The French duo called Air is both retro and “moderne,” chilled pop and ambient lounge. They created a splash in 1998 with their album, Moon Safari In 2004 they came to Echoes to play music from that album and The Virgin Suicides soundtrack.
It’s dream pop out of New Zealand on the next Echoes when we hear a new single by French for Rabbits called “Feathers and Dreams.
We travel from slow-core pastoral rock to ambient electronic music when we hear the latest by the Lancaster based band, The Innocence Mission and the English electronic pop group, Radium 88.
It’s like an emergency room on the next Echoes. We’ll hear music by Cliff Martinez from the TV series, The Knick, set in a 1901 NYC hospital and Julien Baker singes about a sprained ankle.
The Album Leaf was among the first ambient rock groups. They have a new album coming but we go back to a 2010 performance on Echoes.
At the half-way point of the year, we pick the albums that excited us the most thus far in 2016. Miranda Lee Richard’s “Echoes of the Dreamtime” tops the list of 25, followed by All India Radio, Hammock, Radiohead and more.
Aidan Knight cites Combat Rock by The Clash as one of his biggest influences, but you may not hear that in his music. The Canadian singer-songwriter has a much more introspective sound that tends toward slow tempos and atmospheric moods with an array of instrumental styles from humming and strumming guitar to more orchestral arrangements.
Singer and cellist Kelsey Lu explores a dream world in her new B&W video, Dreams.
Coming up on a Slow Flow Echoes, a new soundtrack by Cliff Martinez for The Neon Demon. He goes back to a 70s electronic sound.
Songs of empowerment ring out when Swedish singer Ane Brun comes in to play music from her latest album, When I’m Free. She plays music from it live on Echoes.