We talk with Mark Dwane, a long time fixture on Echoes. This purveyor of expansive, cinematic melodies, and propulsive grooves talks about his music on Echoes.
We hear from rock refugee Greg Lisher. He’s the guitarist in the bands Camper Van Beethoven and Monks of Doom, but his new album sounds more like Windham Hill meets Brian Eno.
Shpongle’s Simon Posford has spent his time in Pandemic quarantine creating a soundtrack that plays out like the 10 Stages of Pandemic Lockdown. We hear about Flux and Contemplation.
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.