The French duo called Air is both retro and “moderne,” chilled pop and ambient lounge. They created a splash in 1998 with their album, Moon Safari In 2004 they came to Echoes to play music from that album and The Virgin Suicides soundtrack.
Peter Baumann was a member of Tangerine Dream during their classic era and founded Private Music. Now, after 20 years in his think tank, the Baumann Foundation, he returns with his first new album in 33 years, Machines of Desire. He talks about electronics and philosophy on Echoes.
We’ve got the digital blender fired up for Echoes Remixed. John Diliberto plays a lot of music you know, but in versions that aren’t the original in an all remix show.
Gileah Taylor is a singer-songwriter from the Florida Panhandle who sings songs of love, the spirit and science fiction. She comes in with her looping station to sing live on Echoes.
The new Netflix Original Series, Stranger Things, is a modern twist on classic sci-fi horror, and its chilling synthesizer-filled score follows suit. Composers Michael Stein and Kyle Dixon tap into an analog sound that began in the 1970s, take it to the 80s and make it timeless.
Prominent synths, skillful guitar work and an overall sense of urgency fill Pulsar’s 1976 song “Strands of the Future”.
It’s dream pop out of New Zealand on the next Echoes when we hear a new single by French for Rabbits called “Feathers and Dreams.
We travel from slow-core pastoral rock to ambient electronic music when we hear the latest by the Lancaster based band, The Innocence Mission and the English electronic pop group, Radium 88.
Six hours of continuous instrumental music that lights up the night sky. It includes music from Erik Wollo & Byron Metcalf, Patrick O’Hearn, William Tyler, Saul Stokes, and more.
Red Martian’s latest release pays homage to technology of a bygone era. It’s called Retrailing. The retro-packaging may evoke nostalgia or nightmares.