Seduction & entrancement are part of Echoes June CD of the Month. Travelers Cloth by Robert Rich is an album of sensual moods threaded on flutes, percussion, ambient lap-steel & synthesizers.
We talk to Ladytron, who have been making electrified pop sounds for all of the 21st Century. Helen Marnie and Daniel Hunt tell us their story and about their latest album, Time’s Arrow.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, electronic music by Colin Rayment: Polyphonic Memories II. It’s in the Berlin School style of an artist from that era, Robert Schroeder, who also has a recent album.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by David Helpling. His album of ambient orchestrations for guitar and synthesizer is called IN. We’ll also hear music by Ben Lukas Boysen.
Some of the most instantly recognizable notes in modern music are from Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells. We celebrate its 50th anniversary as Mike Oldfield and others look back on this epic work.
The enchantment of Lucinda Chua. The British singer and cellist has just released a masterful, perfectly-pitched album called Yian. It translates as Swallow. Lucinda Chua flies on Echoes.
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 new album, Resound NYC.
Experience the joy of Ibeyi. That’s Yoruban for twins and this duo are twin sisters from France who have an intoxicating sound that merges pop, hip-hop, and African and Cuban grooves.
La Luz singer and guitarist Shana Cleveland plays live on Echoes. Playing music from her solo release, Manzanita, each song carries Shana’s unique blend of folk, indie, and dreamy pop.