Arcade Fire have gone disco, but Echoes hasn’t. On the next show we pull a deep non-dance track from Arcade Fire’s new album, Everything Now. We’ll also hear music from the dark dream pop group, HDLSS whose new album is “Selecttions from DUMB”.
Ireland’s Tiny Magnetic Pets are creating retro electronic pop and they have one of the originators of that sound as a guest, Wolfgang Flur from Kraftwerk. And Chronotope Project returns with Ovum.
It’s new music by Electric Youth who released an ambient film score for a movie that never came out called Breathing. We’ll also hear the ambient guitar band, Hammock from Mysterium.
On the next Echoes, new music by Hundred Waters from their new album, Communicating. And music from Nouveau Flamenco guitarist Jesse cook from his album, Beyond Borders.
Mystic Journey rules the Kingdom of Mountains and The Echoes Top 25 for September. It was our CD of the month. It’s followed by Gracie and Rachel, Hammock and 22 more.
On the next Echoes we go under cover in an all covers show. We’ll hear songs you know, performed by other people including Agnes Obel, Blackmore’s Night and Ane Brun.
Cold Specks is a Canadian singer with Somali roots and deep soul attitude. Her new album Fool’s Paradise is a lo-fi Soul experience, and the video for “Wild Card” reflects it’s muted tones.
Björk once again pulls out all the stops in this New Age fantasy of a video for The Gateway, a fantasy of Universal love with state-of-the-art CGI. Put this up full screen for total immersion.
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Tamsin Wilson, the namesake of her group, Wilsen with an “e” talks about dust and centipedes and her June CD of the Month, I Go Missing In My Sleep in the Echoes Podcast.
Quaeschning & Schnauss’ “Synthwaves” Hangs Ten in the Echoes Top 25 for August. Riding inside the curl behind them are folktronica artist Gordi’s “Reservoir” and Yaima’s New Age World Electro Fusion “Ovo.”