Composer Nils Frahm creates a melodically layered and rhythmically driven live performance that’s a meeting of Tangerine Dream, minimalism and ambient moods at Union Transfer in Philadelphia.
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Poppy Ackroyd is an English composer creating a neo-classical sound full of kinetic drive and melody. Her album Resolve, is the Echoes CD of the Month for February. Hear it in Echoes Podcast.
Poppy Ackroyd is an English composer creating a neo-classical sound full of kinetic drive and melody. Her album Resolve, is the Echoes CD of the Month for February.
While German space music was creating sequencer driven grooves Klaus Schulze created an ambient dreamscape, Mirage: A Winter Landscape in 1977. John Diliberto looks back.
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We look back on the career of trumpeter/composer Jon Hassell from through his Fourth World music permutations with interviews from Hassell, Brian Eno, and more in the Echoes Podcast.
The Velvet Underground and Nico was a seminal album released in 1967. Even before the Summer of Love got going, VU took a darker approach to modern alternative culture with music that pioneered experimental rock.
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We celebrate the 80th birthday of one of the Holy Trinity of Minimalism. Philip Glass turns 80 this year and it’s hard to imagine the music of the last 40 years without him. Hear it in the Echoes Podcast.
We celebrate the 80th birthday of one of the Holy Trinity of Minimalism. Philip Glass turns 80 this year and it’s hard to imagine the music of the last 40 years without him.
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On his 80th birthday, we look back at the career of composer and minimalist pioneer Steve Reich. He wrote Music for 18 Musicians. He influenced thousands of musicians.
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Dave Preston talks about his influences, current projects, and how his humble beginnings, recording with just a Shure SM-58, led to working with Justin Timberlake and his own ambient guitar albums.