Vangelis is an icon of electronic music and his influence remains pervasive. As we celebrate his anointment as the 6th Icon of Echoes, we select 10 of his Essential CDs.
Reviews & Commentary
Vangelis: Ten Essential Albums from an Icon of Echoes
Tag: Avant-garde
Playlists
Tuesday, Jan 19, 2021 – Echoes Program 2103B
Dave Bessell talks about his dark electronics. He is part of Node with producer Flood, and collaborates with the Greek electronic artist, Parallel Worlds. They have a new album, Phosphene.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Olafur Arnalds
Coming Up
Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021 – Klaus Schulze, Icon of Echoes
The 7th Icon of 30 Icons, German electronic pioneer, Klaus Schulze. We’ll look back across his career with interviews and his epic, synthesizer spacescapes.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Jan 26, 2021 – Music by Grandbrothers & Leandrul
Music by Grandbrothers. On their album, All the Unknown, all the sounds originate from a single grand piano. We’ll also hear an enchanting & emotionally traumatized singer, Leandrul.
Reviews & Commentary
Cellist David Darling Leaves the Planet
Cellist David Darling passed on January 8, 2021. He was a pioneer of ambient chamber music, a member of the Paul Winter Consort and took the cello into new terrain. Echoes remembers.
Playlists
Thursday, Jan 7, 2021 – Echoes Program 2101D
If you caught Nils Frahm live in 2018 and 2019, you saw one of the most spectacular solo performances of the millennium. Now it’s been released as a live album, Tripping with Nils Frahm.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Jan 20, 2021 – Icon of Echoes Vangelis
The 6th of 30 Icons, Vangelis. We’ll hear a profile of the legendary Greek electronic artist who won the first Oscar for an electronic film score for Chariots of Fire.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Jan 19, 2021 – Dave Bessell Interview
Dave Bessell talks about his dark electronics. He is part of Node with producer Flood, and collaborates with the Greek electronic artist, Parallel Worlds. They have a new album, Phosphene.
Playlists
Weekend, Jan 2-3, 2021 – Programs 2052A & 2052B
Ryan West is Rival Consoles, a resolutely electronic project, but still thinks of his chromium plated compositions as songs. Michael Rother is a legend of progressive rock and electronic music.