New music from down tempo acoustics laden album from Aimee Mann and on the opposite end of the emotional spectrum is new music from the dub influenced Theivery Corporation.
Playlists
Wednesday, April 19th, 2017-Echoes Program1716C
Tag: Ambient
Playlists
Tuesday April 18th, 2017-Echoes Program 1716B
Harmonica isn’t the sound you usually hear in ambient music, but that’s the chosen instrument of Art Patience, a musician from Arizona. He started out, and still plays blues and R&B harmonica licks, but on his recent albums, like The Recognition, he casts his harmonica out on desert southwest Echoes and ambient spaces.
Playlists
Weekend April 15 & 16, 2017: Delia Derbyshire Appr’n Society
The Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society is less of a fan club and more of an electronic, deep ambient duo with Garry Hughes of Bombay Dub Orchestra and Harvey Jones.
Reviews & Commentary
Electronic Easter: David Borden and Mother Mallard
Mother Mallard’s Portable Masterpiece Co. was the first modern electronic ensemble, playing live in 1970. That same year MMPMCo’s David Borden composed Easter in Robert Moog’s basement.
Playlists
Friday, April 14, 2017-Echoes Program 1715E
Tangerine Dream and Steve Roach provide the electronic part of a Slow Flow Echoes.
Interview Podcast
Michael Whalen Sleeps and Dreams in Echoes Podcast
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In the Echoes Podcast, composer and keyboardist Michael Whalen talks about how to go to sleep and the music of his latest album, Dream Cycle. It’s not the music of slumber.
Playlists
Tuesday April 11th, 2017-Echoes Program 1715B
Suzanne Ciani came to renown for her New Age music but she’s gone back to her roots with experimental electronic music and the Buchla synthesizer. She plays both live on Echoes.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 for March 2017-Daniel Voth-Transcendance
Echoes March Top 25 includes the CD of the Month, Daniel Voth’s Transcendance, as well as Mike Oldfield’s Return to Ommadawn, Lisa Hannigan’s At Swim and Bonobo’s Migration.
Playlists
Monday April 10th, 2017: Delia Derbyshire Appr’n Society
The Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society is less of a fan club and more of an electronic, deep ambient duo with Garry Hughes of Bombay Dub Orchestra and Harvey Jones.
Interview Podcast
Electronic Icon Morton Subotnick in Echoes Podcast
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Morton Subotnick was a pioneer of electronic music. His 1967 album, Silver Apples of the Moon, signaled a new way of making music that only used electronics. He talks about the early days of electronic music in the Echoes Podcast.