There is no other Year End music list like Echoes Best of of 2017. Ambient Requiems. Deep space journeys, chamber pop, progrock epics, EDM journeys and world fusion. See who made the list.
Best Of
The Best of Echoes 2017-The Definitive 25 Albums
Tag: Avant-garde
Playlists
Tuesday, November 28th, 2017- Echoes Program 1748B
Film composer Jeff Rona has worked with Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard and Jon Hassell. Now he has released his first solo album after 4 decades in music. He talks about “Projector.”
Playlists
Friday, November 24th, 2017-Echoes Program 1747E
On a Slow Flow Echoes it’s new music by English electronic band Radium 88’s “Perpetual Emotion Machine” and Dungen get remixed on “Haxan Versions by Prins Thomas.”
Reviews & Commentary
Poppy Ackroyd’s Driving Video for “Trains”
English composer Poppy NoGood is a composer who has the drive of Prequell and the moods of Dustin O’Halloran. She has a subtly surreal video out for her song, “Trains.”
Playlists
Friday, November 10th, 2017-Echoes Program 1745E
On a Slow Flow Echoes, it’s new music from Behind the Shadow Drops. That’s a solo project from Takaakira Goto. He’s the founding member of the Japanese guitar band Mono.
Playlists
Tuesday, October 31st, 2017-Echoes Program 1744B
It’s Witches, Ghosts and Wizards when electronic artist Deborah Martin talks about her supernaturally inspired album Eye of the Wizard. It’s part of an Echoes Halloween Soundscape.
Interview Podcast
Endless Field Interview in Echoes Podcast
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Steeped in jazz, bathed in ambience, aglow in pastoral warmth, Endless Field is an extension of Windham Hill and ECM. Hear Ike Sturm and Jesse Lewis talk about it in the Echoes Podcast.
Playlists
Friday, October 20th, 2017-Echoes Program 1742E
On a Slow Flow Echoes it’s new music by guitarist Tom Caufield who has put out three great albums in less than a year. His new one is Wash the Dusk With Silver. We’ll also hear new music by ambient chamber group, Balmorhea.
Reviews & Commentary
Charles Cohen, Electronic Explorer, Leaves the Planet R.I.P.
Charles Cohen, an electronic explorer who helped fuel the Philadelphia electronic music scene for nearly half a century has died. He found success for his wonderful music late in life.
Interview Podcast
The Greatest Hoax & Death in Echoes Podcast
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The Greatest Hoax is both a political statement, a commentary on life and death, and beautiful ambient chamber music. Hear Taylor Jordan talk about the soundtrack of dying in Echoes Podcast.