Laraaji is an icon of ambient and new age music. He was in Brian Eno’s Ambient music series and continues to make music, with his partner, Arji. We talk to Laraaji and Arji on Echoes.
Playlists
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 – Echoes Program 1848B
Tag: New Age
Playlists
Friday, November 23, 2018-Echoes Program 1847E
We step into the Cosmic Chill Lounge. That’s a series of ambient electronic compilations from the German Sine Music label. They’ve recently released volume 8 in this series.
Living Room Concerts
Buck Curran of Arborea Plays Live on Echoes.
American primitive guitar goes east when Buck Curran plays live. Formerly one-half of the psychedelic pop duo, Arborea, Curran goes more rustic, but still trippy when he plays live on Echoes.
Playlists
Wednesday November 21, 2018 – Echoes Program 1847C
2016’s New Age Grammy winner was White Sun, a group that turns Hindi mantras into soaring vocal melodies. The group’s singer, Gurujas, writes the melodies that have propelled them to the New Age forefront.
Playlists
Wednesday, November 14th, 2018 – Echoes Program 1846C
The Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society is less of a fan club and more of an electronic, deep ambient duo with Garry Hughes of Bombay Dub Orchestra and Harvey Jones.
Reviews & Commentary
Big Ears Festival 2019’s Extraordinary Line-Up
Big Ears Festival 2019 brings another slate of diverse and adventurous music to their 2019 event. Read about the final lineup which includes Nils Frahm, Harold Budd and Spiritualized.
Playlists
Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 – Echoes Program 1846B
Bassist Erik Scott played psychedelic music, performed with Alice Cooper and Flo and Eddie and has survived cancer. So what does he do at the age of 70? Make beautiful melancholy musc.
Playlists
Weekend, November 10 & 11, 2018 – Echoes Program 1845A
On the next Echoes, a legend of ambient and new age music when Laraaji comes in to play live. Laraaji’s 1980 album, Day of Radiance was the 3rd album in Brian Eno’s Ambient series.
Playlists
Friday, November 9th, 2018 – Echoes Program 1845E
On a Slow Flow Echoes, ambient chamber music by pianist Lena Natalia from Lonely Satellite. We’ll also hear new electronic music out of Germany by Thomas Lemmer and Christoph Sebastien Pabst.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Mystic Journey
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Mystic Journey sound like the house band in Middle Eastern. We talk to flutist Suzanne Teng and percussionist Gilbert Levy about their world fusion in the Echoes Podcast.