Ben Blackett plugs in computers instead of guitars to create dance floor trances and melodic contemplations. He talks about virtual synthesizers, choir samples, and his wife’s voice on Echoes.
The Echoes Top 25 for July 2020: Aukai’s Game Trails is at the top, and our list includes Ben Blackett, Moby and 22 other great CDs. See what should be in your collection.
New music by Azam Ali. The vocalist from Niyaz has released a new single, this time singing a hymn by Abbes Hildegard von Bingen. We’ll also hear music by Saafi Brothers.
We explore the ambient chamber music of Naneum. On his album, Life Cycle he recorded a local choir singing their traditional music but then sliced it up into his own arrangements.
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Echoes Podcast: YPPAH’s Psychedelic Dance: The Echoes Interview https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/EchoesPodcast-Yppah.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS YPPAH is happy spelled backwards and it’s the name of an ambiently inclined post rock group headed up by Joe Corrales. He’s gone through heavy metal, drum and bass, hip-hop and Turkish psychedelic music to arrive at a joyful…
Deep ambient chamber music by Joshua Van Tassell whose album title says it all, Dance Music Volume II: More Songs for Slow Motion. We’ll also hear from German downtempo artist, Tauon.
We’ll hear music by Dubmatix from a new EP called Dubmatix AKA which finds the band in more chilled downtempo terrain. We’ll also hear from veteran progressive rock band Soft Machine.
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.
New music from Thomas Lemmer. The German electronic artist has a new EP of his downtempo moods and a new band, Numun, a project with members of the ambient guitar band, Suss.
We talk with Mark Dwane, a long time fixture on Echoes since his debut. This purveyor of expansive, cinematic melodies and propulsive grooves talks about his music on Echoes.