It’s the 40th Anniversary of Laurie Anderson’s Big Science, her debut album and the one that contained her signature song, “O Superman.” It still sounds resonant 40 years later.
Laurie Anderson’s 1982 debut album, Big Science, is a work that has proven timeless, sometimes sadly, across 40 years. We look back at the album with Laurie Anderson Monday Night 4/18/2022 on Echoes and in the Echoes Podcast on Thursday.
David Helpling takes us inside his new double CD that’s just titled IN. The title is simple but the music is an expanse of dynamic ambient orchestrations for guitar and synthesizers.
The Royal Arctic Institute: not a science organization. This quintet creates atmospheric guitar-centric sound, like the Ventures gone slow mo and psychedelic. They play for us live.
Music from singer Jo Beth Young, who we’ve known previously as Talitha Rise. She has new music that takes a more electronic and ethereal direction. We’ll also hear music by Tone Ranger.
Downtempo global fusion erupts when we hear Tropo, a project of violinist Tyson Leonard. He mixes electronics with violin and all kinds of global elements on Siente tu Corazon.
Klaus Schulze Heads to the Final Frontier: We remember this legend with a documnetary, artists reflections and of course, his space traveling music in an all Klaus Schulze show.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, a pair of tracks from the German electronic label, Sine. We’ll hear the artist who records as Sine, and the latest offering from the ever-prolific Thomas Lemmer.
The Smile is Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood from Radiohead, producer Nigel Godrich, and Sons of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner. We’ll hear from their debut, A Light for Attracting Attention.
New music by the Norwegian electronic duo, Royksopp. They team up with Alison Goldfrapp, the singer for the dream pop band, Goldfrapp. We’ll also hear something by Karmacoda.