Way before Tycho, The Album Leaf was the first ambient rock groups, creating a deeply atmospheric and melodic electronic sound. We go back to a 2010 performance on Echoes.
Living Room Concerts
In Concert: The Album Leaf Live on Echoes
Tag: electronic
Coming Up
Tuesday, Sept 22, 2020 – Ommadawn’s 45th
Tubular Bells’ composer Mike Oldfield talks about Ommadawn, his two-sided epic from 1975. It’s partly an homage to his mother, who died during the recording, and her Irish roots.
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Tuesday, Sept 8, 2020 – Echoes Program 2036B
Moby talks about his prescient new album, All Visible Objects. Written mostly in 2019, it’s themes of revolution, isolation and contemplation seem to fit right in with these times.
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Monday, Sept 7, 2020 – Echoes Program 2036A
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.
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Weekend, Sept 5-6, 2020 – Echoes Program 2035A
The September Echoes CD of the Month arrives with a collaboration between Norwegian ambient guitarist Erik Wøllo and American electronic artist Michael Stearns. It’s called Convergence.
Coming Up
Friday, Sept 18, 2020 – Slow Flow Echoes
New music by Roger and Brian Eno from their collaboration Mixing Colours. We’ll also hear from electronic artist Hollan Holmes who has a new album of sequencer electronics called Milestones.
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Friday, Sept 4, 2020 – Echoes Program 2035E
On a Slow Flow Echoes it’s new music by Yppah, an ambient post-rock band that combines live playing with electronics. We’ll also hear the return of Trance Mission, the world fusion band.
Coming Up
Thursday, Sept 17, 2020 – The Echoes Llynks Interview
Llynks graduated from the Berklee School of Music, worked as a model, played music as Sara Kendall, then metamorphosed in Llynks, a dark, electronic pop project. She talks about it on Echoes.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Sept 16, 2020 – Amon Tobin Interview
Amon Tobin, early pioneer of jazz driven electronic music, has returned after a four-year hiatus with new music and pseudonyms, including psychedelic persona Figueroa where he even sings.
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Wednesday, Sept 2, 2020 – Echoes Program 2035C
A song for the pandemic when we hear a lament from singer Mimi Page. It’s a haunting wordless hymn for these times. We’ll also hear from Robot Koch who has a new ambient chamber music album.