VEiiLA is a Russian electronica duo who are distilling alienation, political disenfranchisement and introspection into luxurious melancholy on Sentimental Craving for Beauty.
CD of the Month
Echoes Sept. CD of the Month: VEiiLA
Tag: downtempo
Coming Up
Weekend, Sept 16-17, 2023 – Anna: The Echoes Interview
We hear electronic sounds from Brazil when we talk to Anna. She’s creating ambient music after a career in thumping techno. Her album Intentions revels in serene melodic cycles.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Sept 13, 2023 – Ladytron – The Echoes Interview
We talk to Ladytron who have been making electrified pop sounds for all of the 21st Century. Helen Marnie and Daniel Hunt tell us their story and about their latest album, Time’s Arrow.
Playlists
Wednesday, Aug 30, 2023 – Echoes Program 2335C
We enter a hallucinogenic state when we talk with Delerium, the long-lived dream pop duo. We’ll talk to Rhys Fulber and Bill Leeb about their electronic approach to pop.
Coming Up
Monday, Sept 11, 2023 – Anna: The Echoes Interview
We hear electronic sounds from Brazil when we talk to Anna. She’s creating ambient music after a career in thumping techno. Her album Intentions revels in serene melodic cycles.
Coming Up
Weekend, Sept 9-10, 2023 – Caterina Barbieri & VEiiLA CDoM
Electronic music Italian style when we talk to Caterina Barbieri. She’s a solo artist who works in improvisation and modular synthesis that weaves through EDM, Minimalism and sequencer drive.
Coming Up
Thursday, Sept 7, 2023 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, Kinobe channels 60s instrumental film sounds on his album, Over the Horizon. We’ll also hear Jeff Oster’s downtempo, low-fi ambient jazz.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast II: Moby 2011 Complete
Coming Up
Tuesday, Sept 5, 2023 – VEiiLA CD of the Month
VEiiLA are Russian emigres who fled after the invasion of Ukraine. They have called their sound “music for introverts” but it could as well be music for the depressed, forlorn and love-lost.
Reviews & Commentary
Concert Review: Sigur Rós at Kings Theater
Sigur Ros took the stage of Kings theater, playing music from across their career including their latest album, ÁTTA. It was dark, brooding, both opoppressive and rapturous.