Deep moods and a couple of quirky releases highlight John Diliberto’s Top Ten Albums for 2012. 2012 will be a year marked by really good albums, but not necessarily groundbreaking, earth shattering or definitive works that place any one release ahead of the pack. There are a few albums I could’ve picked as number one,…
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Program Highlights, Reviews & Commentary
Little People’s Ambient Chamber Music.
Listen to the Little People Echoes Interview Here. In the world of electronic music we sometimes forget that that description also embraces Hip Hop and Rap music. That is, those of us on the space and ambient side of things forget. But Laurent Clerc grew up listening to American and English Hip-Hop and even played…
Best Of
Best of Echoes 2012 Poll Is Open.
Now that the Presidential Election is over, vote in a poll where you can really have an impact. We’ve launched the Best of Echoes 2012 Poll. You can win some great prizes including, One Year Membership to the Echoes CD of the Month Club A One Year Subscription to Echoes On-Line so you can hear…
Living Room Concerts
Tangents-Echoes Live CD
All Tangents Lead to Echoes Hear ALL of Tangents tonight on Echoes. Tangents is the latest collection of live music performances from the Echoes Living Room and once again, it’s a seamless trip through the Echoes soundscape with exclusive live recordings. Centering Tangents is Ozric Tentacles who absolutely ripped our heads off with their live…
Best Of
Post-Rock Dominates Echoes Top 25 for October.
Hans Christian & Harry Manx’s You Are the Music of My Silence leads the Echoes Top 25 for October. Their dreamy Indian evocations, the Echoes CD of the Month for October, floats like a seagull above a roiling ocean of post & alt-rock bands in the Top Ten. Tycho, All India Radio, Balmorhea, Hammock, The…
Living Room Concerts, Program Highlights
David Wright Live On Echoes.
Tonight on Echoes we’ve got David Wright coming into the Echoes Living Room to play live. This veteran English synthesist has been recording space music opuses since 1989 and has released 2 dozen solo albums plus recordings with Code Indigo and Callisto. David’s music is initially inspired by artists like Vangelis and Klaus Schulze, but…
CD of the Month
CD of The Month Poll Results.
We recently polled Echoes CD of the Month Club members about their favorite club CDs over the last year. As we get ready to think about our year end Best of Echoes poll, I thought everyone might enjoy reading some of the results. Overall, people seemed very happy with the CD of the Month Club…
Best Of, CD of the Month
Dead Can Dance Rise to Echoes Top 25 for September.
Dead Can Dance resurrects themselves to the top of the the Echoes Top 25 for September with their album, Anastasis. Anastasis means resurrection and it was the Echoes CD of the Month for September. Sounds from the Ground returns with a surprising showing at number two with their album, Widerworld and a couple of albums…
Program Highlights
The Soft-Focus Glow of Azure Ray.
Hear Azure Ray talk about their music on Echoes Tuesday October 23. The Dream Pop duo know as Azure Ray came into the Echoes Living Room yesterday and put on a breathless and enchanting performance playing music from their new CD, As Above So Below as well as some older songs including “November.” Their’s is…
Reviews & Commentary
Sshhhhhhh. John Cage at 100.
John Cage would’ve been 100 today. He died in 1992, but his influence continues to echo through music. Many of the musicians on Echoes still cite Cage as an inspiration. As recently as yesterday on Echoes, Franco Falsini of Sensations Fix recalled hearing Cage in the early 1970s. John Cage had this concept, “I wanted to…