Peter Gregson is a classically-trained cellist, but he goes into ambient chamber music on his recording Patina. It mixes synthesizers and electronic processing along with orchestral strings.
Playlists
Tuesday, Feb 1, 2022 – Echoes Program 2205B
Tag: electronic
Coming Up
Monday, Feb 14, 2022 – Echoes of the Heart
Get close to the one you love for Echoes of the Heart, a Valentine’s Soundscape. John Diliberto brings you songs of love and sounds of sensuality for Valentine’s Day on Echoes.
Playlists
Monday, Jan 31, 2022 – Echoes Program 2205A
The Echoes February CD of the Month takes us into deep space with Emerald Waters by Hollan Holmes. He creates landscape paintings of Texas by day and electronic spacescapes by night.
Coming Up
Weekend, Feb 12-13, 2022 – Marconi Union Interview
We talk to Marconi Union, a true 21st century band. The British electronic trio has a new album out that finds them tapping a more rhythmic, drum driven sound, even though there are no drums.
CD of the Month
February 2022 CD of the Month: Hollan Holmes
With Emerald Waters, Hollan Holmes has forged a definitive recording that wraps you in an entrancing web of sound, and sends you spinning into space. It’s Echoes February CD of the Month.
Playlists
Weekend, Jan 29-30, 2022 – Programs 2204A & 2204B
We have a preview of the Big Ears Festival 2022. Founder Ashley Capps tells us about some highlights of the line-up that includes Patti Smith, John Zorn and Meredith Monk.
Playlists
Friday, Jan 28, 2022 – Echoes Program 2204E
New music by Mitski who has released a single exploring the perils of being a public figure. We’ll also hear new music by Tori Amos, from her latest recording Ocean to Ocean.
Coming Up
Thursday, Feb 10, 2022 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes we go ambient country with guitarist Carl Weingarten who has released Stop Me Try, and The Royal Arctic Institute who twang in ambience on From Catnap To Coma.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Big Ears Festival 2022
Coming Up
Wednesday, Feb 9, 2022 – Ambiences in Black
In honor of Black History Month, we turn the Echoes prism onto the African and black influences in ambient music. They come from many sources: jazz, R&B, Hip-hop and Africa itself.