We’ll hear from two very different singers: One is the sultry pillow talk sound of Cigarettes After Sex from a new single. The other is Shekina Rose, a new age singer channeling the spirits.
New music by Abby Sage. Her debut album is called The Rot. She says “The Rot album focuses on the decomposition and reconstruction of everything she was taught growing up.”
The Medieval electronics of Qntal. This brilliant German group, fronted by vocalist Sigrid Hausen, turns medieval texts into electronica songs that seem to come from a cosmic cathedral.
We lost the great cellist & ambient chamber music pioneer David Darling in 2021. But fellow cellist Hans Christian resurrected him in an album of virtual duets called Ocean Dreaming Ocean.
Composer Roger Eno is one of the pioneers of Ambient Chamber music. But recently, his music has become more neo-classical with albums on Deutsche Grammophon. We talk to him on Echoes.
The April CD of the Month is an electronic excursion from Dave Bessell called Chromatic Lightning Cage. It’s a statement from a musician who recorded with Killing Joke, Suede, U2 and Coldplay.
Dave Bessell is a Britsh electronic artist of some note having worked with U2, Coldplay and Node. His album, Chromatic Lightning Cage is a delirious journey into electronic space.
Before he died in 2013, Lou Reed created an ambient album called Hudson River Wind Meditations, which is now being re-released in a deluxe edition. We go back to our interview with Reed.
The Big Ears Festival 2024 maintained its reputation for eclecticism, bleeding edge music and some of the most sublime sounds this side of paradise. John Diliberto took it all in.