We throw out our GPS and get out MAPS. That’s the recording persona of James Chapman. His last two albums have been pure joyous, electronic bliss. We talk counter melodies and more.
Coming Up
Weekend, Dec 14-15, 2024 – MAPS: The Echoes Interview
Tag: Avant-garde
Coming Up
Wednesday, Dec 11, 2024 – The Art of Noise 40th
We’ll hear two singers on the edge: KÁRYYN and Sheenah Ko. We’ll also look back at the influential album Who’s Afriad of the Art of Noise, by the band Art of Noise, released in 1984.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Wendy Carlos Switches On 85
Playlists
Tuesday, Nov 12, 2024 – Echoes Program 2446B
Jeff Oster, Vin Downes and Tom Eaton play live. They released their debut album earlier this year, a deep recording of ambient improvisation. Every time they play, it’s a different journey.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 October: London Grammar on Top
The Greatest Love, by London Grammar, tops the Echoes October 2024 list, followed by Aukai, Rena Jones & Kilowatts, Twilight Archive, and 21 other great CDs.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Nov 19, 2024 – Trio Mediaeval Interview
On the next Echoes, the Trio Mediaeval singers channel sounds from the Middle ages up through contemporary composers. We talk to them about their 23-year journey into the past.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Nov 12, 2024 – Oster, Downes & Eaton Live
Jeff Oster, Vin Downes and Tom Eaton play live. They released their debut album earlier this year, a deep recording of ambient improvisation. Every time they play, it’s a different journey.
Wordless Echoes
Wordless Echoes – Halloween
We explore the dark side on an Echoes Halloween., in a four-hour uninterrupted soundscape exploring the worlds of ghosts, witches, warlocks, spirits and the supernatural.
Coming Up
Friday, Nov 8, 2024 – Mother Mallard’s 50 Years
A classic from one of the first electronic groups in America, Mother Mallard’s Portable Masterpiece Company. They debuted in 1973 and we’ll hear from a new live compilation.
Playlists
Thursday, Oct 24, 2024 – Echoes Program 2443D
Drifting your way on a Slow Flow Echoes is new music by Indian composer and producer, Ricky Kej. It’s called Break of Dawn and it’s a meeting of electronic moods with Indian instruments.