We go IN, way IN when we hear music from David Helpling’s double CD which is called IN. It’s an album of dramatic electronic orchestrations that will cast you through visions of the beyond.
We remember Vangelis. He won the first Oscar for an electronic film score for Chariots of Fire and charted a course through electro-orchestral space for over 50 years.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by guitarist John Gregorius from his new album called In Awe. We’ll also hear Eric Hilton from Thievery Corporation with a song from his latest album.
New music from Avant-pop singer Jenny Hval, who wrote her Master’s thesis on Kate Bush: “The Singing Voice as Literature.” Hval has a new album called Classic Objects.
New music from Shearwater, the band that grew out of the rootsy Okkervil River. They have taken a turn toward deep ambient electronics on the new album, The Great Awakening.
Two Icons of New Age music who were there long before the New Age: pianist George Winston off his album, Night, and Paul Winter Consort from his new Concert in the Barn release.
Michael Stearns’s Planetary Unfolding is a seminal Ambient album from 40 years ago. He talks about those early times of electronic music.
New music by Australia’s Ry X, a former surfer who now rides waves of interior emotions in his dream pop. His new album is Blood Moon. We’ll also hear Röyksopp’s latest, Profound Mysteries.
Electronic artist Michael Whalen draws upon his roots in 70s and 80s European electronic music to create his album, Imaginary Trains. He talks about his journey and his new album.