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.
Playlists
Monday June 12th, 2017-Echoes Program 1724A
Tag: electronic
Playlists
Friday June 9th, 2017 – Echoes Program 1723E
On the next Echoes we look to the skies with Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner and Nico Muhly when we hear music from their album, Planetarium. We’ll also hear music from singer-songwriter Lexie Roth, daughter of guitarist Arlen Roth.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Tom Eaton Engineering Ambience
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Tom Eaton is an acclaimed engineer and producer of acoustic music who also harbors a love of electronic music from Tangerine Dream to Tim Story. It comes out in a pair of ambient albums.
Program Highlights, Reviews & Commentary
New Video from Enter Shikari- Supercharge ft. Big Narstie
UK Electronic Punks Shakiri create riotous new animated video for their song “Supercharge” featuring rapper ft. Big Narstie, a proponent of Grime discovered on the internet.
Playlists
Tuesday, June 6th, 2017-Echoes Program 1723B
Tom Eaton is best known as an engineer of acoustic albums for Windham Hill founder Will Ackerman. But on his own, he plugs into his room of synthesizers to create ambient dreamscapes.
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Thursday, June 1st, 2017-Echoes Program 1722D
Fall into a dream on the 50th Anniversary of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. We’ll explore this psychedelic classic with originals and a covers recreation.
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Wednesday, May 31st, 2017-Echoes Program 1722C
Michael Whalen is a skilled keyboardist and composer who has nearly 20 albums to his name ranging from electronic ambiences to solo pianos in reverb. His latest album, Dream Cycle, is inspired by his difficulties with sleep and health. He plays live on Echoes.
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Tuesday May 30th, 2017 – Echoes Program 1722B
Patrick Watson is a Canadian band that has been making a dreamy art pop since the early 21st century. On their latest album, Love Songs for Robots, they use sci-fi metaphor and ethereal arrangements for a deeper, more introspective sound.
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Weekend, May 27 & 28, 2017-Echoes Program 1721A
Suzanne Ciani was a leading figure in New Age music with albums like Velocity of Love and Pianissimo. But behind her sweet, classically derived melodies was an avant-gardist who came of age with the Buchla modular synthesizer in the 1970s.
Reviews & Commentary
Washout 80’s Video Collage for “Get Lost.”
Things were certainly strange 35 years ago in southern California, the cultural milieu that populates the new video by Washed Out. It’s called “Get Lost” and you’ll get lost in it’s animated imagery.