NPR’s Bob Boilen is more than the host of Tiny Desk Concerts and All Songs Considered. He’s also a composer of music from ambient to punk rock. We talk about his pandemic album Hidden Smiles.
Coming Up
Tuesday, June 1, 2021 – Bob Boilen Interview
Tag: electronic
Playlists
Tuesday, May 18, 2021 – Echoes Program 2120B
The Canadian band Mythos celebrates its 25th Anniversary with a new collection and new songs. Founders Bob D’Eith and guitarist Paul Schmidt talk about their chilled instrumental sound.
Coming Up
Monday, May 31, 2021 – Schnauss & Munk CD of the Month
The June CD of the Month ia Eight Fragments of an Illusion by Ulrich Schnauss and Jonas Munk. Schnauss is a member of Tangerine Dream. Munk records shoegaze influenced electronics as Manual.
Playlists
Monday, May 17, 2021 – Echoes Program 2120A
Idiosyncratic folk-rocker Sufjan Stevens has a five volume set of deeply ambient compositions called Convocations. It’s partly a response to deaths in the family and the pandemic.
Coming Up
Weekend, May 29-30, 2021 – Gary Numan Interview
Gary Numan paints a dystopian nightmare where earth takes revenge for a civilization that has fostered environmental and military catastrophe. We ponder the apocalypse with Gary Numan.
Playlists
Weekend, May 15-16, 2021 – Programs 2119A & 2119B
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.
Coming Up
Friday, May 28, 2021 – Mint Julep and Shpongle
It’s just about the right time for a Mint Julep, not the drink or candy, but the dreampop duo of Keith and Hollie Kenniff. They have a new album, In a Deep and Dreamless Sleep.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Jess Lamb & the Factory
Playlists
Friday, May 14, 2021 – Echoes Program 2119E
New electronic pop from Decouplr, a pair of musicians from Philadelphia who are tapping a deep vein of soulful synthesis. We’ll also hear music from Scotland’s Moqwai.
Coming Up
Thursday, May 27, 2021 – Slow Flow Echoes
New music from a pair of duos. We’ll hear Sweden’s Johan Agebjorn and Mikael Ogren with Artefact, and Bluetech and Steven Moore have a new downtempo collaboration, Liminal Migration.