We survey the first six months of the year for our favorite albums. Among them are Wilsen’s I Go Missing in My Sleep, Jean-Michel Jarre’s Oxygene 3, and Mike Oldfield’s Return to Ommadawn.
Playlists
Monday June 26th, 2017-Echoes Program 1726A
Tag: electronic
Reviews & Commentary
Tor’s Seductive “Days Gone” Turns into Paranoid Video
Tor is an electronic artist from Canada whose song, ” Days Gone” when in Echoes Top Ten Songs for 2016. Now he has a near future paranoia video to go along with it.
Playlists
Friday, June 23rd, 2017-Echoes Program 1725E
On the next Slow Flow Echoes we’ll hear music from the soundtrack of The Rise of the Synths and a new album from Thorsten Quaschning and Ulrich Schnauss called Synthwaves.
Reviews & Commentary
New Music Video from Black Asteroid ft. Zola Jesus “Howl”
“Howl” by Black Asteroid features the smooth and haunting vocals of Zola Jesus along with a harsh yet rhythmic beat. The spastic video highlights crisp shots of rushing waters, glaciers, as well as the vocalist.
Playlists
Thursday June 22nd, 2017-Echoes Program 1725D
Tangerine Dream created their first film score in 1977 for Sorcerer, directed by William Friedkin. Friedkin later said he would’ve used the Dream for The Exorcist if he’d known about them.
Playlists
Wednesday, June 21st, 2017-Echoes Program 1725C
Bathe in the warmth of music sunshine on an Echoes Summer Solstice Soundscape. Echoes takes through you the summer as we track the midnight sun and explore the sounds of the season.
Wordless Echoes
Wordless Echoes – Summer Solstice
Flow through a seamless journey of ambient and contemplative sounds on a six-hour Echoes Summer Solstice stream. All India Radio, Lanterna, Paul WInter, Carl Weingarten and more take you on a journey through the longest day and shortest night of the year. Bask it in on an Echoes Summer Solstice Stream.
Playlists
Tuesday, June 20th, 2017 – Echoes Program 1725B
Swedish electronic musicians Johan Agebjörn & Mikael Ögren create an imaginary road trip through the Finnish-Russian border called We Never Came to the White Sea.
Playlists
Weekend June 17 & 18, 2017-Echoes Program 1724A
We talk with Lebanese singer Yasmine Hamdan. With music born in the Lebanese civil war, and a nomadic life since childhood, she’s created an Arab electronica that transcends worlds.
Reviews & Commentary
New Video from Arcade Fire- “Creature Comfort”
Arcade Fire’s energetic new music video, “Creature Comfort”, explores themes of image and fame with a retro-80s synthwave sound that includes key-tar and metallic suits.