The May CD of the Month is Imaginary Trains by Michael Whalen. Whalen pulls in all his synthesizers to create a vision for the future with landmarks in the past of space music and the new age.
Laurie Anderson’s 1982 debut album, Big Science, is a work that has proven timeless, sometimes sadly, across 40 years. We look back at the album with Laurie Anderson Monday Night 4/18/2022 on Echoes and in the Echoes Podcast on Thursday.
David Helpling takes us inside his new double CD that’s just titled IN. The title is simple but the music is an expanse of dynamic ambient orchestrations for guitar and synthesizers.
The Royal Arctic Institute: not a science organization. This quintet creates atmospheric guitar-centric sound, like the Ventures gone slow mo and psychedelic. They play for us live.
Music from singer Jo Beth Young, who we’ve known previously as Talitha Rise. She has new music that takes a more electronic and ethereal direction. We’ll also hear music by Tone Ranger.
Downtempo global fusion erupts when we hear Tropo, a project of violinist Tyson Leonard. He mixes electronics with violin and all kinds of global elements on Siente tu Corazon.
Klaus Schulze Heads to the Final Frontier: We remember this legend with a documnetary, artists reflections and of course, his space traveling music in an all Klaus Schulze show.
Two singers with very different approaches. We’ll hear the raging voice of Zola Jesus from a new single, and Natalia Clavier, a singer with Thievery Corporation who has a new recording.
Texas-based artist Hollan Holmes paints southern landscapes and rusty artifacts by day, but he heads into electronic space at night, composing music like his CD Emerald Waters.
David Helpling takes us inside his new double CD that’s just titled IN. The title is simple but the music is an expanse of dynamic ambient orchestrations for guitar and synthesizers.