it’s a German electronic artist who has a bit of a Latin feel to his downtempo music on the album, Mimose.
Music from Arooj Aftab, the Pakistani-American singer who wraps you in dark sultriness. We’ll hear from her album, Night Reign. We’ll also hear a psychedelic band called Magic Fig.
We have one conversation with a trio that has released an album called Seven Conversations. They are Jeff Oster, Vin Downes and Tom Eaton. We talk to them about improvising in ambient space.
We remember on an Echoes Memorial Day Soundscape with music to contemplate the carnage of war. We’ll hear songs from Loreena McKennitt, The Zombies, Hammock, Hans Zimmer and more.
On the next Echoes a giant of techno music when John Diliberto talks with Carl Craig. His music burst through all the stereotypes of techno to create a more symphonic sound.
On the next Echoes, the Trio Mediaeval singers channel sounds from the Middle ages up through contemporary composers. We talk to them about their 23-year journey into the past.
Echoes brings you the June CD of the Month, Coming Home by Limina. It’s a masterpiece of ambient chamber music, combining orchestra and electronics in a tone poem for return and affirmation.