It’s the vocal cut-ups and trip hop beats of Wax Tailor. The French composer’s new album, The Shadow of their Suns slices and dices social injustice in the 21st century.
Coming Up
Monday, Feb 8, 2021 – Wax Tailor Interview
Tag: EDM
Coming Up
Weekend, Feb 6-7, 2021 – Time Traveler’s CD of the Month
Time Traveler’s debut album, Sky Falter is a melodic meeting of downtempo and space music and it’s the February CD of the Month. Then an interview with Henrik Lindstrand.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Jan 26, 2021 – Music by Grandbrothers & Leandrul
Music by Grandbrothers. On their album, All the Unknown, all the sounds originate from a single grand piano. We’ll also hear an enchanting & emotionally traumatized singer, Leandrul.
Playlists
Thursday, Jan 7, 2021 – Echoes Program 2101D
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.
Playlists
Tuesday, Jan 5, 2021 – Echoes Program 2101B
Amon Tobin, early pioneer of jazz driven electronic music, has returned after a four-year hiatus with new music under pseudonyms, including psychedelic persona Figueroa, where he even sings.
Reviews & Commentary
Jean-Michel Jarre’s Virtual Notre Dame Cathedral
Jean-Michel Jarre creates a virtual Notre Dame Cathedral with the stage as the altar and his synthesizer cockpit the pulpit. John Diliberto goes to church and experiences electronic heaven.
Playlists
Weekend, Jan 2-3, 2021 – Programs 2052A & 2052B
Ryan West is Rival Consoles, a resolutely electronic project, but still thinks of his chromium plated compositions as songs. Michael Rother is a legend of progressive rock and electronic music.
CD of the Month
Echoes January 2021 CDoM: Steve Roach – Tomorrow
Steve Roach is an Icon of Echoes. His 2020 release Tomorrow is the Echoes CD of the Month. Hear this analog modular sequencer dervish from the master of that sound.
Coming Up
Friday, Jan 15, 2021 – Music by Sufjan Stevens & Ane Brun
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.
Playlists
Monday, Dec 28, 2020 – Program 2052A
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.”