Oboist Russel Walder talks about his new album, Speak to the Storm. It’s a deep world-fusion journey, spiked by sampled Middle Eastern and Indian instruments, percussion and voices.
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Tuesday, Jan 23, 2024 – Russel Walder Interview
Tag: Ambient
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Iasos Enters Another Dimension. R.I.P. 1947-2024.
Iasos was a pioneer in new age music before anybody realized it was there to pioneer. His sound was cosmic and so were his beliefs. But his music was entrancing. Gone at 76.
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Tuesday, Jan 9, 2023 – Echoes Program 2402B
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.
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Monday, Jan 8, 2024 – Echoes Program 2402A
You thought the Holiday season was over and winter music was gone, but no. Echoes is still in a chilled winter mood, especially since we’re supposed to get our first real snow of the season.
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Monday, Jan 22, 2024 – Lane, Gregorius, and Smith
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.
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Weekend, Jan 6-7, 2024 – Programs 2401A & 2401B
Before we completely leave 2023 behind, we look back at the Best of Albums of 2023 on Echoes. It was such a good year with artists like BT, Steve Roach and Amaara making it to the final 30.
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Weekend, Jan 20-21, 2024 – Tim Story and Opium Moon
Tim Story used to be the ultimate melodicist, but now he’s mutating sounds, often with German icon, Roedelius. Tim Story talks about his evolution from a melody maven to a dissonant dreamer.
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Friday, Jan 5, 2024 – Echoes Program 2401E
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by American multi-instrumentalist, David Vito Gregoli and Indian keyboardist and producer, Ricky Kej. It’s an eastern world fusion dream called Wild Monsoon.
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Thursday, Jan 18, 2024 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new space music by Hollan Holmes from his album, Sacred Places and we’ll hear a 1970s French space music pioneer, Zanov from his latest album, Lost in the Future.
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Thursday, Jan 4, 2024 – Echoes Program 2401D
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Nils Frahm off his deeply ambient 3 hour recording, Music for Animals. We’ll also hear the first and final album by Roger Universe.