MAPS is the recording persona of James Chapman. Best known for dream pop releases, his last two albums, Counter Melody and Counter Continuo have been pure joyous, electronic bliss.
Playlists
Tuesday, Apr 1, 2025 – Echoes Program 2513B
Tag: New Age
Coming Up
Monday, Apr 14, 2025 – Immersion & SUSS Play Live
Get immersed in the Nanocluster with Immersion and SUSS, live. This collaboration travels the borders of ambient, country and electronic music on their album, Nanocluster Volume 3.
Playlists
Monday, March 31, 2025 – Echoes Program 2513A
If you can’t wait for summer, Echoes has a record for you: Ludovico Einaudi’s The Summer Portraits. The Italian composer and pianist sculpts delicate chamber music breezes.
Playlists
Weekend, Mar 29-30, 2025 – Programs 2512A & 2512B
It’s a meeting of electronic generations with Ian Boddy and Harald Grosskopf. They’ve created an album called Doppelganger that looks back at the golden age of Krautrock.
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Weekend, Apr 12-13, 2025 – Ravi Shankar Remembered
It’s a journey with an Icon when we celebrate the 105th Birthday of Indian sitar master, Ravi Shankar. His music spanned from classical Indian ragas to films to world fusion.
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Friday, Apr 11, 2025 – New Music from AeTopus
New music by AeTopus from Bellingham, Washington. His latest album takes electronics into off-center rhythms and melodies that begin in abstraction and evolve into quiet grandeur.
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Thursday, Apr 10, 2025 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music from Anoushka Shankar who has released the third and final EP of her Trilogy. It’s called Chapter III: We Return to Light. We bring you to the light.
Reviews & Commentary
Big Ears Festival 2025 – A Musical Journey
Big Ears Festival 2025 is upon us and decisions must be made. Echoes host John Diliberto plots his path through the most Echoes-centric Big Ears ever with Steve Roach centering it all.
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Wednesday, Apr 9, 2025 – Big Ears Festival 2025
John Diliberto takes you on the music high of Big Ears 2025, exploring music by the artists he experienced at the festival across its four days and over 100 acts.
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Tuesday, Apr 8, 2025 – Peter Gregson Interview
Peter Gregson is a classically-trained cellist, who went into ambient chamber music on 2021’s Patina, adding synthesizers and processing to his strings. He has a new, eponymous recording.