Our 10th Icon, Enya, created a revolutionary but serene sound with her heavily layered vocals, sung in Gaelic, Elven, Latin and Loxion. She’s influenced everything from New Age to Dream Pop.
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Wednesday, Feb 17, 2021 – Icon of Echoes Enya
Tag: New Age
Playlists
Wednesday, Feb 3, 2021 – Echoes Program 2105C
The 8th Icon of Echoes is Steve Reich. The minimalist composer’s Music for 18 Musicians is the holy grail for many neo-classical, ambient chamber and electronic musicians.
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Tuesday, Feb 16, 2021 – Ane Brun Interview
The Norwegian singer Ane Brun has been one of the understated sirens of dream pop. She talks about the loss and loneliness that informs her latest recordings.
Playlists
Tuesday, Feb 2, 2021 – Echoes Program 2105B
The keyboardist for the Danish Al-rock band, Kashmir, takes the neo-classical, solo piano route on a trilogy of recordings. John Diliberto goes inside the creaky piano sound of Henrik Lindstrand on Echoes.
Coming Up
Monday, Feb 15, 2021 – A Winged Victory for the Sullen
The ambient chamber music of A Winged Victory for the Sullen, a collaboration between Dustin O’Halloran and Adam Wiltzie, explores darker terrain on Invisible Cities.
Playlists
Monday, Feb 1, 2021 – Echoes Program 2105A
Head into the future with Time Traveler, aka Eleon. His Time Traveler debut album, Sky Falter is a melodic meeting of downtempo and space music and it’s the February CD of the Month.
CD of the Month
February 2021 CD of the Month: Time Traveler
Echoes February CD of the Month: Time Traveler is ELEON a.k.a. Michael L. Rogers and he’s made a melodic electronic downtempo sci-fi opus to take you out of this world called Time Falter.
Playlists
Weekend, Jan 30-31, 2021 – Programs 2104A & 2104B
Desensitized is the collaboration between electronic artists Deborah Martin and Dean De Benedictus. Then music from Grandbrothers, where all the sounds originate from a single grand piano.
Coming Up
Friday, Feb 12, 2021 – Music from Steve Roach
Music from Steve Roach’s album of modular synthesizer sequencer symmetry dervishes called Tomorrow. We’ll also hear Zero 7, Peter Gabriel, and a single from Lana Del Rey.
Playlists
Friday, Jan 29, 2021 – Echoes Program 2104E
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.