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.
It’s music by electronic dream pop singer Half Waif. The daughter of an Indian refugee from Uganda and an Irish-American, she heard Indian bhajans and Celtic pop growing up.
We’ll hear music by Dubmatrix from a new EP called Dubmatix AKA which finds the band in more chilled downtempo terrain. We’ll also hear from veteran progressive rock band Soft Machine.
Mark Dwane has a new album called Future Tense and his guitar actually sounds like a guitar sometimes. We’ll also hear from Imaginational Anthems Volume 10, Overseas Edition.
New music from Thomas Lemmer. The German electronic artist has a new EP of his downtempo moods and a new band, Numun, a project with members of the ambient guitar band, Suss.
We get High on Isra. That’s actually the name of a band out of Germany making an electronic pop. We’ll hear from their album, Sad Sad Sad. We’ll also hear from the California Guitar Trio.
Jim Ottaway lives on the Gold Coast of Australia and his music heads into the oceans of space. He came to electronic music late in life but he’s released two dozen albums in last decade.
Two women from the classical world go ambient with AvaWaves. Violinist Anna Phoebe and keyboardist Aisling Brouwer have crafted a haunting and unremittingly beautiful sound on their debut.
Ben Blackett plugs in computers instead of guitars to create electronic journeys and melodic contemplations. He talks about virtual synths, choir samples, and his wife’s voice on Echoes.