Moby talks about his album, All Visible Objects with its themes of revolution, isolation and contemplation. Then we look at music in pandemic and unrest with The Best of Echoes 2020, So Far.
It’s been an incredible six months for music, and you’ll hear our top picks on The Best of Echoes 2020, So Far. John Diliberto counts down the mid-year Echoes Top 25.
Moby talks about his prescient new album, All Visible Objects. Written mostly in 2019, its themes of revolution, isolation and contemplation seem to fit right in with these times.
We talk to Gunnar Spardel, who composes somber and serene chamber music under his own name and upbeat, progressive electronic music under the guise of Tigerforest.
Polly Scattergood is the singer for OnDeadWaves and now she has a new solo album called In This Moment. We’ll also hear a hymn for the pandemic by Mimi Goese and Ben Neill.
Danish singer Agnes Obel creates a haunting ambient chamber pop music. On Myopia, she explores states of mind from insomnia to loss, all couched in her muted arrangements and whammy bar voice.
An Echoes Summer Solstice. We mark the beginning of summer with a soundscape drawn from Aukai, Jake Shimabukuro, Angel Olsen and the man for all seasons, George Winston.
New music by dream pop singer Sohn & the Metropole Orchestra who turn his electronic pop into pop symphonies. We’ll also hear music from Aukai off their new album of world fusion, Game Trails.
The Echoes Top 25 for May 2020 features AVAWaves, John Gregorius, Nicholas Godin, Rhian Sheehan, Peter Kater and 20 other great CDs. See what should be in your collection.
We talk with Taimane. Her ukulele fusion that takes the instrument out of the luau and into the world. We also talk to Danish singer Agnes Obel about her haunting ambient chamber pop music.