Jeff Oster, Vin Downes and Tom Eaton are established musicians on their own. Collectively, as Departure, they create ambient improvisations when they play live on Echoes.
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Wednesday, March 28th, 2018-Echoes Program 1813C
Tag: Ambient
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2018-Echoes Program 1813B
On the 40th Anniversary of Brian Eno’s “Music for Airports” we look back at this ambient landmark with music, interviews with Eno, and a live performance by Bang on a Can.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: The Nightcrawlers Revisited
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In the Echoes Podcast hear about The Nightcrawlers leaders of a Philly electronic music scene that tapped the sound of German space music. Their 1980s cassettes have just been reissued.
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Friday, March 23rd, 2018-Echoes Program 1812E
On a Slow Flow Echoes, it’s new music from a collection called Alpha Seeds and Valerie Romanoff from her album of east-west meditations called Healing Music Volume 2.
Program Highlights, Reviews & Commentary
Chuck Van Zyl Live Video
Chuck Van Zyl is a veteran of the Philly electronic music scene and the host of WXPN’s Star’s End who creates his spacescapes live in the moment. Watch him do it in this fascinating video.
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Tuesday, March 20th, 2018-Echoes Program 1812B
Day equals night. Winter is Melting. Spring is Blooming. Even if those last two aren’t true yet, Echoes has a soundscape to make you think so as we celebrate the Vernal Equinox.
Reviews & Commentary
Nils Frahm Live at Union Transfer 03-7-2018
Composer Nils Frahm creates a melodically layered and rhythmically driven live performance that’s a meeting of Tangerine Dream, minimalism and ambient moods at Union Transfer in Philadelphia.
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Friday, March 16th, 2018-Echoes Program 1811E
Echoes turns emerald green for our annual St. Patrick’s exploration of all things Celtic. We’ll hear music by Enya, Moya Brennan, Jeff Johnson & Brian Dunning, and more
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Thursday, March 15th, 2018-Echoes Program 1811D
We’ll hear new music by Steve Dinsdale from Radio Massacre International. It’s called Light & Dark and it’s an odyssey of electronic influences from Can to Cluster. We’ll also go Gothic, with several tracks inspired by the sounds from the Middle Ages. John Diliberto has it coming up on Echoes.
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Friday, March 9th, 2018-Echoes Program 1810E
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Porcupine Tree bassist Colin Edwin and Estonian guitarist Robert Jurjendal. They have a new album of improvisations called Another World.