New music by Alex Maas, lead singer of the psychedelic band The Black Angels. He goes more pastoral on an album called Luca. We’ll also hear from Time Traveler, the new persona of Eleon.
Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds talks about his new album, Some Kind of Peace. He pares-down to a simpler sound for music of introspection. Join us with Ólafur Arnalds on Echoes.
On this Day Echoes remembers. 2020 has been a tough year, and along the way, we lost many artists from the world of Echoes. In this special memorial show, we remember some whom we’ve lost.
Singer Ane Brun releases a perfect pair of CDs, After the Great Storm and How Beauty Holds the Hand of Sorrow, exploring themes of loss and existence. Both are the Echoes CD of the Month.
It’s a time of giving so the Echoes CD of the Month is actually 2 CDs. Ane Brun’s After The Great Storm and How Beauty Holds the Hand of Sorrow are perfect albums for this time of reflection.
The Best of Echoes 2020. In a bad year there was great music. Hear 20 of the Top 30 albums for 2020 and then hear an interview with Kevin Keller who is on that list.
German electronic music legend Hans-Joachim Roedelius was a founder of Cluster and Harmonia. Lately, he’s gone acoustic and has even recorded for the Deutsche Grammophon classical label.
On a Slow Flow Echoes we go through Portals, a collection of electronic music sub-titled “A Kosmische Journey,” nodding to its roots in 70s German Space music. We’ll also hear Liminal Drifter.
New music by Drogtech, a Polish musician creating ambient soundscapes on his new album, Fractured. We’ll also hear from Karavan Sarai, the world fusion electronic project.
Gracie and Rachel’s latest album is Hello Weakness, You Make Me Strong. They talk music, anger, and pandemic. Then we remember composer Harold Budd who passed on 12/7 with an hour special.