Take a trip into sequencer delirium with our February CD of the Month, The Desert Winds of Change by Steve Roach. Then hear Ambiences in Black as we explore the other side of the cultural divide.
Recent music by new wave pioneers, Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark. This electronic duo is still creating sophisticated electronic pop in the 21st century. Their latest album is Bauhaus Staircase.
It’s Ambiences in Black when we turn the Echoes prism onto the African and black influences in ambient music. They come from many sources, jazz, R&B, Hip-hop and Africa itself.
Oboist Russel Walder talks about his new album, Speak to the Storm. It’s a deep world-fusion journey, spiked by sampled Middle Eastern and Indian instruments, percussion and voices.
The California Guitar Trio Live. As if 18 strings weren’t enough they’ve added six more with Tom Greisgraber on the 12-string Chapman stick. They debut their newest, unreleased music.
Tim Story used to be the ultimate melodicist, but now he’s mutating sounds, often with German icon, Roedelius. Tim Story talks about his evolution from a melody maven to a dissonant dreamer.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, New music by Khruangbin. We’ll hear something from their album, A La Sala. We’ll also hear a new track from the ambient firm of Lane, Gregorius and Smith.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new space music by Hollan Holmes from his album, Sacred Places and we’ll hear a 1970s French space music pioneer, Zanov from his latest album, Lost in the Future.