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.
Playlists
Wednesday, July 7, 2021 – Echoes Program 2127C
Tag: electronic
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.
Coming Up
Friday, July 16, 2021 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, recent music by Tom Caufield. This finger-style guitarist has released some of the most inventive guitar albums of the last decade. We’ll also hear from Olafur Arnalds.
Playlists
Friday, July 2, 2021 – Echoes Program 2126E
We travel the backroads of Ambient America. We’ll hear reveries on the the 4th of July and traverse the byways and highways of Ambient Americana from Brian Eno, Lanterna and more.
Coming Up
Thursday, July 15, 2021 – New Music from Mirabai Ceiba
New music by Mirabai Ceiba. This duo of Markus Sieber and Angelika Baumbach from Aukai started as a chant group but have evolved considerably on their new album, The Quiet Hour.