Music from Hollan Holmes. The Texas based electronic artist is a disciple of Steve Roach and you can hear it on his album, Sacred Places. It’s in the sacred space of a Slow Flow Echoes.
The Echoes May CD of the Month is a deep trip into melodic ambience with The Precious Dark by David Helpling and Eric “The” Taylor. It’s an album that takes you on a journey.
The Precious Dark by David Helpling & Eric “The” Taylor is an immersion in an aural architectural space that places you in a world that has secrets hiding in its corners.
Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra by Synergy (Larry Fast) was released 50 years ago. There were no guitars or drums on the album, just synthesizers creating epic, orchestral tracks.
The return of Ancient Future. The band that coined the term World Fusion in 1978 has their first significant release in nearly 25 years. I talk to founder and guitarist Matthew Montfort.
The Summer Portraits by Ludovico Einaudi tops the Echoes April 2025 list, followed by a collaboration between Immersion and SUSS, Carl Weingarten, and 22 other great CDs.
Nanocluster Volume 3 by Immersion and SUSS tops the Echoes March 2025 list, followed by a collaboration between Ian Boddy and Harald Grosskopf, Colin Rayment, and 22 other great CDs.
We hear new music by Hollie Kenniff. She’s the singer in the dreampop duo Mint Julep with her husband, Keith Kenniff. On her solo album For Forever, she goes purely ambient.
Andy Bell wields guitar distortion in the shoegaze band called Ride. But on his new solo album, Pinball Wanderer, he takes a more dream pop, downtempo direction.