Listen to looping guitar live when we hear Italian guitarist Fabio Mittino. He has a highly sophisticated looping and processing system and some burning leads that he puts into his sound.
Brannan Lane, John Gregorius and Sean O’Bryan Smith come from different musical worlds – from deep country and western to deep ambience. But they’ve gotten together for an album called Emergence.
Take a trip into sequencer delirium with our February CD of the Month, The Desert Winds of Change by Steve Roach. Then hear Ambiences in Black as we explore the other side of the cultural divide.
Recent music by new wave pioneers, Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark. This electronic duo is still creating sophisticated electronic pop in the 21st century. Their latest album is Bauhaus Staircase.
Get ready for some powerful darkness with new music by Myrkur. The Danish singer is categorized as Black Metal, but really it’s just darker dream pop. She has a new album called Spine.
In the current of a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Syndromeda off the album, Liftoff to Infinity, and Maps has a new release of joyful, upbeat electronics called Counter Continuo.
Old music done anew by producer Trevor Horn. He takes tunes from the 1980s, some of which he produced, and reimagines them with new musicians. The album is called Echoes-Ancient and Modern.
It’s an orchestra of the imagination with music by Orchestra Indigo. This is a project of rock artist Rick Randlett. He goes into a cocktail lounge in space for his album, The Small Hours.
It’s Ambiences in Black when we turn the Echoes prism onto the African and black influences in ambient music. They come from many sources, jazz, R&B, Hip-hop and Africa itself.