Jordan Taylor creates moody, ambient chamber music under the name The Greatest Hoax. His latest recording, Expiration Compositions, explores his anxieties about death and dying.
Playlists
Tuesday September 19th, 2017-Echoes Program 1738B
Tag: Avant-garde
Reviews & Commentary
Björk’s Universal Love Song-“The Gate”
Björk once again pulls out all the stops in this New Age fantasy of a video for The Gateway, a fantasy of Universal love with state-of-the-art CGI. Put this up full screen for total immersion.
Playlists
Wednesday, September 6th, 2017-Echoes Program 1736C
Violinist Christopher Tignor comes in with his electronic rig, a bass drum and chines and orchestrates a one-man ambient chamber music performance live on Echoes.
Interview Podcast
Terje Rypdal Interview in Echoes Podcast
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Guitarist Terje Rypdal is an incendiary and influential figure among electric guitarists. Recording for ECM records since 1971, he’s blazed a trail noted for his tone bending colors and free improvisation. We celebrate his 70th birthday in the Echoes Podcast.
Playlists
Friday, August 18th, 2017-Echoes Program 1733E
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.
Program Highlights
Echoes Podcast Special: Pierre Henry R.I.P. at 89
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Pierre Henry virtually invented the idea of sampling. Just using phonograph recordings, many of them custom made, he sampled the world and turned it into what became musique concrète.
Interview Podcast
Falling You Interview – Echoes
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Falling You’s Shine features many talented contributors as vocalists and lyricists. Instrumentalist John Zorko and two vocalists, Anji Lum and Danielle Colbeck, discuss thematic lyrics, influences, and gongs.
Playlists
Friday, August 4th, 2017-Echoes Program 1731E – Echoes
Playlists
Tuesday, July 11th, 2017: Christopher Tignor Concert
Violinist Christopher Tignor comes in with his electronic rig, a bass drum and chines and orchestrates a one-man ambient chamber music performance live on Echoes.
Playlists
Thursday, July 6th, 2017-Echoes Program 1727D
Suzanne Ciani came to renown for her New Age music but she’s gone back to her roots with experimental electronic music and the Buchla synthesizer. She plays both live on Echoes.