The legendary Japanese musician Kitaro, the 29th Icon of Echoes, visited the Echoes Living Room in 2001 with his wife Keiko and played a stripped-down, intimate version of his music.
Living Room Concerts
Kitaro – Live on Echoes from 2001
Tag: electronic
Playlists
Thursday, July 8, 2021 – Echoes Program 2127D
Jeff Johnson & Phil Keaggy take us on a trip to Ravenna. The two musicians take us inside their musical creation which has elements of folk, classical and even some rock slips in.
Coming Up
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 – Jess Lamb & The Factory Interview
Jess Lamb and the Factory are a Cincinnati band fronted by singer Jess Lamb and with Warren Harrison. They’ve created a deep spiritual meditation partly shaped by Pandemic called You Are.
Playlists
Wednesday, July 7, 2021 – Echoes Program 2127C
From the top of Mt. Fuji, the 29th Icon of Echoes arrives. Kitaro has created a stream of otherworldly sounds since the late 1970s. We’ll hear a vintage live performance of Kitaro.
Coming Up
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 – Shpongle Interview
We get Shpongled when we talk to Simon Posford and Raja Ram of the psychedelic electronic duo, Shpongle. They talk about their hallucinogenic sound and their deep music backgrounds.
Playlists
Tuesday, July 6, 2021 – Echoes Program 2127B
The German duo Grandbrothers, who play a grand piano hooked up with electronics and a machine for an orchestral sound. We tickle the ivories and program the drum machines of Grandbrothers.
Coming Up
Monday, July 19, 2021 – Robot Koch Interview
German Composer Robot Koch has gone from death metal to deep ambient chamber music in his career. We follow the course of this inventive artist up through his latest offering.
Playlists
Monday, July 5, 2021 – Echoes Program 2127A
The perfect CD for the Month for July, Lanterna’s Hidden Drives. Lanterna cranks up the country twang, digital delays and atmospheres for an album of open-spaced Ambient Americana.
Coming Up
Weekend, July 17-18, 2021 – Interview with Hybrid
The electronica duo Hybrid takes us into the sometimes dark world of their new album, Black Halo and London Grammar sifts through the turmoil of Californian Soil with seductive sounds.
Playlists
Weekend, July 3-4, 2021 – Programs 2126A & 2126B
The Best of Echoes 2021, So Far. We look back at some of the best music from the Echoes soundscape spanning electronic, ambient, dreampop, ambient classical world fusion and more.