Two sides of deep ambience. We’ll hear from Billow Observatory (Danish guitarist Jonas Munk and American electronic artist Jason Kolb) and we’ll have new music by the Icelandic duo Hugar.
We hear notes from the frontline of the Russian Ukraine invasion when we talk to electronic musician, Vonavi. He reports from his home under black out conditions awaiting air raid sirens.
We remember Brian Dunning. The brilliant flute player with Nightnoise, Puck Fair, and collaborations with Jeff Johnson, passed on February 10. We’ll share music and memories.
Echoes’ March CD of the Month looks back on Memories. It’s called Memoria by Danish electronic artist Trentemøller. He mixes downtempo grooves, New Wave moods and dreampop vocals.
Chieli Minucci talks about his instrumental outing into a more contemplative mode. He’s a guitarist and founder of fusion group Special EFX, but has a new solo album called Someone’s Singing.
On a Slow Flow Echoes we go ambient country with guitarist Carl Weingarten who has released Stop Me Try, and The Royal Arctic Institute who twang in ambience on From Catnap To Coma.
Trentemøller is a Danish electronic musician who started out on the dance floor. Now he’s creating a more introspective music drawing upon his memories and his recent status as a father.
In honor of Black History Month, we turn the Echoes prism onto the African and black influences in ambient music. They come from many sources: jazz, R&B, Hip-hop and Africa itself.
Chieli Minucci talks about his instrumental outing into a more contemplative mode. He’s a guitarist and founder of fusion group Special EFX, but has a new solo album called Someone’s Singing.