It’s the Best of Echoes 2025 So Far. As we hit the year’s midway mark, we’re selecting the 35 best releases to rise above this year so far. I can’t tell you who is on it, tune in to hear it!
Marconi Union talk about their CD of the Month, The Fear of Never Landing. After losing a founding member, Jami Crossley and Duncan Meadows have continued on with a new, refreshed sound.
Music by 9 Theory and Torii Wolf from their collaboration, Soft Realms. 9 Theory is producer Gabe Lehner and Torii Wolf is a singer and producer who comes out of the Massive Attack mold.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, Jeff Johnson and John Van Deusen go deeply ambient. They’ve created a 29-minute music journey called Eremo, which is Italian for refuge. Echoes is always a refuge.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by German multi-instrumentalist, Marcator. Earlier this year he released the album, PanAroma. Now he has an album of remixes called PanAroma Reincarnations.
New music by Jeremiah Fraites. He’s a member of the alt-rock group, The Lumineers, but on his own he’s making a neo-classical sound with a rough edge. He has a new album, Piano Piano 2.
Two artists from Japan: Kitaro from his album, An Enchanted Evening, which has just been reissued, and Hiroki Okano from his latest, Kyoumei. That translates as sympathy or resonance.
Music from Jeff Oster, Vin Downes and Tom Eaton from their album, Seven Conversations. It’s an improvisation in ambient space. We’ll also hear from Deborah Martin and Erik Wollo.
New music by Quiet Resonance. That’s the pseudonym of Mississippi pastor, Tony Pounder. He takes ambient guitar in new directions on his latest album, Asleep at the Wheel.