It’s a journey in ambience when Jeff Oster, Vin Downes & Tom Eaton improvise space for trumpet, electric guitar, bass, synths and piano on Seven Conversations, Echoes May CD of the Month.
It’s a meeting of artists creating an ambient world when we talk to Dark Sky Alliance with Jerry Marotta, David Helpling, Rupert Greenall and Eric “The” Taylor. Also California Guitar Trio live.
It’s the sound of the planet on the next Echoes as we celebrate Earth Day 2024. We’ll hear music inspired by the vistas and life on earth, as well as music made from the sounds of the earth.
On the next Echoes, music from The Smile. That’s the project of Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood. We’ll also hear from Mitski, who explores the dark side of our psyche.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, a guitar duo called Moon and Bike combines acoustic and electric guitars with a bit of a folk feel. We’ll also hear from German electronic artist Michael Bruckner.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Cosmos in Collision. That’s the name of Italian electronic artist Ricardo Spagieri. His album of sequencer journeys is The Passage of Time.
We’ll hear something from the first chanteuse of trip-hop, Beth Gibbons. She was the voice of Portishead, but now she’s solo. We’ll also hear new music by Olivia Chaney, from her new album, Circus of Desire.
On the next echoes, new music from Moby. His new album, Always Centered at Night, features a different vocalist on every track. We’ll also hear the latest by dream pop duo Still Corners.
It’s Quiet Resonance on the next Echoes when we talk to Tony Pounders. As Quiet Resonance, he composes guitar orchestrations that range from ambient to pastoral to pure space.