Hear New Music from the Boards of Canada and Sigur Ros on Echoes tonight. Tonight on Echoes, new music by downtempo electronic denizens, Boards of Canada, from their highly anticipated and hyped Tomorrow’s Harvest, and the latest by Sigur Rós off their new album Kveikur (Candlewick). Below, watch Boards of Canada with “Reach for the…
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Northern Lights – The Chilled Sound of Scandinavia.
Echoes explores the chilled world of music from Scandinavia with electronic sounds from Norway, dream pop from Denmark, downtempo electronics from Sweden and ambient chamber music from Iceland. Iceland’s Ólafur Arnalds and Sigur Ros; Denmark’s Agnes Obel and Manual, Norway’s Terje Rypdal and Green Isac; Sweden’s Solar Fields and more. Turn out the lights. The…
Interview Podcast
Echoes Ólafur Arnalds Interview Podcast
Hear the Echoes Interview with Ólafur Arnalds in the Echoes Podcast There is an emerging generation of artists who are positing the first new movement in classical music since 1970s minimalism: Ambient Chamber Music. It mixes classical orchestrations with electronic sounds, but couches them all in gorgeous, often heart-rending melodies and an atmosphere that envelopes…
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The Mellow is Over for Sigur Rós.
Sigur Rós has announced a new CD for June, Kveikur recorded with their new Trio configuration. Judging from this first song, symphonic slab, crushing distressed bass and exhortation vocals, the mellow of their previous album Valtari is over. There’s even a conventional hook chorus on this one. ~John Diliberto ((( echoes ))) Sign up for…
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Sigur Rós UnChilled
After their extremely chilled and ambient album, Valtari, Sigur Rós are apparently getting ready to channel Nine Inch Nails on a forthcoming album. They have a short but tantalizing video out called “Breakout” that not only reveals a more dark and aggressive side, but provides more visual interest in 90 seconds than all of their…
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New Sigur Rós Crosses Ambient Ocean.
There’s a new Sigur Rós album coming out May 29, Valtari. There music has been all over HBO’s recently cancelled “Luck.” Here’s the first video from it for the song : “Ekki múkk” It gives new meaning to ambient video. Watch the ship come in. ~© 2012 John Diliberto ((( echoes ))) Join us on Facebook…
Reviews & Commentary
Hype Machine Building for New Sigur Ros Live!
Okay, that’s a little cynical, but the whole leaking out of free tracks, tantalizing fans with little tidbits and generally treating us like greyhounds chasing rabbits is getting a bit tedious. But then this is the iconic, beyond hip band, Sigur Rós who have released some of the most idiosyncratic and uniguely intoxicating music in…
Best Of
Icelandic Chamber Music Heads Echoes Top 25
Skuli Sverrisson’s Lush Ambiences Lead Echoes Top 25 for March. Skuli Sverrisson’s Seria II was our Echoes CD of the Month in March and it leads the Echoes Top 25 for March, bringing in a lot of other ambient chamber music on its coattails including Meg Bowles’ A Quiet Light, Dustin O’Halloran’s Lumiere and Olafur…
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Skúli Sverrisson’s Seria II.
Skúli Sverrisson’s Seria II is the Echoes March CD of the Month A sideman to New York’s music elite turns in a solo electric chamber work masterpiece. Hear Skúli Sverrisson talk about his music tonight 5/27 Echoes. Ambient chamber music is often atmospheric, melancholy and serene, but rarely is it as charming as Seria II…
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Echo Location: Nordic Ambiences
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20081210.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSBjörk and Abba aren’t the only exports from Iceland and Sweden. (You can hear an audio version of this Blog, with music.) As we close out 2008 and head into the chill of winter, I bring you two albums from Nordic territories to chill you even more. Scandinavian…