Mike Oldfield remains best known for his debut album, Tubular Bells, still a signpost work 43 years later. But he created several beautifully crafted works. Among them is his third album, Ommadawn, released in 1975. We revisit it on Echoes.
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Jean-Michel Jarre is steeped in the lineage of electronic music. On his new album he collaborates with contemporaries like Tangerine Dream, electronica artists M83, Moby, Massive Attack and Air and techno artist Armin Van Buren.
Ozric Tentacles is the long lived psychedelic space rock band that has been recording for over 30 years. But they have another side project called Nodens Ictus.
Domino Kirke is the daughter of Simon Kirke, drummer for the bands Free and Bad Company. And her sister is Jemima Kirke from HBO’s Girls. Now Domino Kirke has a new album called Independent Channel. We’ll also hear new music from Lera Lynn from HBO’s True Detective.
We open fall with an autumnal CD of the Month, the debut album by Slow Meadow.
It’s another Slow Flow Echoes as we journey through an all-instrumental soundscape that includes new music from Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour. We’ll hear an instrumental track from his album, Rattle That Lock. We’ll also hear La Strada, an ambient chamber music CD by Kevin Keller.
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The English duo Anima is a band steeped in shamanic mysticism, psychedelic plants and electronic music. They’ve lived in the jungles in the Amazon and partaken in local rituals, which they translate into detailed electronic landscapes.
We open fall with an autumnal CD of the Month, the debut album by Slow Meadow. Slow Meadow is Matt Kidd who previously made music as Aural Method. With the guidance of the post-rock band Hammock, Slow Meadow creates a serene expanse of elongated melodies and deep textures. This is music that owes as much to Arvo Pärt as Brian Eno.
We open fall with an autumnal CD of the Month, the debut album by Slow Meadow.
One of the icons of electronic music are on another leg of their endless swansong tour. They haven’t produced an album in 12 years, yet they are selling out venues across the country for an audience hungry for the original avatars of electro-pop.