Hammock swings into first place on the Echoes Top 25 for February, followed by Bill Nelson, The Royal Arctic Institute, Ladytron and 21 more great artists. Did your favorites make the list?
Stand at attention when we hear General Fuzz. The Bay-area electronic artist is returning after a long period of silence, with a new single. We’ll also hear music by Unloved.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Orchestra Indigo, which isn’t an orchestra, but just Richard Randlett. When he isn’t playing blues rock he creates electronic ambient chamber music.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, we’ll hear a Japanese electronic artist who records as Yaffle. He’s got a beautiful ambient chamber music release recorded with several Icelandic musicians.
Frankie Rose started out as a punk artist, but she’s evolved into electronic pop on her new album, Love As Protection. We’ll also hear Gemma Ray and the Death Bell Gang.
We’ll survey the landscape of women electronic musicians from pioneers like Wendy Carlos, Delia Derbyshire and Suzanne Ciani to contemporary artists from Laurie Anderson through Eve Maret.
Dive into the mystic with Steve Roach & his wife, author and string player Linda Kohanov. They talk about revisiting the spirit of Structures from Silence on the new album, Rest of Life.
Cigarettes After Sex has a new single, continuing his sultry, pillow-talk sound. We’ll also hear Desire Marea, a daring artist from South Africa who might be that country’s version of Bjork.
The Royal Arctic Institute creates an atmospheric guitar-centric sound, like the Ventures gone slow-mo and psychedelic. They play songs off From Coma to Catharsis live on Echoes.