30 Icons of Echoes: the artists who have informed the show over our first 30 years. In this Wordless Echoes stream, we count down the list, starting with #30, and ending up at the #1 Icon of Echoes.
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.
It’s the 50th Anniversary of Kraftwerk. The iconic German electronic band released their debut album in 1970. We’ll look back on a band that altered the face of music for decades.
The Norwegian singer Ane Brun has been one of the understated sirens of dream pop. She talks about the loss and loneliness that informs much of her latest recordings.
Digitonal return with their third CD of the Month, Set the Weather Fair. Digitonal are avatars of ambient chamber music, mixing contemporary electronics with classical elegance and melodies.
Native American flute has been making a return to the Echoes Soundscape and on a Slow Flow Echoes we’ll hear two of them, Kenneth Hooper’s Directions and Vicki Logan’s Born Out of Chaos.
A song for the pandemic when we hear a lament from singer Mimi Page. It’s a haunting wordless hymn for these times. We’ll also hear from Robot Koch who has a new ambient chamber music album.
New music by Loma, the collaboration between singer Emily Cross and Jonathan Meiburg. They have a new album, Don’t Shy Away. We’ll also hear something new from Svara.