James Hood played drums with The Pretenders and recorded tripped out electronica as Moodswings, but his new passion is the Hang drum which looks like a flying saucer. He has a new double CD of Hang drum music called Pure Ceremony.
Ascendant is a duo of Californian musicians exploring the Big Bang, and other mysteries of the universe, through meticulously-crafted synthesizer soundscapes.
Howling brings together an Australian singer and German electronic artist who met on Skype. They have a new album of electro-pop called Sacred Ground. We’ll hear that and new, surprisingly mellow music from the Japanese guitar assault band, Mono.
Andrew Dobson started performing as Digitonal in 1997 and began recording with the 2002 album, 23 Things Fall Apart. With the addition of Egyptian violinist Samy Bishai Digitonal hit its stride with the 2008 album, Save Your Light for Darker Days.
Singer-songwriter Kristin Hoffmann has been recording since she was 17 with a music she called Ethereal Renaissance Pop.
There are three nights of great Echoes music this week in Philadelphia, when Lanterna, Low Roar and Ozric Tentacles come to town on consecutive nights.
If you love the charm of a broken music box, a building in decay, and moss covered gardens, then the fractured elegance of Digitonal is for you.
If you love the charm of a broken music box, a building in decay, and moss covered gardens, then the fractured elegance of Digitonal is for you.
Robots need love too and on the next Echoes, Canadian musician Patrick Watson has a dreampop ode for them.
It’s another Slow Flow Friday with music from Jeff Oster, Another Fine Day and Steve Roach.