Take a trip into sequencer delirium with our February CD of the Month, The Desert Winds of Change by Steve Roach. Then hear Ambiences in Black as we explore the other side of the cultural divide.
Recent music by new wave pioneers, Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark. This electronic duo is still creating sophisticated electronic pop in the 21st century. Their latest album is Bauhaus Staircase.
It’s an orchestra of the imagination with music by Orchestra Indigo. This is a project of rock artist Rick Randlett. He goes into a cocktail lounge in space for his album, The Small Hours.
It’s Ambiences in Black when we turn the Echoes prism onto the African and black influences in ambient music. They come from many sources, jazz, R&B, Hip-hop and Africa itself.
Oboist Russel Walder talks about his new album, Speak to the Storm. It’s a deep world-fusion journey, spiked by sampled Middle Eastern and Indian instruments, percussion and voices.
Brannan Lane, John Gregorius and Sean O’Bryan Smith come from different musical worlds – from deep country and western to deep ambience. But they’ve gotten together for an album called Emergence.
The California Guitar Trio Live. As if 18 strings weren’t enough they’ve added six more with Tom Greisgraber on the 12-string Chapman stick. They debut their newest, unreleased music.
We put Charlie Cunningham in the picture with his new album, Frame. This English singer song-writer’s sound has echoes of John Martyn and Nick Drake with the atmospheres of Brian Eno and Harold Budd.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, New music by Khruangbin. We’ll hear something from their album, A La Sala. We’ll also hear a new track from the ambient firm of Lane, Gregorius and Smith.