On the next Echoes, a new generation of space musicians when we talk to Ascendant. They’re an electronic duo out of California who have been releasing albums of melodic electronics.
Playlists
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016-Echoes Program 1631C
Tag: Ambient
Playlists
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016-Echoes Program 1631B
Al Jewer plays flutes. Andy Mitran plays keyboards and percussion. When they aren’t crafting commercial jingles in Chicago, they create music that ranges from world fusion to pure ambient. Winners of a ZMR Award in 2016, they talk about their music on Echoes.
Reviews & Commentary
Suzanne Ciani’s Buchla Excursions
Suzanne Ciani is known for her romantic keyboard compositions, but she started out as an avant-garde electronic composer. You can hear that side on a new album, Buchla Concerts 1975. John Diliberto looks back at this seminal work and time.
CD of the Month
Echoes August 2016 CD of the Month: William Tyler’s Modern Country
Echoes CD of the Month for August, William Tyler’s “Modern Country” elevates country and folk traditions to cosmic, ambient planes
Playlists
Weekend, July 30 & 31, 2016-Echoes Program 1630A
Peter Baumann was a member of Tangerine Dream during their classic era and founded Private Music. Now, after 20 years in his think tank, the Baumann Foundation, he returns with his first new album in 33 years, Machines of Desire. He talks about electronics and philosophy on Echoes.
Interview Podcast, Program Highlights
AeTopus in the Echoes Podcast
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Bryan Tewell Hughes, otherwise known as AeTopus, speaks with Echoes about his influences, process, and Sci-Fi musings. His latest album is entitled When.
Playlists
Thursday, July 28th, 2016-Echoes Program 1630D
He’s played with every member of the Grateful Dead and had a band with guitarist John Cippolina of Quicksilver Messenger Service.
Playlists
Wednesday, July 27th, 2016-Echoes Program 1630C
The French duo called Air is both retro and “moderne,” chilled pop and ambient lounge. They created a splash in 1998 with their album, Moon Safari In 2004 they came to Echoes to play music from that album and The Virgin Suicides soundtrack.
Playlists
Monday July 25th, 2016-Echoes Program 1630A
Peter Baumann was a member of Tangerine Dream during their classic era and founded Private Music. Now, after 20 years in his think tank, the Baumann Foundation, he returns with his first new album in 33 years, Machines of Desire. He talks about electronics and philosophy on Echoes.
Playlists
Thursday, July 21st, 2016-Echoes Program 1629D
We’ve got the digital blender fired up for Echoes Remixed. John Diliberto plays a lot of music you know, but in versions that aren’t the original in an all remix show.