Leandrul creates beautiful electro-pop music with deep psychological implications. Psychosis of Dreams is not a metaphor. It’s about real trauma with mental health and recovery.
Gary Numan paints a dystopian nightmare where earth takes revenge for a civilization that has fostered environmental and military catastrophe. We ponder the apocalypse with Gary Numan.
Jess Lamb and the Factory are a Cincinnati band fronted by singer Jess Lamb and with Warren Harrison. They’ve created a deep spiritual meditation partly shaped by Pandemic called You Are.
Idiosyncratic folk-rocker Sufjan Stevens has a five volume set of deeply ambient compositions called Convocations. It’s partly a response to deaths in the family and the pandemic.
On our May CD of the Month, Californian Soil, the English trio London Grammar explore love, loss, feminism and America with their lush atmospheres and Hannah Reid’s intoxicating voice.
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 German downtempo artist, Tauon.
Music by Fiona Joy Hawkins, from her new album, Moving Through Worlds, born of pandemic and the Australian bush fires. We’ll also hear Kevin Keller from his album, The Front Porch of Heaven.
New music by Tor, the electronic musician with a hypnotic, downtempo sound. He has a new album called Oasis Sky. We’ll also hear from Jomoro, A project headed by Joey Waronker
New music by Gary Numan, a pioneer of electronic pop. He’s changed considerably since the 1980s, and you’ll hear that on his new album, Intruder. We’ll also hear from guitarist Tom Caufield.