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.
The Arabic fusion of Didon. We talk to Carmen Rizzo and Meriem Ben Amor about their fusion of traditional vocal sounds and electronic arrangements heard on their debut, Tunisian Tale.
We float through ambient space with Rest of Life by Steve Roach. It’s a double-CD of ambient electronic dreams from the master of that sound and it is the Echoes March CD of the Month.
New music from Babitha, that’s the stage name of Imogen Grist from Australia. She’s making a country-inspired dream pop on The Brighter Side of Blue. We’ll also hear music by Hansan.
It’s the sounds of Ireland on a Celtic Soundscape for St. Patrick’s Day. We head into the serene and mystic side of Ireland with music from Clannad, Enya, Afro Celt Sound System and more.
On a Slow Flow Echoes the mutant trumpet of Ben Neill. He plays his Rube Goldberg instrument with three horns, a double set of valves, mini-trombone slide and lots of electronics.
Ride the current of a Slow Flow Echoes. We’ll hear music from Lena Natalia. The Chicago based pianist is creating ambient piano works on her new album, Hidden Treasures.