We get High on Isra. That’s actually the name of a band out of Germany making an electronic pop. We’ll hear from their album, Sad Sad Sad. We’ll also hear from the California Guitar Trio.
Jim Ottaway lives on the Gold Coast of Australia and his music heads into the oceans of space. He came to electronic music late in life but he’s released two dozen albums in last decade.
Two women from the classical world go ambient with AvaWaves. Violinist Anna Phoebe and keyboardist Aisling Brouwer have crafted a haunting and unremittingly beautiful sound on their debut.
Llynks graduated from the Berklee School of Music, worked as a model, played music as Sara Kendall, then metamorphosed into Llynks, a dark, electronic pop project. She talks about it on Echoes.
Ben Blackett plugs in computers instead of guitars to create electronic journeys and melodic contemplations. He talks about virtual synths, choir samples, and his wife’s voice on Echoes.
We talk to Yppah, a band that makes a joyful sound out of psychedelia, hip-hop and minimalism. Then Nicolas Godin has a new solo album out that began as an architectural art project.
The July CD of the Month is Game Trails by Aukai. Aukai is the world fusion group headed up by Marcus Sieber of the duo, Mirabai Ceiba. We also have an interview with Blue Landscapes.
New music by singer Sohn & the Metropole Orkest who turn his electronic pop into pop symphonies. We’ll also hear music from Aukai off their new album of world fusion, Game Trails.
It’s dreamy, downtempo music by JFDR, that’s an abbreviation of her more complicated Icelandic name. We’ll also hear electronic music by Spinger from the album, Invisible Tree.
Simon Posford of Shpongle has a new album of ambient moods, Flux & Contemplation and Tom Holkenborg a.k.a. Junkie XL, has a new soundtrack for White Lines. Go outside the lines on Echoes.