A synthesizer pioneer reflects on his work with Peter Gabriel, Wendy Carlos and his own Synergy albums. Larry Fast was an early exponent of purely electronic and melodic space music. His album, Realizations for Rock Orchestra is still a favorite among electronic music fans. He worked with Peter Gabriel extensively in the 1970s and…
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Echo Location: The Mandrake Project-
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20090415.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe best progressive band of the 2000s? If you’re looking for Progressive Rock that isn’t trapped in the 1970s, The Mandrake Project has some forward thinking music for you. You can hear an audio version of this blog with music from The Mandrake Project, here. With influences that…
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Michael Whalen and Atomic Skunk: Free Music that Doesn’t Stink
Free electronic music from two artisans of ambience, Michael Whalen and Atomic Skunk.
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Echo Location: The Beyman Bros
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20090408.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSpinal Tap guitarist creates bluegrass jams in global space. (You can hear an audio version of this blog with music from The Beyman Bros.) When you see the back CD cover of an album by The Beyman Bros, with Christopher Guest sitting on a porch, holding a mandolin,…
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Ozric Tentacles, Natural Born Chillers and YumYum Music
Ozric picks the fruit of The YumYum Tree & Natural Born Chillers Return Two slices of downtempo psychedelia have crossed over recently. Ozric Tentacles follows up their last studio album, The Floor Is Too Far Away with a new one called The YumYum Tree. It’s another foray of deeply electrified psychedelic journeys. Synthesizers pulse while…
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Echoes March Top 25: David Darling Tops
David Darling Tops Echoes Top 25 for March This year is already shaping up to be a diverse and unusual one with fantastic, innovative music coming from unlikely sources. David Darling’s Prayer for Compassion topping the list, is of course, no surprise. He was our Echoes CD of the Month for March and he’s been…
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Echo Location: The Doctor is In
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20090401.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSEchoes April CD of the Month: Morgan Doctor: Other Life You can hear an audio version of the Echoes Blog, with Morgan Doctor’s music. Morgan Doctor is one of those musicians who finds herself between worlds. The music on her new solo album, Other Life, is marked by…
Living Room Concerts
Flute Orgy-Suzanne Teng & Robert Mirabal
If you’re looking to get your flute on this summer, check out the Zion Flute and Drum Festival. It’s happening in Utah May15-17, 2009 and it’s a gathering of flute players, makers, educators and fans for a few days of wind blown melodies, including live concerts that include a pair of Echoes favorites, Suzanne Teng…
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Echo Location: Bill Bruford Redux
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20090325.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSBill Bruford brings Plays Taps to Progressive Rock. ((((( You can hear an audio version of this blog, with music ))))) No one gives the rock drummer much attention, unless he happens to be the signature progressive rock drummer of the last 4 decades. That’s the case with…
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Echo Location: Steve Roach and Erik Wollo
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20090318.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSteve Roach & Erik Wollo: A Norwegian ambient artist descends in the Arizona Desert. You can hear an audio version of this blog, with music. Steve Roach lives on a horse ranch in Arizona, surrounded by saguaro cactus and 100 degree plus heat. Erik Wollo lives in Norway…