Electronic artist Michael Whalen draws upon his roots in 70s and 80s European electronic music to create his album, Imaginary Trains. He talks about his journey and his new album.
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Tuesday, May 24, 2022 – Michael Whalen Interview
Tag: electronic
Playlists
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 – Echoes Program 2219B
New music by Sharon Van Etten who tells us something we all know, We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong. We’ll get it right with her new music, and a track by Tone Ranger from Desert Rose.
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Monday, May 23, 2022 – We Remember Vangelis
We remember Vangelis. He won the first Oscar for an electronic film score for Chariots of Fire and charted a course through electro-orchestral space for over 50 years.
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Monday, May 9, 2022 – Echoes Program 2219A
Flutist Sherry Finzer takes us inside the tank. It’s a 70 foot tall water tank with its own special echo. Sherry talks about playing inside it and some of her other musical projects.
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Weekend, May 21-22, 2022 – New Music from Roger Eno
New music by Roger Eno. The brother of Brian has a new album of solo piano & ambient chamber works called The Turning Year. We’ll also hear from Lost in Translation, one of his earlier works.
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Weekend, May 7-8, 2022 – Echoes Program 2218A
The May CD of the Month is Imaginary Trains by Michael Whalen. Whalen pulls in all his synthesizers to create a vision for the future with landmarks in the past of space music and the new age.
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Friday, May 20, 2022 – New Music by Thom Yorke
Music by Thom Yorke, the founder and frontman of Radiohead, and a few other projects. He has an introspective single out. We’ll also hear a new recording from Wax Tailor.
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Friday, May 6, 2022 – Echoes Program 2218E
On a Slow Flow Echoes, drift on the currents of Erik Wøllo’s North Star, his latest missive of guitar moods from Norway. We’ll also hear from Chris Liebing off his album Another Day.
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Thursday, May 19, 2022 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Carl Lord. He’s a session musician who’s exploring a more ambient sound on his album, Dream Zone. We’ll also hear from the Paul Winter Consort.
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Thursday, May 5, 2022 – Echoes Program 2218D
New music by Mamak Khadem, the extraordinary Iranian singer. She has a new album called Remembrance. We’ll also hear some downtempo eastern grooves by the Zikr Project.