The Ambient chamber music of our CD of the Month, Slow Meadow, leads the Echoes Top 25 for October followed by the powerful dreampop of The Mynabirds and the sultry orchestral pop of Lana Del Rey.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 for October 2015
Tag: Ambient
CD of the Month
November 2015 CD of the Month-Kevin Keller-La Strada
Kevin Keller is one of the leading exponents of Ambient Chamber music with a dozen albums exploring a world between electronic and acoustic, ambient and classical music. His latest is called La Strada, and it’s the Echoes November CD of the Month
Playlists
Monday, November 2nd, 2015-Echoes Program 1544A
Kevin Keller created some of the first works I ever referred to as “Ambient Chamber Music.
Program Highlights
An Echoes Halloween
Every year on Echoes we create a two-hour soundscape of haunted music. But online, we go even further into the underworld with a six hour Wordless Echoes Halloween, an all instrumental walk through the dark side. Listen if you dare.
Playlists
Thursday, October 29th, 2015-Echoes 1543D
Echoes moves from slick electronica pop by Beach, releasing their second album in 2 months, Thank Your Lucky Stars to Goldmund, who makes a music of dusty, creaky pianos and ghostly melodies.
Playlists
Wednesday, October 28th, 2015-Echoes Program 1543C
Todd Tobias is a journeyman musician whose journey has been long and prolific. In 2015 alone he’s released two albums under his own name and three other projects.
Playlists
Tuesday, October 27th, 2015-Echoes Program 1543B
Silencio is a band that plays music inspired by the films and soundtracks of David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti. From Twin Peaks to Mulholland Drive to Wild at Heart, they trip through Lynchian motifs to make their own film noir sound.
Reviews & Commentary
Echoes Live 21
Our latest album of live Echoes performances is here. It’s called Echoes Live 21. We’ve picked the best tracks from the best live Echoes performances and put them on our 21st CD. Here are the stories behind the tracks.
Playlists
Weekend, October 24 & 25, 2015-Echoes Program 1542A
Ozric Tentacles is the long lived psychedelic space rock band that has been recording for over 30 years. But they have another side project called Nodens Ictus.
Playlists
Wednesday, October 21st, 2015-Echoes Program 1542C
Mike Oldfield remains best known for his debut album, Tubular Bells, still a signpost work 43 years later. But he created several beautifully crafted works. Among them is his third album, Ommadawn, released in 1975. We revisit it on Echoes.