We unveil The Best Albums of 2025 on Echoes. It’s a list unlike any other, which you should probably realize if you listen to Echoes.
Playlists
Thursday, Jan 1, 2025 – Echoes Program 2552D
Tag: Chillout
Coming Up
Wednesday, Jan 14, 2026 – Music from QNTAL
The Medieval electronics of Qntal. This brilliant German group, fronted by vocalist Sigrid Hausen, turns medieval texts into electronica songs that seem to come from a cosmic cathedral.
Playlists
Wed, Dec 31, 2025 – Echoes New Year’s Eve 2551C
Dance in 2026 with An Echoes Ambient Trance New Year’s Eve. All systems are plugged in, and the chill is turned up to 11, as we swing in on electronic sounds old, new and beyond time and space.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Jan 13, 2026 – New Music from Falling You
New music from Falling You. It’s the brainchild of producer John Michael Zorko who creates evocative, haunting themes with a collection of dream pop divas on the new album, Metanoia.
Echoes Extended
Ambient New Year’s Eve 2024 (non-narrated)
Dance in 2025 with a non-narrated, non-stop, Echoes Ambient New Year’s Eve. All systems are plugged in, and the chill is turned up to 11, as we swing in on electronic sounds old, new and beyond time and space.
Playlists
Tuesday, Dec 30, 2025 – Echoes Program 2552B
A legend of dub on the next Echoes when we talk to producer Adrian Sherwood. He’s worked with artists like Creation Rebel, Keith LeBlanc, and more. His new album is The Collapse of Everything.
Coming Up
Monday, Jan 12, 2026 – Marissa Nadler Interview
Marissa Nadler is something beyond a singer-songwriter. Her seductive voice is wrapped in elaborate stories and bathed in psychedelic overtones and reverb.
Playlists
Monday, Dec 29, 2025 – Echoes Program 2552A
New music by Abby Sage. Her debut album is called The Rot. She says “The Rot album focuses on the decomposition and reconstruction of everything she was taught growing up.”
Playlists
Weekend, Dec 27-28, 2025 – Programs 2551A & 2551B
New music by STS9. Born out of the haze of Santa Cruz’s hallucinogenic culture, they have a new album called Human Dream — A Journey Through the Human Condition and Cosmic Connection.
Coming Up
Friday, Jan 9, 2026 – Ancient Dreams
We celebrate the 40th anniversary of Patrick O’Hearn’s debut album, Ancient Dreams. This signature release was a road map of mood and mystery and set the tone for the Private Music label.