On this Day Echoes remembers. 2020 has been a tough year, and along the way, we lost many artists from the world of Echoes. In this special memorial show, we remember some whom we’ve lost.
Playlists
Weekend, Dec 19-20, 2020 – Programs 2050A & 2050B
Tag: electronic
Coming Up
Friday, Jan 1, 2021 – The Best of Echoes 2020 Revisited
Revisit The Best of Echoes 2020. In a year that we’d like to forget there is one thing to remember, all the great music that populated the Echoes soundscape since 1/1/2020.
Playlists
Friday, Dec 18, 2020 – Echoes Program 2050E
New music by French guitarist Pierre Bensusan. He came up during the days of Windham Hill guitarists like Michael Hedges who named a song after Bensusan. He has a new album called Azwan.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Roedelius, Thievery Corp, & Philip Glass
Coming Up
Thursday, Dec 31, 2020 – Echoes Downtempo New Year’s Eve
Stomp on 2020 and blow it out of your mind when we dance in 2021 with Downtempo New Year’s Eve Soundscape. The chill is turned up to 11 as we swing in on electronic sounds.
Playlists
Thursday, Dec 17, 2020 – Echoes Program 2050D
We hear from rock refugee Greg Lisher. He’s the guitarist in the bands Camper Van Beethoven and Monks of Doom, but his new album sounds more like Windham Hill meets Brian Eno.
Playlists
Wednesday, Dec 16, 2020 – Echoes Program 2050C
It’s a minimalist dervish when we hear the 5th Icon of Echoes, Philip Glass. We’ll hear a profile of this highly influential composer who inspired Tangerine Dream, David Bowie, Brian Eno & more.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Dec 29, 2020 – Michael Rother Interview
Michael Rother, legendary guitarist of German progressive music, has played with Kraftwerk, Neu, and Harmonia. We talk to Rother about his new album, his first in 16 years called Dreaming.
Playlists
Tuesday, Dec 15, 2020 – Echoes Program 2050B
New music by Alex Maas, lead singer of the psychedelic band The Black Angels. He goes more pastoral on an album called Luca. We’ll also hear from Time Traveler, the new persona of Eleon.
Coming Up
Monday, Dec 28, 2020 – Rival Consoles
Ryan West records as Rival Consoles, a resolutely electronic project, but he still thinks of his chromium plated compositions as songs. He calls it “songwriting with an electronic palate.”