Ben Neill has been at the bleeding edge of new music for decades with his Mutantrumpet. Now he has a book, Diffusing Music – Trajectories of Sonic Democratization
Coming Up
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 – Ben Neill
Tag: downtempo
Playlists
Wednesday, April 23, 2025: Echoes Program 2516C
Lost Records; Bloom & Rage is a video game with am impressive score from Ruth Radelet of Chromatics and Milk & Bone. We pick up our controller and play it tonight on Echoes.
Coming Up
Wednesday, April 23, 2025: Lost Records, Bloom and Rage
Lost Records; Bloom & Rage is a video game with am impressive score from Ruth Radelet of Chromatics and Milk & Bone. We pick up our controller and play it tonight on Echoes.
Coming Up
Weekend, Apr 19-20, 2025 – Immersion & SUSS Live
Get immersed in the Nanocluster with Immersion and SUSS, live. This collaboration travels the borders of ambient, country and electronic music on their album, Nanocluster Volume 3.
Playlists
Tuesday, Apr 1, 2025 – Echoes Program 2513B
MAPS is the recording persona of James Chapman. Best known for dream pop releases, his last two albums, Counter Melody and Counter Continuo have been pure joyous, electronic bliss.
Coming Up
Monday, Apr 14, 2025 – Immersion & SUSS Play Live
Get immersed in the Nanocluster with Immersion and SUSS, live. This collaboration travels the borders of ambient, country and electronic music on their album, Nanocluster Volume 3.
Reviews & Commentary
Big Ears Festival 2025 – A Musical Journey
Big Ears Festival 2025 is upon us and decisions must be made. Echoes host John Diliberto plots his path through the most Echoes-centric Big Ears ever with Steve Roach centering it all.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Ben Neill’s Music Democracy
Living Room Concerts
Ben Neill, Performing Live On Echoes
We take you back to a 2016 live Echoes performance by Ben Neill. He plays the mutantrumpet with 3 bells, 2 sets of valves, a mini trombone slide and a lot of electronic controllers.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Apr 1, 2025 – MAPS: The Echoes Interview
We throw out our GPS and get out MAPS. That’s the recording persona of James Chapman. His last two albums have been pure joyous, electronic bliss. We talk counter melodies and more.