Cigarettes After Sex has a new single, continuing his sultry, pillow-talk sound. We’ll also hear Desire Marea, a daring artist from South Africa who might be that country’s version of Bjork.
Playlists
Thursday, May 7, 2026 – Echoes Program 2618D
Tag: Chillout
Coming Up
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 – Music by Lana Del Rey
Music by Lana Del Rey. The artful pop chanteuse gets intimate on her album, Did You Know There Was a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd? We’ll also hear from Olafur Arnalds.
Playlists
Wednesday, May 6, 2026 – Echoes Program 2618C
Get ready to be sliced and diced when we hear music by Wax Tailor, the French electronic artist who likes to cut-up archival voice samples. We’ll hear from his album Fishing for Accidents.
Coming Up
Tuesday, May 19, 2026 – Music from Frankie Rose
Frankie Rose started out as a punk artist, but she’s evolved into electronic pop on her album, Love as Protection. We’ll also hear Gemma Ray and the Death Bell Gang.
Playlists
Tuesday, May 5, 2026 – Echoes Program 2618B
Keyboardist Tom Eaton and guitarist Vin Downes are veterans of work with Will Ackerman and are in a trio with Jeff Oster. They have an album of ambient duets called Until the Light Was Gone.
Coming Up
Monday, May 18, 2026 – Windham Hill 50th
50 years ago, guitarist Will Ackerman’s modest release In Search of the Turtle’s Navel launched a movement. We hear founder Will Ackerman talk about the genesis of a revolution.
Playlists
Monday, May 4, 2026 – Echoes Program 2618A
Our May CD of the Month is Counting Sunsets by the ambient country band, SUSS. They go into deep ambient terrain on this new album.
Playlists
Weekend, May 2-3, 2026 – Programs 2617A & 2617B
Techno DJs Felsmann & Tiley take the ambient classical pill and dial up a more cinematic electronic sound on their second album, Protomensch. They explore the idiocy and ingenuity of mankind.
Coming Up
Friday, May 15, 2026 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, we’ll hear a Japanese electronic artist who records as Yaffle. He’s got a beautiful ambient chamber music release recorded with several Icelandic musicians.
CD of the Month
Echoes May 2026 CD of the Month: SUSS
The Ambient Country Band SUSS delivers their most haunting and expansive work to date with Counting Sunsets. It’s a trip into a high plains dusk and Echoes May CD of the Month.