Nicholas Gunn’s 30 is Echoes August CD of the Month. 30 is an expansive album that celebrates the 30 years of Gunn’s music evolution from New Age to electronica.
CD of the Month
Echoes August 2025 CD of the Month: Nicholas Gunn “30”
Tag: downtempo
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Thursday, Aug 14, 2025 – Music from C37
New music by C37. That’s the moniker of British electronic artist Paul Cudby, who has been making chilled vignettes for a few years now. He has a new album, Into Thin Air.
Playlists
Friday, July 25, 2025 – Echoes Program 2529E
Air’s Moon Safari album gets an epic and ambient rework by Vegyn. It’s called Blue Moon Safari. Vegyn maintains the downtempo mood of the original but takes it into new atmospheres.
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5 Best Mark Dwane CDs
Mark Dwane, who died in July 2025, was an architect of sonic delights, a composer of epic adventures and a guitar-synth master. Here are five of his best recordings.
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Wednesday, Aug 6, 2025 – Japanese Breakfast and More
New music by Japanese Breakfast, the Philadelphia dream pop band fronted by Michelle Zauner. They have a new pastoral single off their album, For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women).
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 June: Marconi Union Lands at the Top
Marconi Union sticks the landing with their album, The Fear of Never Landing, Echoes June CD of the Month. AvaWaves just misses and AESEAS eyes the top in Echoes Top 25 Releases for June 2025.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2025 – Psychedelic Music
On the next Echoes, we get psychedelicized. We’ll explore psychedelic music from the 1960s right up through the electronic hallucinations of the 2000s. It’s Peace Love and blown minds.
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Friday, July 25, 2025 – Vegyn Reworks Air
Air’s Moon Safari album gets an epic and ambient rework by Vegyn. It’s called Blue Moon Safari. Vegyn maintains the downtempo mood of the original but takes it into new atmospheres.
Best Of
Best of Albums of 2025 So Far – The Echoes Top 35
Nanocluster Volume 3 by Immersion and SUSS tops the Best Albums of 2025 So Far- The Echoes Top 35 , followed by Marconi Union, Carl Weingarten, Ian Boddy & Erik Wollo, and 31 other great CDs.
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Wednesday, July 2, 2025 – Eric Hilton & Natalia Clavier
Eric Hilton is one half of the group, Thievery Corporation, but he’s been amassing a prolific solo catalog. He has a new one called Midnight Ragas that features Natalia Clavier.