The Echoes Top 25 for July 2020: Aukai’s Game Trails is at the top, and our list includes Ben Blackett, Moby and 22 other great CDs. See what should be in your collection.
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Echoes July 2020 Top 25: Aukai, Ben Blackett and more
Tag: Avant-garde
Coming Up
Thursday, Aug 13, 2020 – Slow Flow Echoes
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.
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Monday, Aug 10, 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.
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Weekend, Aug 8-9, 2020 – CGT’s Elegy, CD of the Month
California Guitar Trio’s Elegy, Echoes August CD of the Month is featured this weekend as well as an interview with electronic musician Dave Bessell and we remember director Alan Parker.
Playlists
Wednesday, July 22, 2020 -Echoes Program 2029C
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.
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Tuesday, Aug 4, 2020 – 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. He has a new solo album, Reality Engine.
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Friday, July 31, 2020 – Naneum Interview
We explore the ambient chamber music of Naneum. On his album, Life Cycle he recorded a local choir singing their traditional music but then sliced it up into his own arrangements.
Coming Up
Wednesday, July 22, 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.
Playlists
Weekend, July 4-5, 2020 – Programs 2026A & 2026B
Moby talks about his album, All Visible Objects with its themes of revolution, isolation and contemplation. Then we look at music in pandemic and unrest with The Best of Echoes 2020, So Far.
Playlists
Thursday, Jul 2, 2020 – Echoes Program 2026D
Poppy Ackroyd’s album, Resolve was an Echoes CD of the Month two years ago. She talks about an approach to classical composition informed by punk rock and Radiohead.