Mark Dwane, who died in July 2025, was an architect of sonic delights, a composer of epic adventures and a guitar-synth master. Here are five of his best recordings.
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5 Best Mark Dwane CDs
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Obituary: Mark Dwane 1954-2025
Mark Dwane is a guitar-synthesist who created music of orchestral grandeur from another planet. He’s now gone at the age of 70, leaving a trove of cinematic music.
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Thursday, Aug 7, 2025 – Music by Kelly Lee Owens
We enter a dream state with Kelly Lee Owens. She’s an electronic musician and singer who hovers between dreampop and EDM. John Diliberto drops a couple of tracks off her album Dreamstate.
Playlists
Thursday, July 24, 2025 – Echoes Program 2529D
On the next Echoes, an ambient supergroup when we hear the collaboration between electronic artist Brannan Lane, guitarist John Gregorius, and bassist Sean O’Bryan Smith.
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Wednesday, Aug 6, 2025 – Japanese Breakfast and More
New music by Japanese Breakfast, the Philadelphia dream pop band fronted by Michelle Zauner. They have a new pastoral single off their album, For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women).
Playlists
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 – Echoes Program 2529C
The ambient guitar duo, Hammock, return with a new album of inner contemplations and moody guitar excursions called Nevertheless. It’s a music that sits somewhere between here and there.
News
Common Community CD to Benefit Echoes in an Ambient Way.
Common Community is a benefit CD for Echoes put together by Wayfarer Music Group featuring prime cuts from their many ambient artists.
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Tuesday, Aug 5, 2025 – Music from Bill Nelson
Music from Bill Nelson in what seems to be an endless stream of new music. This one is called Studio Cadet and echoes the early 60s guitar band sound of The Ventures and The Shadows.
Playlists
Tuesday, July 22, 2025 – Echoes Program 2529B
An electronic excursion with Rival Consoles. Landscape from Memory is the ninth studio by the UK artist, Ryan Lee West, and it may be his most kinetic and accessible yet.