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.
Playlists
Weekend, May 17-18, 2025 – Programs 2519A & 2519B
Tag: electronic
Playlists
Friday, May 16, 2025 – Echoes Program 2519E
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.
Coming Up
Friday, May 30, 2025 – New 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.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: The Return of Ancient Future
Coming Up
Thursday, May 29, 2025 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Klangwelt from his album, Second Nature. The German electronic artist sheds some of his space music, sequencer roots in an exhilarating release.
Playlists
Thursday, May 15, 2025 – Echoes Program 2519D
We hear the communion of Ian Boddy and Erik Wollo in a live performance of synthesizers and guitar. The album is called Transmissions and it finds the two in a more energized sound.
Coming Up
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 – New Music from Course
Music from Course, the project of Jessica Robbins. On the new album, Hue Mirror, she turns her medical journey into deeply felt songs of despair and hope. We’ll hear a couple of tracks.
Playlists
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – Echoes Program 2519C
Air’s Moon Safari album gets an epic and ambient rework by Vegyn. It’s called Blue Moon Safari. Vegyn maintains the downtempo mood of the original but takes it into new atmospheres.
Coming Up
Tuesday, May 27, 2025 – Olafur Arnalds and Loreen
Icelandic ambient chamber music composer Ólafur Arnalds teams up with Swedish pop star, Loreen on an EP of personal, introspective songs called Sages. John Diliberto talks to them.
Living Room Concerts
Immersion and SUSS, Performing Live On Echoes
Get immersed in the Nanocluster with Immersion and Suss, live. This collaboration travels the borders of ambient, country and electronic music on their album, Nanocluster Volume 3.