Sufjan Stevens goes all electronic on an album of life ruminations called The Ascension, maybe his most darkly melodic album ever. Also going deep but more acoustic is Ane Brun.
Ryan West records as Rival Consoles, a resolutely electronic project, but he still thinks of his chromium plated compositions as songs. He calls it “songwriting with an electronic palate.”
Today is Tomorrow as we start 2021 with our January CD of the Month, Steve Roach’s Tomorrow. Then an interview with early pioneer of jazz driven electronic music, Amon Tobin.
If you caught Nils Frahm live in 2018 and 2019, you saw one of the most spectacular solo performances of the millennium. Now it’s been released as a live album, Tripping with Nils Frahm.
Amon Tobin, early pioneer of jazz driven electronic music, has returned after a four-year hiatus with new music, including the psychedelic persona Figueroa where he even sings.
Rival Consoles & Michael Rother this weekend on Echoes. Two generations of electronic music talking about their art from playing with Kraftwerk to electronic music as alien.
Ryan West records as Rival Consoles, a resolutely electronic project, but he still thinks of his chromium plated compositions as songs. He calls it “songwriting with an electronic palate.”
On a Slow Flow Echoes we go through Portals, a collection of electronic music sub-titled “A Kosmische Journey”, nodding to roots in 70s German Space music. We’ll also hear Liminal Drifter.
Singer Ane Brun releases a perfect pair of CDs, After the Great Storm and How Beauty Holds the Hand of Sorrow, exploring themes of loss and existence. Both are the Echoes CD of the Month.