Tag: electronic

Metheny Mécanique and Karaoke Koncerts

https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-PatMetheny2010.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSWhat’s the difference between a concert and Karaoke? The specter of plug ‘n’ play concerts has reared its pre-wired head again. I’ve been confronted with another spate of contrasting concerts.  On the one hand, there’s music that’s played live and in the moment and on the other, music…

ARC Ascends-Mark Shreeve & Ian Boddy

http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20100113.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe Electronic Duo Arc Make Space Music the Old FashionedWway In the large two story great room of Alpenhof Bed & Breakfast in Media, Pennsylvania, you’d normally be admiring the antique  chandeliers and wood carved images or relaxing in front of the  white stucco fireplace and grand piano.…

Top 5 Patrick O’Hearn Albums

We celebrate a master of Mood and ambience with Patrick O’Hearn-Then & Now Patrick O’Hearn has been one of the defining voices of modern electronic music.  Until the rise of Yanni, he was the signature artists of the Private Music label.  Since his debut album, Ancient Dreams in 1985, he’s continued releasing finely crafted, deeply…

10 Best Vangelis CDs

In the 1970s and early 80s, Vangelis was synonymous with orchestral electronic music the way another Greek, Yanni, is synonymous with the New Age music.  Whether it’s his film soundtracks forChariots of Fire and Blade Runner, or his epic albums Albedo 0.39 and Voices, the sound of Vangelis has shaped much of Echoes‘ first 20…

Echoes March Top 25: David Darling Tops

David Darling Tops Echoes  Top 25 for March This year is already shaping up to be a diverse and unusual one with fantastic, innovative music coming from unlikely sources.   David Darling’s Prayer for Compassion topping the list, is of course, no surprise.  He was our Echoes CD of the Month for March and he’s been…

Echo Location: Steve Roach and Erik Wollo

http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20090318.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSteve Roach & Erik Wollo: A Norwegian ambient artist descends in the Arizona Desert. You can hear an audio version of this blog, with music. Steve Roach lives on a horse ranch in Arizona, surrounded by saguaro cactus and 100 degree plus heat.  Erik Wollo lives in Norway…

Echo Location: Roger O’Donnell Finds the Voyager Cure

http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20090311.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS Echoes plugs in ex-Cure keyboardist, Roger O’Donnell You can hear an audio version of this blog, with music. In his London apartment, Roger O’Donnell only has one keyboard, the Mini-Moog Voyager that he’s playing as we speak. For the last few years, the Voyager has been pretty…