Ryan West records as Rival Consoles, a resolutely electronic project, but he still thinks of his chromium plated compositions as songs. He calls it “songwriting with an electronic palate.”
Program Highlights
Tuesday, Sept 29, 2020 – Program 2039B
Tag: Avant-garde
Coming Up
Friday, Oct 16, 2020 – Slow Flow Echoes
Music from the Orb, the legendary ambient band, with a new album called Abolition of the Royal Familia. We’ll also hear from Nicholas Gunn’s album, Pacific Blue.
Best Of
Echoes September 2020 Top 25: Erik Wollo and Michael Stearns
Check out the Echoes Top 25 for September 2020. Erik Wollo and Michael Stearns come in at the top, followed by Gracie and Rachel, Michael Rother, and 22 other great CDs.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Oct 13, 2020 – Shpongle’s Simon Posford
Shpongle’s Simon Posford has spent his time in pandemic quarantine creating a soundtrack that plays out like the 10 Stages of pandemic lockdown. We hear about Flux and Contemplation.
Playlists
Tuesday, Sept 29, 2020 – Program 2039B
Ryan West records as Rival Consoles, a resolutely electronic project, but he still thinks of his chromium plated compositions as songs. He calls it “songwriting with an electronic palate.”
CD of the Month
Echoes October CD of the Month: Andreas Vollenweider
Harpist Andreas Vollenweider returns after an 11-year absence with Quiet Places, an album of subtle, intuitive improvisation. It’s the October CD of the Month.
Playlists
Thursday, Sept 24, 2020 -Echoes Program 2038D
New music by Yaima, the dream pop duo whose music is suffused with nature imagery and hang drum rhythms. We’ll also hear from Julianna Barwick’s new album of her looped gothic chants.
Coming Up
Weekend, Oct 3-4, 2020 – Andreas Vollenweider & Rival Consoles
Andreas Vollenweider and Rival Consoles this weekend on Echoes. Hear Vollenweider’s Quiet Places, the CD of the Month for October. Then we talk with Rival Consoles about his electronic music.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Sept 29, 2020 – Rival Consoles
Ryan West records as Rival Consoles, a resolutely electronic project, but he still thinks of his chromium plated compositions as songs. He calls it “songwriting with an electronic palate.”
Coming Up
Thursday, Sept 24, 2020 – New Music by Yaima
New music by Yaima, the dream pop duo whose music is suffused with nature imagery and hang drum rhythms. We’ll also hear from Julianna Barwick’s new album of her looped gothic chants.