It’s music by electronic dream pop singer Half Waif. The daughter of an Indian refugee from Uganda and an Irish-American, she heard Indian bhajans and Celtic pop growing up.
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Wednesday, May 20, 2020 – Music from Half Waif
Tag: dream pop
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Weekend, May 16-17, 2020 – Godin & Naneum Interviews
AIR Founding member Nicolas Godin has a new solo album out that began as an architectural art project. Naneum recorded a local choir but then sliced it up into his own arrangements.
Playlists
Weekend, May 2-3, 2020 – Programs 2017A & 2017B
Polica’s Channy Leanagh fell off a roof and broke her back. Nicholas Gunn got bullied as a young flute player. But that didn’t stop either of them from recording amazing music.
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Friday, May 15, 2020 – Music from Marissa Nadler & Tigerforest
We’ll hear a great version of Phil Collins’ In the Air Tonight by Marissa Nadler & Stephen Brodsky. We’ll also hear from Tigerforest’s album of orchestrated electronics called Discovery.
Best Of
Echoes April 2020 Top 25: Michael Whalen Sacred Space
The Echoes Top 25 for April 2020 features Michael Whalen’s Sacred Spaces, AVAWaves, Tigerforest Emancipator, Paul Speer, Purity Ring, and 19 other CDs. See if your favorites made the list.
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020 – Vonavi Interview
We travel to Ukraine to talk with Andrei Ivanov who records as Vonavi. Last year this electronic composer released his impressive debut album, Reflection with collaborators like Run Rivers.
Playlists
Wednesday, Apr 29, 2020 – Echoes Program 20-17C
It’s dreamy, downtempo music by JFDR, that’s an abbreviation of her more complicated Icelandic name. We’ll also hear electronic music by Spinger from the album, Invisible Tree.
Playlists
Tuesday, Apr 28, 2020 – Echoes Program 2017B
Nicholas Gunn got bullied as a young flute player, but that’s not why he put down his instrument in favor of electronics. Join John Diliberto when he talks with Nicholas Gunn.
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Monday, May 11, 2020 – Nicolas Godin Interview
The French Band AIR was one of the seminal electronic pop groups of the 1990s and oughts. Founding member Nicolas Godin has a new solo album out that began as an architectural art project.
Playlists
Monday, Apr 27, 2020 – Echoes Program 2017A
Singer Channy Leanagh fell off a roof and broke her back, but that didn’t stop her from recording a great album with her group, Polica. We talk about the album When We Stay Alive.