The return of Ancient Future. The band that coined the term World Fusion in 1978 has their first significant release in nearly 25 years. I talk to founder and guitarist Matthew Montfort.
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Monday, Sept 8, 2025 – Ancient Future Interview
Tag: electronic
Playlists
Monday, Aug 25, 2025 – Echoes Program 2534A
Flutist Nicholas Gunn casts back across his career with the album, 30, marking 30 years since Music from the Grand Canyon. He’s evolved a lot since then going from tribal to trance.
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Weekend, Sept 5-7, 2025 – Marissa Nadler
It’s the Diva of the downer with the latest album by Marissa Nadler. New Radiations luxuriates in the reflective and dark corners of the mind and emotions. It’s the September CD of the Month.
Playlists
Weekend, Aug 23-24, 2025 – Programs 2533A & 2533B
It’s the 50th Anniversary of Deluxe, the Second album by the German Trio Harmonia. Consisting of Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius of Cluster and Michael Rother of Neu
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Friday, Sept 5, 2025 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Michael Whalen. His album, Watercolor Sky is an homage to Windham Hill Records and features Windham Hill artists including founder Will Ackerman.
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Friday, Aug 22, 2025 – Echoes Program 2533E
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Naneum, the ambient chamber music persona of Jon Solo. He uses multiple keyboards to create his ethereal songs on a new album called Spiritual Son.
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Thursday, Aug 21, 2025 – Echoes Program 2533D
We hear new music by Hollie Kenniff. She’s the singer in the dreampop duo Mint Julep with her husband, Keith Kenniff. On her solo album For Forever, she goes purely ambient.
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Wednesday, Sept 3, 2025 – Music from Andy Bell
Andy Bell wields guitar distortion in the shoegaze band called Ride. But on his new solo album, Pinball Wanderer, he takes a more dream pop, downtempo direction.
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Wednesday, Aug 20, 2025 – Echoes Program 2533C
New music by Delrei. They are a guitar centric Italian group steeped in the sound of Spaghetti Westerns and Twin Peaks. We hit the trail to hear their twang from a new live album.
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Tuesday, Sept 2, 2025 – Music from SINE
We hear new music by SINE, the German electronic producer who also runs the Sine Music label. He has a new solo release called Impuls. We surf the Sine waves on Echoes.