David Helpling takes us inside his new double CD that’s just titled IN. The title is simple but the music is an expanse of dynamic ambient orchestrations for guitar and synthesizers.
It’s the 40th Anniversary of Laurie Anderson’s Big Science, her debut album and the one that contained her signature song, “O Superman.” It still sounds resonant 40 years later.
Weekend listeners hear the May CD of the Month, Imaginary Trains by Michael Whalen. Whalen pulls in all his synthesizers to create a vision for the future with landmarks in the past.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, drift on the currents of Erik Wøllo’s North Star, an album of guitar moods from Norway. We’ll also hear from Chris Liebing off his album Another Day.
It’s the sound of the planet on Echoes as we celebrate Earth Day 2022. We’ll hear music inspired by life on earth as well as music made from the sounds of the earth.
New music by Mamak Khadem, the extraordinary Iranian singer. She has a new album of Persian fusion called Remembrance. We’ll also hear some downtempo eastern grooves by the Zikr Project.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music from ELEON, one of the recording personas of Michael A Foster, from his new album, Hidden Time. We’ll also hear an electronic duo who record as Iluiteq.
We talk to The Royal Arctic Institute is not a science organization, a quintet that creates an atmospheric guitar-centric sound, like the Ventures gone slow mo and psychedelic.
New music from Canadian Dream Pop artist Patrick Watson that captures the uncertainty of this time. We’ll also hear a collaboration between Bruno San Filippo and Aukai.