For July 4th we take you into twanguility with an Ambient Americana soundscape. It’s country and western distilled though Brian Eno ambiences, but still with that country twang.
Playlists
Weekend, July 9-10, 2022 – Programs 2227A & 2227B
Tag: Chillout
Coming Up
Friday, July 22, 2022 – New Music from Eric Hilton
New music by Eric Hilton. Half of Thievery Corporation, he’s spent his pandemic time releasing four albums to date. His new one is Lost Dialect. We accept all dialects on Echoes from PRX.
Coming Up
Thursday, July 21, 2022 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Vic Hennegan. He started out as a disciple of German space music but he’s gone in a more percussive direction for his new album, Time Ritual.
Coming Up
Wednesday, July 20, 2022 – Michael Whalen Interview
Electronic artist Michael Whalen draws upon his roots in 70s and 80s European electronic music to create his album, Imaginary Trains. He talks about the journey of this album.
Playlists
Wednesday, July 6, 2022 – Echoes Program 2227C
It’s the psychedelic shoegaze sound of Mountains of Jura, a band channeling Pink Floyd and Slowdive. We’ll also hear from Radium 88 from their album, We Are All Dreaming Now.
Coming Up
Tuesday, July 19, 2022 – Steve Tibbetts Collection
There’s a Hellbound Train coming into Echoes when we hear a track from a new collection of music by guitarist Steve Tibbetts. We’ll also hear from NaNa, a band from Japan with a downtempo sound.
Playlists
Tuesday, July 5, 2022 – Echoes Program 2227B
We plug in to the mushroom cloud of Röyksopp and discover the meaning of their album, Profound Mysteries. It’s the July CD of the Month. They explore sounds from ambient to new wave to EDM.
Coming Up
Monday, July 18, 2022 – Animalweapon Interview
Animalweapon. The name comes from the Dead Pool superhero comic but no animals are harmed in the music of Patrick Cortes. But he does uses animal recordings as part of his electronic songs.
Playlists
Monday, July 4, 2022 – Echoes Program 2227A
For July 4th we take you into twanguility with an Ambient Americana soundscape. It’s country and western distilled though Brian Eno ambiences, but still with that country twang.
Playlists
Weekend, July 2-3, 2022 – Programs 2226A & 2226B
Composer Steve Reich is 86 years old but he’s still making the music of tomorrow. He has a new album, Reich/Richter, inspired by paintings of Gerhard Richter, and a new book, Conversations.