Kiasmos is the electronic project of ambient chamber music composer Ólafur Arnalds and fellow Icelander, Janus Rasmussen. They talk about how they moved from minimalist techno to something more lush and orchestral.
On this Earth Day, we create a soundscape born from the planet, inspired by the riches of this earth that we seem so intent on destroying.
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John Luther Adams talks about his award-winning composition, Become Ocean, and his decision to leave Alaska in the Echoes Podcast.
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Big Ears is one of the most expansive, eclectic and challenging music festivals in the world. In downtown Knoxville Tennessee, musicians from around the world and across genres convene in concerts that test the limits of sound and music.
J Anthony Allen is an academic composer who makes music for the dance floor and the ambient lounge. He talks about it on Echoes.
J Anthony Allen is an academic composer who makes music for the dance floor and the ambient lounge. He talks about it on Echoes.
J Anthony Allen is an academic composer who makes music for the dance floor and the ambient lounge. He talks about it on Echoes.
Chad Kettering started out as a classical trumpet player, but something happened on the way to the concert hall.
Brian Eno’s Discreet Music is the seminal work of ambient music. Now Contact has taken this electronic piece and arranged it for acoustic instruments. Contact’s Discreet Music is the Echoes CD of the Month.
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Steven Halpern released his first album of electric piano modalities, Spectrum Suite, in 1975. That makes 2015 his 40th anniversary as a recording artist. We talk to Halpern about the evolution of his music from the “anti-frantic alternative” to his concepts of sound healing.