We talk to Gunnar Spardel, who composes somber and serene chamber music under his own name and upbeat, progressive electronic music under the guise of Tigerforest.
Playlists
Weekend, Sept 18-19, 2021 – Programs 2137A & 2137B
Tag: New Age
Coming Up
Friday, Oct 1, 2021 – Harold Budd and Eric Hilton
We hear some of the last music created by Harold Budd. The ambient artist passed last December, but he left his soundtrack to HBO’s I Know This Much Is True. We’ve got a track from that.
Playlists
Friday, Sept 17, 2021 – Echoes Program 2137E
The ambient jazz trio Twilight Archive traverses a swampy landscape on a new album called Recent Detours. We’ll also hear from William Tyler and Marisa Anderson’s Lost Futures.
Coming Up
Thursday, Sept 30, 2021 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes some fast guitar from Andy McKee, a leading light on the finger-style guitar scene. He has a new EP called Symbols. We’ll also ride the grooves of Byron Metcalf.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Chronotope Project 2021
Playlists
Thursday, Sept 16, 2021 – Echoes Program 2137D
Marconi Union return to rhythm, creating some overdrive electronic music on a new album called Signals. We’ll also hear new music from the diva of the downer, Marissa Nadler.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Sept 29, 2021 – Latin Ambiences
In honor of National Hispanic American Heritage Month, we’re going to the Latin side of Echoes. Not what you might expect: We’ll hear a different, more ambient part of the Latin aesthetic.
Playlists
Wednesday, Sept 15, 2021 – Echoes Program 2137C
Two guitarists with expansive sounds: Carl Weingarten, from a new album of rustic chamber music, Ember Days, and Robert Jurjendal with a more ambient approach on Water Finds a Way.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Sept 28, 2021 – Jade Warrior’s 50th
It’s the 50th Anniversary of the greatest unsung band of Progressive Rock, Jade Warrior. Launched in 1971, they created a quartet of the most brilliant world fusion albums.
Playlists
Tuesday, Sept 14, 2021 – Echoes Program 2137B
New music from Lanterna, one of the pioneers of Ambient Americana. He’s returned with a new album of delay-guitar melodies, ambient moods, and twang, called Hidden Drives.