Synthesist Craig Padilla and guitarist Marvin Allen take a trip into space on their fourth album, Unfolding Skies. It’s the Echoes April CD of the Month.
The Artemis II mission to the moon deserves a soundtrack and Echoes has it with An Echoes Journey to the Moon spacescape with space music from Pink Floyd to Transponder and beyond.
Remember Modern English? Mara Katria does, and she has a new collaboration with the band called Modern M. The music is moody and anthemic, a modern extrapolation of a New Wave classic sound.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, a guitar duo called Moon and Bike combines acoustic and electric guitars with a bit of a folk feel. We’ll also hear from German electronic artist Michael Bruckner.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by German multi-instrumentalist, Marcator. Earlier this year he released the album, PanAroma. Now he has an album of remixes called PanAroma Reincarnations.
We head into space on the next Echoes when we hear music by Paul Ellis & Pabellón Sintético. It’s a trip through sequencer melodies and synchronized rhythms from Veiled Portraits.
Music by Dean and Britta. Since leaving the band Luna, they’ve been making a dreamy music. They have a release called A Peace of Us. We’ll also hear Slowdive remixed.
The voice of Azam Ali is heard on TV and films, with the groups Vas and Niyaz, and on several solo releases, in a mix of ancient Persian and modern sounds. Her latest album is Synesthesia.
Donna De Lory was a back-up singer for Madonna, but now creates a more spiritual and serene kind of music. She has a new album out with guitarist James Harrah called Sing to the Light.
On the next Echoes, we swing into music by Hammock. On their album, The Second Coming Was a Moonrise, they harken back to their earlier sound with a little more energy and drums.