A live electronic trip with Taiyo Rey and Saul Stokes. They are actually the same person and have been creating inventive and singular electronic music for decades. Hear it performed live on Echoes.
Multi-instrumentalist and composer Nathan Speir’s music ranges from pure electronic to solo piano to ambient chamber music. We talk to him about his music and the spiritual search it embodies.
It’s cosmic vibrations on the next Echoes, when we hear Norway’s Julia Gjersten from the Cosmic Vibrations 4 compilation. We’ll also hear old music redone with Moby’s album, Resound NYC.
We remember a pioneer of electronic music, Swedish composer Ralph Lundsten. He began recording as an avant-gardist in the 60s before discovering a more metaphorical language for his music.
Swedish electronic pioneer Ralph Lundsten was a sonic explorer who produced over 80 albums, invented instruments and his own idiosyncratic personality. He left the planet on July 5, 2023.
Actress Kaelen Ohm has been seen in the TV series “Hit & Run” and “From.” But you can hear her as Amaara, making deep, psychedelic dream pop on her new album, Child of Venus.
The artist known as BT is a polymath who gets into the code of his music. He has a new album, The Secret Language of Trees, and although it’s forest inspired, it’s not a pastoral romp.
We travel to China via the impressionistic music of Robert Rich. His latest album, Travelers’ Cloth, is inspired by an ancient Chinese poet and his journey through the countryside.
The July CD of the Month is Child of Venus by Amaara, the alias of actress Kaelen Ohm. As Amaara, she explores her turmoil, psychedelic therapy and hauntingly beautiful dream pop.
New music by Beach House. They have a new EP called Become that continues their dream pop sound. We’ll also hear The National from their album, The First Two Pages of Frankenstein.