The English Ambient band Marconi Union return with a new album called Ghost Stations that continues their soundtracks for abandoned cities and deserted industries. They talk about it on Echoes.
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Tuesday, October 4, 2016-Echoes Program 1640B
Tag: electronic
Interview Podcast
Steve Reich’s 80th Birthday
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On his 80th birthday, we look back at the career of composer and minimalist pioneer Steve Reich. He wrote Music for 18 Musicians. He influenced thousands of musicians.
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Monday, October 3, 2016-Echoes Program 1640A
Cellist Martin Tillman is the sound you hear in films like Pirates of the Caribbean and Blackhawk Down. But he’s also a composer in his own right.
Interview Podcast
Martin Tillman in Echoes Podcast
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Martin Tillman has been a first call cellist in Hollywood for 20 years and he’s graced scores from Mission Impossible to Black Hawk Down. Now he has a new album inspired by his wife’s multiple sclerosis. He talks about it in the Echoes Podcast.
CD of the Month
October CD of the Month: Martin Tillman – Superhuman
A staple on Hollywood film scores for the last 20 years, Martin Tillman stretches out on his own cinematic album that embraces progressive rock and EDM. It’s the Echoes October CD of the Month.
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Friday, September 30, 2016-Echoes Program 1639E
It’s a Slow Flow Echoes with new music by Vangelis. His first album in 12 years returns him to space. It’s called Rosetta. Hammock releases a deluxe edition of Raising Your Voice, Trying to Stop an Echo. We’ll hear a bonus track.
Interview Podcast
Merrin Karras Echoes Podcast
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Merrin Karras is an Irish electronic artist living in Berlin, ground zero, for 70s German Space music. He brings those sounds into his own music on his album, Apex.
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Thursday, September 29th, 2016-Echoes Program 1639D
The Dreampop group Delerium returns with a new album called Mythologie and Vinyl Williams brings us some psychedelia on their album, Brunei.
Reviews & Commentary
10 Best Summer Songs 2016
Summer’s over, but you can keep the sun shining with these 10 Best Songs of Summer 2016
Playlists
Tuesday, September 20th, 2016-Echoes Program 1638B
Ed Harris is another musician who was raised on metal but went into ambient electronic music instead. As Edamame uses field recordings made on his phone for some percussive sounds samples of birds chirping and outside chatter.