The Best of Echoes 2021, So Far. We look back at some of the best music from the Echoes soundscape spanning electronic, ambient, dreampop, ambient classical world fusion and more.
Hear A new live performance by Pianist Nik Bärtsch from Switzerland playing solo from his home. Then we remember Jon Hassell who died on June 26. He was a foundational Echoes artist.
Daniel Miller ignited electronic pop with The Normal and launched the careers of Depeche Mode who were produced by Gareth Jones. They get together in a new electronic project called Sunroof.
The 24th Icon of Echoes is Harold Budd. We’ll remember this artist who influenced ambient and chamber music composers for half a century, right up until he passed away last year.
Echoes Top 25 for May 2021. London Grammar’s Californian Soil, the May CD of the Month, is at the top, followed by Mythos, Gary Numan, Ulrich Schnauss & Jonas Munk, and 21 other great CDs.
Iconic composer Philip Glass stages new opera based on the poetry of Robert Lax called Circus Days and Nights staged with the Cirkus Cirkör livestreamed from Malmos Opera.
Deep ambient chamber music by Joshua Van Tassell whose album title says it all, Dance Music Volume II: More Songs for Slow Motion. We’ll also hear from German downtempo artist, Tauon.
The 24th Icon of Echoes is Harold Budd. We’ll remember this artist who influenced ambient and chamber music composers for half a century, right up until he passed away last year.
Deep ambient chamber music by Joshua Van Tassell whose album title says it all, Dance Music Volume II: More Songs for Slow Motion. We’ll also hear German downtempo artist, Tauon.
Echoes Top 25 for April 2021. Carl Weingarten’s Ember Days, the April CD of the Month, is at the top, followed by Trigaida, AO Music, Ulrich Schnauss & Jonas Munk, and 21 other great CDs.