Earth Day Dreaming is a seven-hour instrumental soundscape inspired by the natural world. We’ll hear environmental sounds turned into music, and compositions that evoke those natural scenes.
Wordless Echoes
Wordless Echoes – Earth Day Dreaming
Tag: electronic
Playlists
Friday April 22nd, 2016-Echoes Program 1616E
On this Earth Day, we create a soundscape born from the planet, inspired by the riches of this earth that we seem so intent on destroying.
Interview Podcast
John Luther Adams in the Echoes Podcast
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John Luther Adams talks about his award-winning composition, Become Ocean, and his decision to leave Alaska in the Echoes Podcast.
Reviews & Commentary
Klaus Schulze: Moondawn at 40
Klaus Schulze is an icon of electronic music, exploring a sound that still resonates well after his first recordings in the early 1970s. Moondawn is one of those recordings celebrating its 40th Anniversary.
Playlists
Friday, April 15th, 2016-Echoes Program 1615E
We’ll listen to one of the seminal albums of 70s electronic music, Klaus Schulze’s 1976 album, Moondawn.
Playlists
Wednesday, April 13th, 2016-Echoes Program 1615C
Deborah Martin is one of those shadowy figures in the electronic music world. She has a new album of mystic inspired works called Eye of the Wizard. She casts its spell in an Echoes interview.
Reviews & Commentary
Big Ears 2016
Drones, lconic alt-rock group out of depth. More drones. Charming elders of the old vanguard. A master of pink noise and symphonic expanse. Drones. Celtic aires. Gothic metal. Only at the 2016 Big Ears Festival.
Wordless Echoes
Wordless Echoes: Walking the Labyrinth
Six hours of continuous instrumental music that navigates geometric pathways, on a journey to deep contemplation. It includes music from The Cavern of Anti-Matter, Vic Hennegan, Neuronium, Patrick O’Hearn, Liz Story, Oregon and many others.
CD of the Month
April 2016 CD of the Month: All India Radio’s The Slow Light.
All India Radio is the ambient rock project of Australia’s Martin Kennedy. With his 10th album, The Slow Light, he’s created a journey of ambient guitar and slow burn moods.
Playlists
Friday, April 1st, 2016-Echoes Program 1613E
Two dream pop singers approach moody songs from different directions. Warpaint bassist Jennylee goes toward dark and gothic minimalism while Maia Vidal brings a rhythmic vitality to her fragile songs.