The Echoes Top 25 for January 2020 features David Helpling’s Rise, All India Radio, Lana del Rey, Darshan Ambient, and 21 other CDs. See if your favorites made the list.
Best Of
Echoes January 2020 Top 25: Ambience on Top
Tag: Chamber Pop
Coming Up
Friday, Feb 14, 2020 – Echoes of the Heart
On Valentine’s Day, let Echoes of the Heart provide your soundtrack. John Diliberto plays sonic cupid, or Dionysus, as we explore themes of the heart and body.
Playlists
Friday, Jan 31, 2020 – Echoes Program 2004E
We’ll hear some older classics including music by Renaissance, the progressive orchestral rock group who celebrated their 50th Anniversary last year.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Feb 12, 2020 – Bat For Lashes and Lyle Mays R.I.P.
It’s vampires and dangerous love when we talk with Natasha Khan of Bat for Lashes. She talks about the vampyric and film imagery behind her latest album, Lost Girls.
Playlists
Friday, Jan 24, 2020 – Echoes Program 2003E
Tangerine Dream’s Thorsten Quaeschning releases The Munich Session. We also go back to 1981 for John Foxx’s The Garden, and Mark Dwane returns to 1988 to revisit his debut with Martian Apparitions.
Coming Up
Friday, January 24, 2020: New Electronic Music
Tangerine Dream’s Thorsten Quaeschning releases The Munich Session. We go back to 1981 for John Foxx’s The Garden and Mark Dwane returns to 1988 to revisit his debut with Martian Apparitions.
Program Highlights, Reviews & Commentary
Agnes Obel – Broken Sleep Video from Myopia
Agnes Obel Dreams of Sleep in New VideoSinger Agnes Obel returns with a new album, Myopia following up her brilliant Citizen of Glass from 2016, an Echoes CD of the Month. On Myopia she continues her journey through entrancing chamber pop. Her darkly hued voice is an immaculate instrument and she writes captivating songs that…
Playlists
Thursday, Jan 2, 2020 – Echoes Program 1953D
Electro-R&B group Beacon talk about the influence of religion and the writings and art of Walter Russell, a 20th century renaissance man who created his own Cosmogony.
Coming Up
Friday, Jan 10, 2020: Ioanna Gika & Bill Frisell
One of our favorite songs for 2019, Ioanna Gika’s “Out of Focus.” It’s from her brilliant album, Thalassa. We’ll hear that as well as guitarist Bill Frisell from his album, Harmony.
Playlists
Friday, Dec. 27, 2019 – Echoes Program 1952E
Bat for Lashes, the Gothic dream pop project of singer Natasha Khan, goes even more dark, mystical and electronic on a new album called Lost Girls. We’ll hear from it tonight.