New music by trumpet player SaQi and multi-instrumentalist and vocalist SuRaj. On their album, Dust Into Gold, they explore a downtempo fusion of electronic and Middle Eastern moods.
Playlists
Thursday, December 20, 2018 – Echoes Program 1851D
Tag: downtempo
Reviews & Commentary
Tuesday, December 18, 2018: 2018 CDs of the Month
There are Twelve Days of Christmas and 12 Months of Echoes CD of the Month Picks. We count the months of 2018 with our CD picks from January to December.
Playlists
Thursday, December 13, 2018 – Echoes Program 1850D
On the next Echoes, one half of the Thievery Corporation brain trust, Rob Garza. He’s got a new solo EP out called Dissolve. We’ll also hear new music from Richard Souther.
Interview Podcast
Podcast: CloZee’s Downtempo Global Cut-Ups-Up Dreams
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In the Echoes Podcast, CloZee talks about a sound that she has called World Bass. She samples global instruments and motifs and puts them in a blender of beats.
Best Of
Echoes November Top 25: Dead Can Dance in Top Spot
The Echoes Top 25 for November 2018 features the Dead Can Dance CD of the Month “Dionysus” at the top, followed by White Sun, Lena Natalia, Mark Dwane, William Fitzsimmons and 20 more.
Playlists
Friday, November 30, 2018-Echoes Program 1848E
On a Slow Flow Echoes it’s new music by Solar Fields. The Swedish electronic artist aka Magnus Birgessontakes his downtempo sound in a more cinematic direction on “Ourdom.”
Playlists
Thursday, November 15th, 2018-Echoes Program 1846D
The latest by two different dream pop artists. We’ll hear some dream pop noir by Cigarettes After Sex and their new single, “Crush” and the latest by English chanteuse, Lyla Foy on Echoes.
Living Room Concerts
William Fitzsimmons, performing Live On Echoes
William Fitzsimmons creates a particularly introspective brand of folky dream pop. He comes in to perform music off his latest album, Mission Bell.
Best Of
Echoes October Top 25: David Arkenstone Goes Sky High
The Echoes Top 25 for October 2018 features David Arkenstone’s CD of the Month “Colors of the Ambient Sky” at the top, followed by Dead Can Dance, William Fitzsimmons and Talitha Rise.
Reviews & Commentary
Beacon brings Dream-Pop sound to a Dark Video “On Ice”
Beacon is the R&B-inflected dreampop project who create electronically driven mood pieces. They’ve just released their album, Gravity Pairs and an ominous video for the song “On Ice”.