On a Slow Flow Echoes, the ambient guitar twang of The Royal Arctic Institute. We’ll hear from their latest album, From Catharsis to Coma. We’ll also hear from Craig Padilla and Marvin Allen.
For International Women’s Day, we survey women electronic musicians, from pioneers like Wendy Carlos and Suzanne Ciani, to contemporary artists like Laurie Anderson and Eve Maret.
It’s all a fantasy when we hear new music by M83 off the new album of dreamy synths, big chorales and emotional songs called Fantasy. We’ll also hear from Röyksopp’s Profound Mysteries III.
Cigarettes After Sex has a new single, continuing his sultry, pillow-talk sound. We’ll also hear Desire Marea, a daring artist from South Africa who might be that country’s version of Bjork.
Kaki King is celebrating the 20th anniversary of her debut album, Everybody Loves You. She performs that music that made the finger-style guitar world’s collective jaw drop, on Echoes.
Get a preview of the Big Ears Festival 2023. Founder Ashley Capps talks about the line-up that includes John Zorn, Morton Subotnick, Charles Lloyd, Bill Frisell and Ibeyi and more.
We float through ambient space with Rest of Life by Steve Roach. It’s a double-CD of ambient electronic dreams from the master of that sound and it is the Echoes March CD of the Month.
Karmacoda began as a trip-hop inspired band but have transitioned into a more 70s R&B sound. We talk to singer Jessica Ford and instrumentalist Brett Crockett about their soulful affinities.
New music from Babitha. That’s the stage name of Imogen Grist from Australia. She’s making a country-inspired dream pop on The Brighter Side of Blue. We’ll also hear music by Hansan.
On a Slow Flow Echoes the mutant trumpet of Ben Neill. He plays his Rube Goldberg instrument that has three horns, a double set of valves, a mini-trombone slide and lots of electronics.