Simon Posford of Shpongle has a new album of ambient moods, Flux & Contemplation and Tom Holkenborg a.k.a. Junkie XL, has a new soundtrack for White Lines. Go outside the lines on Echoes.
Music by Braids from their new album, Shadow Offering, inspired by an eclipse. We’ll also hear singer Miriem Ben Amor from her new album of Tunisian electronica, Once Upon a Time.
New music by Yaima, the dream pop duo whose music is suffused with nature imagery and hang drum rhythms. We’ll also hear from Julianna Barwick’s new album of her looped gothic chants.
Dave Bessell talks about his dark electronics. He is part of Node with producer Flood, and collaborates with the Greek electronic artist, Parallel Worlds. He has a new solo album, Reality Engine.
The French Band AIR was one of the seminal electronic pop groups of the 1990s and oughts. Founding member Nicolas Godin has a new solo album out that began as an architectural art project.
During their last tour before pandemic, California Guitar Trio recorded an album’s-worth of songs that explore their virtuosity and intricacy. That album, Elegy, is the August CD of the Month.
We talk to Yppah, a band that makes a joyful sound out of psychedelia, hip-hop and minimalism. Founder Joe Corrales Jr. talks about going from surfing to minimalist psychedelia.
This weekend on Echoes Ben Blackett plugs in computers instead guitars to create electronic journeys. Jim Ottaway lives in the Australian bush and his music heads into the oceans of space.
We explore the ambient chamber music of Naneum. On his album, Life Cycle he recorded a local choir singing their traditional music but then sliced it up into his own arrangements.