On 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.
Playlists
Monday, Aug 3, 2020 – Echoes Program 2031A
Tag: New Age
Coming Up
Weekend, Aug 15-16, 2020 – Shpongle’s Simon Posford
Shpongle’s Simon Posford talks about an album that plays like the 10 Stages of Pandemic Lockdown. Then we hear from Mark Dwane, a legend of indie-space music this weekend on Echoes.
Playlists
Weekend, Aug 1-2, 2020 – Programs 2030A & 2030B
Ben Blackett plugs in computers instead of guitars to create dance floor trances and melodic contemplations. He talks about virtual synthesizers, choir samples, and his wife’s voice on Echoes.
Best Of
Echoes July 2020 Top 25: Aukai, Ben Blackett and more
The Echoes Top 25 for July 2020: Aukai’s Game Trails is at the top, and our list includes Ben Blackett, Moby and 22 other great CDs. See what should be in your collection.
Coming Up
Friday, Aug 14, 2020 – New Music by Azam Ali
New music by Azam Ali. The vocalist from Niyaz has released a new single, this time singing a hymn by Abbes Hildegard von Bingen. We’ll also hear music by Saafi Brothers.
Playlists
Friday, July 31, 2020 – Echoes Program 2030E
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.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Interview with YPPAH
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Echoes Podcast: YPPAH’s Psychedelic Dance: The Echoes Interview https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/EchoesPodcast-Yppah.m4aPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS YPPAH is happy spelled backwards and it’s the name of an ambiently inclined post rock group headed up by Joe Corrales. He’s gone through heavy metal, drum and bass, hip-hop and Turkish psychedelic music to arrive at a joyful…
Coming Up
Thursday, Aug 13, 2020 – Slow Flow Echoes
Deep ambient chamber music by Joshua Van Tassell whose album title says it all, Dance Music Volume II: More Songs for Slow Motion. We’ll also hear from German downtempo artist, Tauon.
Playlists
Thursday, July 30, 2020 – Echoes Program 2030D
We’ll hear music by Dubmatix 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.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Aug 12, 2020 – Music from Bob Moses
We have music from the duo Bob Moses. They have a new album of their propulsive electronic pop and we’ll hear the title track, “Desire,” featuring the musician known as Zhu.