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.
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Tuesday, Nov 30, 2021 – Echoes Program 2148B
Tag: electronic
Coming Up
Tuesday, Dec 14, 2021 – 12 CDs of the Month
Echoes doesn’t have 12 days of Christmas but we do have 12 months of Echoes CD of the Month Picks. We’ll go through all of them, first forward from January and then backwards.
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Monday, Dec 13, 2021 – Best of Echoes 2021
Get your wish list out for Christmas. It’s the Best of Echoes 2021. In a tumultuous year, John Diliberto finds the 30 albums that will bring you peace, joy and adventure.
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Monday, Nov 29, 2021 – Echoes Program 2148A
The Holidays are coming and we have your soundtrack with a new collection called Winter Tales, the Echoes December CD of the Month. Enjoy new works for the season from artists you already love.
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Weekend, Dec 11-12, 2021 – A Tour of EMEAPP
We visit the Electronic Music Education and Preservation Project, EMEAPP. It’s a museum of electronic instruments from the earliest devices through Keith Emerson’s keyboard rig and beyond.
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Weekend, Nov 27-28, 2021 – Programs 2147A & 2147B
It’s a Whole Lotta Love for Led Zeppelin when we talk with Bob Spitz, author of Led Zeppelin: The Biography. He takes us from poverty to Kashmir, drugs to death and heavy metal to heaven.
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Friday, Dec 10, 2021 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, we go Into The Majestic with Steve Roach, which taps his more celestial electronic side. We’ll also hear music from Grandbrothers and their album of enhanced piano.
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Friday, Nov 26, 2021 – Slow Flow Echoes
Two generations of German electronic musicians team up when Lambert Ringlage works with a former member of Tangerine Dream, Johannes Schmoelling. We’ll also hear some instrumental Peter Frampton.
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Wednesday, Nov 24, 2021 – Echoes Program 2147C
New music by Beach House. The dream-pop duo takes a more intimate, acoustic approach on their new album, Once Twice Melody. We’ll also hear Police guitarist Andy Summers.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Dec 7, 2021 – Twilight Archive, William Tyler
The ambient jazz trio Twilight Archive traverses a swampy landscape on a new album called Recent Detours. We’ll also hear from William Tyler and Marisa Anderson’s Lost Futures.