It’s a new generation of German electronic artists when we talk to Thomas Lemmer and Sebastian Pabst. They’ve been churning out downtempo dreams and electro-lounge moods at a prolific pace.
The California Guitar Trio talk about their August Echoes CD of the Month, Elegy. It was recorded in AirBnB living rooms while they were on their last tour before pandemic lockdown.
Amon Tobin, pioneer of jazz driven electronic music, has returned with new music and pseudonyms including the 60s psychedelia of Figueroa, He talks about it in the Echoes interview.
Erik Wøllo & Michael Stearns talk about their debut collaboration, Convergence. Echoes September CD of the Month emerged from dreams, brain tumors and pandemic behind the release.
Norwegian guitar legend Terje Rypdal returns to the form of his 70s classic albums on a new one called Conspiracy. We’ll also hear from ambient chamber music group Digitonal.
After his keyboard symphony Sacred Spaces, Michael Whalen returns with a more meditative album for keyboards and the Japanese shakuhachi flute played by Blue Monk. It’s called Karmic Dreams.
Music by Braids from their new album, Shadow Offering, inspired by an eclipse. We’ll also hear singer Miriem Ben Amor from her new album of Tunisian electronica, Once Upon a Time.
Todavia is a dream-pop band from Los Angeles that is channeling The Cocteau Twins. They have a new album, Orange Faint of Sky. We’ll also hear from singer Marya Stark off her album, Sapphire.
Ben Blackett plugs in computers instead of guitars to create dance floor trances and melodic contemplations. He talks about virtual synthesizers, choir samples, and his wife’s voice on Echoes.