Ioanna Gika has a deep and powerful sound, as heard on her solo debut Thalassa. She came into the Echoes studio and performed selections from it, live.
Two women from the classical world go ambient with AvaWaves. Violinist Anna Phoebe and keyboardist Aisling Brouwer have crafted a haunting and unremittingly beautiful sound on their debut.
We hear the multi-keyboard orchestrations of music of Naneum, live. Then it’s Gunnar Spardel, who composes serene chamber music under his own name and upbeat electronic music as Tigerforest.
With an array of keyboards and synths, Michael Whalen creates an electro-orchestral symphony. Sacred Spaces by Michael Whalen is the April CD of the Month on Echoes.
Azam Ali, the entrancing singer of Niyaz, has created a gorgeous and epic song and video to benefit musicians stricken by the financial damage of the Corona Pandemic.
We hear music by Kevin Keller from an collection called 12.25, representing 12 albums in 25 years. And David Helpling also goes deeply ambient with RUNE, his January CD of the Month.
We’ll hear music from Elbow. The moody English band has a new album called Giants of All Sizes. We’ll also hear from Trentemøller from his latest album, Obverse.
The Echoes Top 25 for March 2020 features Agnes Obel’s Myopia, YPPAH, Michael Whalen, Ryan Farrish, Ava, Yael Naim and 19 other CDs. See if your favorites made the list.
We’ll hear new music from Roger Eno and Brian Eno off the brothers’ new album, Mixing Colours. We’ll also hear new music by ambient guitarist Jeff Pearce that dates back 20 years.
We return to the April 1990 album, Kojiki by Kitaro. It was a landmark recording for the Japanese electronic artist that brought his sound into orchestral and world music terrain.