This weekend on Echoes It’s the 50th Anniversary of Kraftwerk. The iconic German electronic band released their debut album in 1970. Then we’ll countdown the 30 Icons of Echoes.
It’s a new generation of German electronic artists when we talk to Thomas Lemmer & Sebastian Pabst. Then we hear from rock refugee Gregory Allen Lisher (Camper Van Beethoven & Monks of Doom).
New music by British neo-classical composer Helen Jane Long from forthcoming album, Vessel of Light. We’ll also hear from electronic composer Mars Lasar, violinist Ezinma and Holger Czukay.
Echoes Top 25 for October 2020. Andreas Vollenweider is at the top, followed by Marya Stark, Tom Caufield, Michael Whalen & Blue Monk, Gracie & Rachel and 20 other great CDs.
If 2020 hasn’t been scary enough for you, we’ve got ravens sitting at our windows, bats circling in the sky, and mysterious voices coming from the basement. It’s just an Echoes Halloween.
Electronic artist Ian Boddy’s new album, Axiom, with a classic retro-space music sound. We’ll also hear ambient piano by Jon Durant and ambient chamber music by Digitonal.
We have music from the duo Bob Moses. They have a new album of their propulsive electronic pop and we’ll hear the title track, “Desire,” featuring the musician known as Zhu.
Music from Steve Roach’s new album of modular synthesizer sequencer symmetry dervishes called Tomorrow. We’ll also hear Zero 7, Peter Gabriel, and a new single from Lana Del Rey.