We hear from an opera singer turned alt-rock diva when Zola Jesus talks about her new album, Arkhon. It’s a mix of religion and science fiction as she grapples with these dystopian times.
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.
For July 4th we take you into twanguility with an Ambient Americana soundscape. And you’ll hear an interview with electronic duo Röyksopp talking about “Profound Mysteries.”.
An interview with Norway’s Röyksopp. An exploding puff ball mushroom inspired their name, and their music has ranged from ambient to dance pop. Their new album is Profound Mysteries.
New music by Roger Eno. The brother of Brian has a new album of solo piano & ambient chamber works called The Turning Year. We’ll also hear from Lost in Translation, one of his earlier works.
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.
Enter the sanctuary of Bass Temple. She is an EDM downtempo musician out of Colorado and she’s just released her debut EP, The Beginning. We’ll also hear new music by HAAi.
We plug in to the mushroom cloud of Röyksopp and discover the meaning of their album, Profound Mysteries, the July CD of the Month. They explore sounds from ambient to new wave to EDM.
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 folky twang.