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.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Erik Wøllo. The Norwegian guitarist and electronic artist has a new album called Sojourns. We’ll also hear the electronic designs of Time Wharp.
An icon of German electronic music returns. Guitarist Michael Rother from Cluster, Harmonia, and Neu! has a new album with Vittoria Maccabruni called As Long As the Light.
Marissa Nadler has a new EP of covers and extra tracks called The Wrath of the Clouds. We’ll also hear from guitarist Randal Meek and his homage to Hawaii called Longings.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by The Album Leaf, revisited. Jimmy Lavalle has gone back to his 2001 album, One Day I’ll Be On Time, and reworked it as One Day XX (Twenty).
We have new music by Tom Caufield, except he isn’t recording under his own name, but as Gatefold Sleeve. His new album Vessels of the Essence is an ambient improvisational journey.
We’ll hear music by Lunar Noon, a choral dream pop project of Michelle Zheng. Her debut album is Symbolic Creature. We also have music from Robot Koch’s Sand And Foam project remixed.
Rena Jones is a polymath. She plays violin, cello and synthesizers and immerses her music in the imagery of nature and philosophy. We talk about hidden meanings and her new album, Allegories.
Get your wish list out for Christmas. It’s the Best of Echoes 2021. In a tumultuous year, John Diliberto finds the 25 albums that will bring you peace, joy and adventure.
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.