We pick out our favorite Echoes albums from the first half of 2017. The Top 25 includes progressive rock icons, electronic icons, New Age Icons and Bands who have just released their debut albums.
Best Of
The Best of Echoes 2017. . . . So Far
Tag: Ambient
Playlists
Monday June 26th, 2017-Echoes Program 1726A
We survey the first six months of the year for our favorite albums. Among them are Wilsen’s I Go Missing in My Sleep, Jean-Michel Jarre’s Oxygene 3, and Mike Oldfield’s Return to Ommadawn.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Johan Agebjörn and Mikael Ögren
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Johan Agebjörn is a psychologist. Mikael Ögren is a priest in the Swedish Church. But they sit at an electronic altar and explore synthesizer psychology in the Echoes Podcast.
Reviews & Commentary
Tor’s Seductive “Days Gone” Turns into Paranoid Video
Tor is an electronic artist from Canada whose song, ” Days Gone” when in Echoes Top Ten Songs for 2016. Now he has a near future paranoia video to go along with it.
Playlists
Friday, June 23rd, 2017-Echoes Program 1725E
On the next Slow Flow Echoes we’ll hear music from the soundtrack of The Rise of the Synths and a new album from Thorsten Quaschning and Ulrich Schnauss called Synthwaves.
Playlists
Thursday June 22nd, 2017-Echoes Program 1725D
Tangerine Dream created their first film score in 1977 for Sorcerer, directed by William Friedkin. Friedkin later said he would’ve used the Dream for The Exorcist if he’d known about them.
Playlists
Wednesday, June 21st, 2017-Echoes Program 1725C
Bathe in the warmth of music sunshine on an Echoes Summer Solstice Soundscape. Echoes takes through you the summer as we track the midnight sun and explore the sounds of the season.
Wordless Echoes
Wordless Echoes – Summer Solstice
Flow through a seamless journey of ambient and contemplative sounds on a six-hour Echoes Summer Solstice stream. All India Radio, Lanterna, Paul WInter, Carl Weingarten and more take you on a journey through the longest day and shortest night of the year. Bask it in on an Echoes Summer Solstice Stream.
Reviews & Commentary
New Video from Be The Bear- Erupt
Be The Bear has released the music video for her debut single, “Erupt”. The video features her bravely conquering her childhood fears and embodies the meaning of the name, “Be The Bear”.
Playlists
Tuesday, June 20th, 2017 – Echoes Program 1725B
Swedish electronic musicians Johan Agebjörn & Mikael Ögren create an imaginary road trip through the Finnish-Russian border called We Never Came to the White Sea.