Brian Eno’s Discreet Music is the seminal work of ambient music. Now Contact has taken this electronic piece and arranged it for acoustic instruments. Contact’s Discreet Music is the Echoes CD of the Month.
Spin into the New Year on seductive grooves and ambient moods the surreal lounge of Echoes will wind you out of the old and into the New Year with Jean-Michel Jarre, Ben Neill, Tangerine Dream, Sonomad, Morcheeba and more.
The English duo Anima is a band steeped in shamanic mysticism, psychedelic plants and electronic music. The duo of Ali Calderwood and Daniela Broder live on a farm off the grid in Scotland, making electronic music powered by solar cells. They’ve lived in the jungles of Indian tribes in the Amazon and partaken in their rituals which they turn into some of the most detailed electronic landscapes.
Echoes Top 25 for December includes CD of the Month from Enya and seasonal albums, Smoke Fairies’ Wild WInter and Bryan Carrigan’s Fall Into Winter
You’ve heard all the carols in all their variations. But tonight we’re going to celebrate a different part of the season, one that’s rooted in the stars. It’s an Echoes Winter Solstice.
Christmas is effectively over but we hang on to the spirit with music to help you settle in for that other “long winter’s nap,” the one that happens after the presents are opened, the food is eaten and the wine is drunk.
Celebrate the Christmas Eve with a different kind of seasonal music from Tori Amos, The Piano Guys, Al Di Meola’s Winter Nights, Enya’s And Winter Came, and R. Carlos Nakai’s Winter Dreams.
While we’re in the midst of the 12 Days of Christmas, John Diliberto has 12 months of Echoes CD of the Month picks.
You’ve heard all the carols in all their variations. But tonight we’re going to celebrate a different part of the season, one that’s rooted in the stars. It’s an Echoes Winter Solstice.
Experience the holiday season with a different kind of soundtrack on Echoes’ Sonic Seasonings featuring Phil Keaggy & Jeff Johnson and Erik Wøllo.