Coming up on the next Echoes it’s new music by Low. The band that specializes in slowly moving rock gets a little less slow on their new album, Ones and Sixes.
Playlists
Thursday, September 10th, 2015-Echoes Program 1536D
Tag: New Age
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Wordless Echoes: Robot Dreams
An uninterrupted six-hour soundscape for dreaming about robots, or perhaps it’s the soundtrack for a robot’s dream. It features new music from Ben Neill, Silencio, and Raygun Ballet, as well as older tracks from Zero One, Philip Glass, Patrick O’Hearn and many more.
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Arstidir in the Echoes Podcast
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Árstíðir is a band out of Iceland with an organic, acoustic sound that has roots in the harmonies of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Playing guitars, violin, piano and cello, these musicians create introspective songs on their latest album, Hvel.
Playlists
Friday, September 4, 2015-Echoes Program 1535E
An all-instrumental Slow Flow Echoes includes music from electronic artist Raygun Ballet, New Age duo Anima and a surprisingly ambient soundtrack by film composer Danny Elfman for the movie The End of the Tour.
Playlists
Wednesday, September 2, 2015-Echoes Program 1535C
Robert Rich is one of the most conceptual and cerebral electronic artists. But while his albums always have complex theories, philosophies and aspirations behind them, his music is a sensual, mind-spinning dream. He talks about his latest album, Filaments and the sound of the universe.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 for August 2015
The Echoes Top 25 for August finds Jesse Cook’s CD of the Month at the top, followed by July’s CD pick, Heather Woods Broderick’s Glider. Look at the bottom and you’ll see next month’s #1 album, our September CD of the Month, Hans Christian’s Nanda Devi.
CD of the Month, Program Highlights
Hans Christian Nanda Devi September CD of the Month
Hans Christian is a classical cellist turned global music explorer. As a founding member of the Hind- Chant Fusion group Rasa and on his own solo albums he creates a global orchestra of the imagination playing instruments from India, Swedish Nyckleharpe, cello, lap steel, percussion and more.
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Digitonal in Echoes Podcast
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Clarinet isn’t an instrument you often hear in electronic music, but it’s a central part of the sound of Digitional the English ambient chamber music band headed up by Andrew Dobson. Along with violinist Samy Bishai, Dobson creates a music of haunting melodies and luxurious moods. Their latest album is Beautiful Broken, where they find a common ground between chilled electronic grooves and the modern classicism of Steve Reich and Arvo Pärt.
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Wordless Echoes: Celestial Tides
As the summer wears on, and we pass through the Perseid meteor shower, it’s clearer than ever that we’re affected by the steady rhythms of celestial cycles. We’ll hear some of those rhythms, and smoothly-flowing tides, from Twilight Archive, Erik Wollo’s Echotides, David Cross & Robert Fripp, Kristin Hoffmann’s Amazing Space, and much more, in a six-hour, uninterrupted instrumental spacescape.
Playlists
Wednesday, August 19th, 2015-Echoes Program 1533C
The ambient chamber music ensemble Bing & Ruth comes in to play their haunting, slow flowing ambient classical jazz live.