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.
Playlists
Monday, Oct 26, 2020 – Program 2043A
Tag: New Age
Coming Up
Weekend, Nov 7-8, 2020 – Digitonal’s CD of the Month
This weekend on Echoes, Digitonal return with their third CD of the Month, Set the Weather Fair. Digitonal are avatars of ambient chamber music and this is one of their best.
Playlists
Weekend, Oct 24-25, 2020 – Programs 2042A & 2042B
Amon Tobin, pioneer of jazz driven electronic music, has returned with new music and pseudonyms. Sufjan Stevens goes all electronic on a darkly melodic new album called The Ascension.
Coming Up
Friday, Nov 6, 2020 – Music by Mimi Page
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.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Erik Wøllo & Michael Stearns
Playlists
Friday, Oct 23, 2020 – Echoes Program 2042E
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.
Coming Up
Thursday, Nov 5, 2020 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Tom Caufield. This finger-style guitarist has released some of the most inventive guitar albums of the last decade. We’ll also hear from Olafur Arnalds.
Playlists
Thursday, Oct 22, 2020 – Echoes Program 2042D
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.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Nov 4, 2020 – Bowie’s Man Who Sold the World
Flashback 50 to David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold the World, released in November 1970. We’ll also hear from Loma’s Don’t Shy Away and Kevin Braheny Fortune’s Eclectic Electric Singles.
Playlists
Wednesday, Oct 21, 2020 – Echoes Program 2042C
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.