Hear Euphoria Interviewed Tonight on Echoes. E4 Instrumental was the number two album this month in the Echoes Top 25. So we’ll be revisiting our interview with Ken Ramm, the founder of the band. Ken Ramm played in rock bands as a kid and spent a lot of time composing the soundtrack for the soap opera,…
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From Oblivion to Euphoria in Echoes Top 25
Two Takes on Modern Guitar Lead Echoes Top 25 for January. You couldn’t get much different than the two guitar sounds at one & two in the Echoes Top 25. You’ve got the ambient guitar orchestrations of Hammock’s Oblivion Hymns, the Echoes CD of the Month for January followed at number 2 by E4 (Instrumental) …
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Moby Talks About Innocents Tonight on Echoes
Hear Moby Interviewed Tonight on Echoes. I don’t know if Moby intended it this way, but Innocents sounds like the conclusion of a trilogy, joining Wait for Me and Destroyed, his two previous albums. As on those recordings, Moby plays the ambient song-smith, crafting odes of haunting and poignant beauty, making a music that sounds…
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From India to Istanbul, England to Jamaica: Bombay Dub Orchestra
Hear Bombay Dub Orchestra talk about their wonderful new CD, Tales from the Grand Bazaar tonight on Echoes. I first heard of Garry Hughes back in the 1980s when he was making space music albums like Ancient Evenings and Sacred Cities for the Audion label. He gone on to be a top producer and session…
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Tonight Sky’s Jason Holstrom in Echoes Podcast
Hear About Beach Boys, Ukuleles and Space Music with Tonight Sky in the Echoes Podcast. Jason Holstrom has been on the Seattle music since the turn of the millennium playing in groups like Wonderful and United States of Electronica. But none of that music would prepare you for the serenely feel good vibrations of his…
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Surf’s Up with Tonight Sky
Jason Holstrom has been on the Seattle music since the turn of the millennium playing in groups like Wonderful and United States of Electronica. But none of that music would prepare you for the serenely feel good vibrations of his project,Tonight Sky. He’s taken Beach Boys harmonies and sent them into electronica space. In Seattle,…
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Pure Bathing Culture in Echoes Podcast
Portland’s Pure Bathing Culture Talks Art-Rock, Jazz and Dream-pop in the Echoes Podcast. Whatever you call them, don’t call them Dream Pop. But if you do, you’ll hear a sound to which most dream pop bands could aspire with Pure Bathing Culture. They are a duo of singer and keyboardist Sarah Versprille and guitarist Daniel Hindman…
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Echoes Top 25 for December 2013
Here’s the last Top 25 list for 2013. And like our 25 Essential Echoes CDs and The Best of Echoes Listener Poll, it reveals just what a great year 2013 was. There are seven Echoes CD of the Month picks on it including December’s selection, David Helpling & Jon Jenkins’ Found. That’s unusual, but that’s…
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25 Essential Echoes CDs for 2013
Some years are better than others and 2013 was much better than most. Right now, you can Vote in the Best of Echoes 2013 Listener Poll. But, this list is different. This is compiled by the brain trust of Echoes. These are the CDs we played on the show in 2013 that we thought represented…
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Moby Talks About Innocents Tonight on Echoes
Hear Moby Interviewed Tonight on Echoes. I don’t know if Moby intended it this way, but Innocents sounds like the conclusion of a trilogy, joining Wait for Me and Destroyed, his two previous albums. As on those recordings, Moby plays the ambient song-smith, crafting odes of haunting and poignant beauty, making a music that sounds…