Weekend listeners hear original tracks from Ludovico next to remixes by Leo Einaudi. Then we hear both album sides of Edgar Froese’s Epsilon in Malaysian Pale on its 50th Anniversary.
The return of Ancient Future. The band that coined the term World Fusion in 1978 has their first significant release in nearly 25 years. I talk to founder and guitarist Matthew Montfort.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, melodic ambient music from C37. He’s an English electronic musician with a penchant for streamlined grooves and lyrical melodies. We’ll hear from his album Beautiful Beginnings.
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.
Air’s Moon Safari album gets an epic and ambient rework by Vegyn. It’s called Blue Moon Safari. Vegyn maintains the downtempo mood of the original but takes it into new atmospheres.
We celebrate the 40th anniversary of Patrick O’Hearn’s debut album, Ancient Dreams. This signature release was a road map of mood and mystery and set the tone for the Private Music label.
Music from Suzanne Vega’s latest album, Flying with Angels. It’s an atmospheric album with a broader, more philosophical outlook that ingests the state of the world and turns it back out.
We celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Epsilon in Malaysian Pale, the second solo album by Tangerine Dream founder Edgar Froese. It’s hailed as a masterpiece of ambient and electronic music.
Big Ears Festival returns to Knoxville on March 26-29 and includes many artists from the Echoesphere including SUSS, Adrian Sherwood, Laurie Anderson and Hania Rani.
We go Otherworldly, the new album from British electronic artist, Geoglyph. Geoglyph is Chris Charles and his new album is inspired by Dune and it’s vast, worm infested sandscapes.