Azam Ali takes her love of modern electronic music to create her new album, Phantoms. John Diliberto talks to her about a sound born from social and political darkness and electronic grooves.
Playlists
Monday, September 9, 2019: Echoes Program 1937A
Tag: New Age
Coming Up
Weekend, September 21-22, 2019: Rob Simonsen and Hugar
Veteran film composer Rob Simonsen talks about his solo debut album, Reveries, a nostalgic ambient chamber music journey. Then we hear Icelandic ambient chamber duo, Hugar playing live.
Coming Up
Friday, September 20, 2019: Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes it’s new music by Gunnar Spardel. He used to record electronic music as Tigerforest, but now he’s going in a darker, chamber music direction on a new album.
Playlists
Thursday, September 5, 2019: Echoes Program 1936D
Tangerine Dream’s Thorsten Quaeschning releases The Munich Session. We also go back to 1981 for John Foxx’s The Garden, and Mark Dwane returns to 1988 to revisit his debut with Martian Apparitions.
Coming Up
Tuesday, September 17, 2019: Hugar Concert
It’s chilled ambiences from Iceland, the land of chill, when Hugar come in to play live. The duo unfolds the deep moods and frozen landscapes of their CD of the Month in an intimate and subtle performance.
Playlists
Tuesday, September 3, 2019 – Echoes Program 1936B
Yann Tiersen is a wonderful composer who has scored films like Amelie and Goodbye Lenin, but he also composes his own music for multiple keyboards, percussion, strings and more. He plays live on Echoes.
Coming Up
Monday, September 16, 2019: Rob Simonsen Interview
Veteran film composer, Rob Simonsen talks about his first solo album, Reveries. The composer of scores for Nerve, Love, Simon and others creates a nostalgic ambient chamber music album.
Coming Up
Weekend, September 14-15, 2019: Azam Ali Interview
Weekend Echoes listeners hear an interview with Vas & Niyaz singer Azam Ali about her all-English electronic album, Phantoms. We’ll also hear free improvisation with Swana-Motzer-Hirlinger.
CD of the Month
September 2019 CD of the Month: Hugar’s Varða
Hugar’s Varða is the Echoes September CD of the Month. The Icelandic duo creates a perfect ambient chamber album of Autumnal colors and chilled moods inspired by Icelandic landscapes.
Best Of
Echoes August 2019 Top 25: David Pritchard to Angel Olsen
The Echoes Top 25 for August 2019 features the CD of the Month “Evanescent” by David Pritchard at the top, followed by Lamb, Azam Ali, Eve Maret, and 21 more recent recordings.