We go surf music country twang with Arc De Soleil. Despite that description, they’re a band from Sweden led by guitarist Daniel Kadawatha, and they strike a psychedelic sound.
On the next Echoes, we get psychedelicized. We’ll explore psychedelic music from the 1960s right up through the electronic hallucinations of the 2000s. It’s Peace Love and blown minds.
We remember Mark Dwane, the guitar-synthesist who passed on July 24. We’ll hear from our interview with Mark, and music from some of his 30 albums that have been part of the Echoes soundscape from the beginning.
We travel through Aeons by Mark Dwane, the gifted guitarist and synth musician who usually composes dynamic and melodic works. But his lates album is a more contemplative release.
AvaWaves talk about their new album, Heartbeat. Hot on the heels of their soundtrack to The Buccaneers, the keyboard and violin duo put a darker edge on their electric chamber music.
Anoushka Shankar has released an impressive trilogy of EPs in the last year that take her sitar in different directions including deep ambient music. We talk to this master musician.
Ankylosing Spondylitis is a spinal disease causing immense pain. But Jessica Robbins, who records as Course, creates some beautiful music out of that pain on her album, Hue Mirror.
Marconi Union talk about their CD of the Month, The Fear of Never Landing. After losing a founding member, Jami Crossley and Duncan Meadows have continued on with a new, refreshed sound.
Music by 9 Theory and Torii Wolf from their collaboration, Soft Realms. 9 Theory is producer Gabe Lehner and Torii Wolf is a singer and producer who comes out of the Massive Attack mold.
Air’s Moon Safari album gets an epic and ambient rework by Vegyn. It’s called Blue Moon Safari. Vegyn maintains the downtempo mood of the original but takes it into new atmospheres.