It’s the sound of Klang on Echoes. Klang was composer Karlheinz Stockhausen’s last work. The full title is KLANG: The 24 Hours of the Day. We talk to performers of this epic on Echoes.
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Thursday, April 5th, 2018-Echoes Program 1814D
Tag: Avant-garde
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2018-Echoes Program 1813B
On the 40th Anniversary of Brian Eno’s “Music for Airports” we look back at this ambient landmark with music, interviews with Eno, and a live performance by Bang on a Can.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: The Nightcrawlers Revisited
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In the Echoes Podcast hear about The Nightcrawlers leaders of a Philly electronic music scene that tapped the sound of German space music. Their 1980s cassettes have just been reissued.
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Echoes Podcast: Forrest Fang & Jóhann Jóhannsson
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Composer Forrest Fang talks about his ambient world music soundscapes and we remember Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson with a 2009 Echoes Interview. Jóhannsson died on February 10, 2018.
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Friday, February 9th, 2018-Echoes Program 1806E
On a Slow Flow Echoes, it’s new music from Nils Frahm with an uncharacteristically melodic album called, All Melody. We’ll also hear the Austrian electronic duo Tosca.
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Tuesday February 6th-Echoes Program 1806B
Composer Forrest Fang manipulates western, eastern and toy instruments along with flowerpots into surreal soundscapes. He talks about his new album, Scenes from a Ghost Train, on Echoes.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Poppy Ackroyd Resolve Review
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Poppy Ackroyd is an English composer creating a neo-classical sound full of kinetic drive and melody. Her album Resolve, is the Echoes CD of the Month for February. Hear it in Echoes Podcast.
CD of the Month
February CD of the Month: Poppy Ackroyd-Resolve
Poppy Ackroyd is an English composer creating a neo-classical sound full of kinetic drive and melody. Her album Resolve, is the Echoes CD of the Month for February.
Playlists
Thursday, January 18th, 2018-Echoes Program 1803D
Avant-ambient world fusionist Forrest Fang has a new soundscape out, Scenes from a Ghost Train and we’ll hear a chill track by Nouveau Flamenco duo Terra Guitarra.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Jeff Rona’s Projector
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Film composer Jeff Rona has worked with Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard and Jon Hassell. Now he has his first solo album after 4 decades in music. He talks about “Projector” in Echoes Podcast.