Vangelis is an icon of electronic music and his influence remains pervasive. On his 75th Birthday, we select 10 of his Essential CDs that represent the breadth of this dynamic composer.
An icon of electronic music, Vangelis, turns 75. We explore the sound of this iconic musician who composed scores for Chariots of Fire and Bladerunner and dozens of influential albums.
On the 40th Anniversary of Brian Eno’s “Music for Airports” we look back at this ambient landmark with music, interviews with Eno, and a live performance by Bang on a Can.
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In the Echoes Podcast hear about The Nightcrawlers leaders of a Philly electronic music scene that tapped the sound of German space music. Their 1980s cassettes have just been reissued.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, it’s new music from a collection called Alpha Seeds and Valerie Romanoff from her album of east-west meditations called Healing Music Volume 2.
Cold Specks has sung on some of Moby’s best songs. On her new solo album, Fool’s Paradise she explores her Muslim and Somali heritage in spare, lo-fi, electronic ambiences.
Chuck Van Zyl is a veteran of the Philly electronic music scene and the host of WXPN’s Star’s End who creates his spacescapes live in the moment. Watch him do it in this fascinating video.
Day equals night. Winter is Melting. Spring is Blooming. Even if those last two aren’t true yet, Echoes has a soundscape to make you think so as we celebrate the Vernal Equinox.
Composer Nils Frahm creates a melodically layered and rhythmically driven live performance that’s a meeting of Tangerine Dream, minimalism and ambient moods at Union Transfer in Philadelphia.
The Nightcrawlers were the reluctant leaders of a Philadelphia music scene that tapped the sounds of German space music. An album of their 1980s cassette releases has just been issued. We dig back to an interview with these lost pioneers of electronic space.