The January CD of the Month is Nocturnes by Ben Jackson recording as The Great Northern. He usually produces country and pop in Nashville, but we’ll hear him as an electronic ambient composer.
Playlists
Monday, Jan 3, 2022 – Echoes Program 2201A
Tag: New Age
CD of the Month
Echoes Jan 2022 CD of the Month: The Great Northern
The Great Northern takes classic analog synthesizers and sculpts a nightscape sky that ascends to the heavens on his debut album, Nocturnes.
Playlists
Weekend, Jan 1-2, 2022 – Programs 2152A & 2152B
Brian Eno & Steve Roach were voted #1 and #2 in our 30 Icons of Echoes. This weekend, we revisit these influential icons who have shaped the soundscape of Echoes and beyond.
Coming Up
Friday, Jan 14, 2022 – New music from Vangelis and E.Vax
Space is the place this year and Vangelis has the album for it. It’s called Juno to Jupiter and it is in the classic Vangelis mode. We’ll also hear music from E.Vax, which is Evan Peter Mast.
Playlists
Friday, Dec 31, 2021 – Echoes Program 2152E
Stomp on 2021 and blow it out of your mind when we dance in 2022 with a Downtempo Ambient New Year’s Eve Soundscape. All systems are plugged in and the chill is turned up to 11.
Coming Up
Thursday, Jan 13, 2022 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Belgian ambient composer Dirk Serries. He teams up with saxophonist Trosta on an album of ambient improvisations called Island On The Moon.
Playlists
Thursday, Dec 30, 2021 – Echoes Program 2152D
It’s the fourth Icon of Echoes, Dead Can Dance. This duo of Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry have created some of the most transcendent, time-shifting music of the late 20th century.
Best Of
Best Ambient/Electronic Albums of 2021
This list is not like other lists. All “best of” lists are circumscribed by what music the listers were exposed to and personal tastes. In our case, it’s constrained by what we play on Echoes.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Jan 12, 2022 – Randal Meek & Karavan Sarai
Music from another disciple of Windham Hill guitarist and founder, Will Ackerman. His name is Randal Meek, and Ackerman produced his album, Longings. We’ll also hear from Karavan Sarai.
Playlists
Wednesday, Dec 29, 2021 – Echoes Program 2152C
Electronic pioneers Tangerine Dream are #3 of 30 Icons of Echoes. In a special two-hour show, we’ll hear the Echoes Tangerine Dream Documentary as well as music from across the band’s career.