Iconic German electronic band Kraftwerk haven’t released new music in decades, so they’ve turned their work over to remixers for a double CD set just called Remixes.
Put on your tuxedos and gowns for chamber music on the ambient side. Ambient Chamber Music is the meeting of classical forms and ambient atmospheres, and we have a whole show of it.
The May CD of the Month is Imaginary Trains by Michael Whalen. Whalen pulls in all his synthesizers to create a vision for the future with landmarks in the past of space music and the new age.
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.
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.
The Royal Arctic Institute: not a science organization. This quintet creates atmospheric guitar-centric sound, like the Ventures gone slow mo and psychedelic. They play for us live.
Music from singer Jo Beth Young, who we’ve known previously as Talitha Rise. She has new music that takes a more electronic and ethereal direction. We’ll also hear music by Tone Ranger.
Downtempo global fusion erupts when we hear Tropo, a project of violinist Tyson Leonard. He mixes electronics with violin and all kinds of global elements on Siente tu Corazon.
Klaus Schulze Heads to the Final Frontier: We remember this legend with a documnetary, artists reflections and of course, his space traveling music in an all Klaus Schulze show.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, a pair of tracks from the German electronic label, Sine. We’ll hear the artist who records as Sine, and the latest offering from the ever-prolific Thomas Lemmer.