Space is the place this year and Vangelis has the album for it. It’s called Juno to Jupiter and it is in the classic Vangelis mode. We’ll also hear music from E.Vax, which is Evan Peter Mast.
Summer’s over and Autumn has officially arrived, in an Echoes Autumnal Equinox Soundscape. We paint sound in Autumnal colors with George Winston, Fiona Joy Hawkins, Digitonal, and more.
The electronica duo Hybrid takes us into the sometimes dark world of their new album, Black Halo. John Diliberto talks to Charlotte and Mike Truman about their album on Echoes.
We’ll hear music by Immersion. Colin Newman from Wire and Malka Spigel from Minimal Compact collaborate with the likes of Ulrich Schnauss and Laetitia Sadier from Stereolab.
October’s CD of the Month glistens with Shimmer by Kevin Keller. A leading exponent of ambient chamber music, he creates a kinetic ride on an album of minimalist melodies and rhythmic drive.
If you need something to make you feel good in these endless Pandemic times, immerse yourself in this gorgeous song “If You Can Imagine” by Echo Us from their The Windsong Spires.
We talk to Gunnar Spardel, who composes somber and serene chamber music under his own name and upbeat, progressive electronic music under the guise of Tigerforest.
We hear some of the last music created by Harold Budd. The ambient artist passed last December, but he left his soundtrack to HBO’s I Know This Much Is True. We’ve got a track from that.
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.
On a Slow Flow Echoes some fast guitar from Andy McKee, a leading light on the finger-style guitar scene. He has a new EP called Symbols. We’ll also ride the grooves of Byron Metcalf.