Hammock talk about the Christian experiences, LSD trips and disaffection with current politics that fuel their album, The Second Coming was a Moonrise.
The Echoes CD of the Month takes us deep into meditative sounds. World flutist Peter Phippen & electronic artist Eric “the” Taylor create a journey of improvisations in alien soundscapes.
World flutist Peter Phippen & ambient artist Eric “the” Taylor travel in a landscape of organic moss and digital vines on their album Two by Twilight, creating a world transformed and surreal.
We have music by Tom Caufield, except he isn’t recording under his own name, but as Gatefold Sleeve. His album Vessels of the Essence is an ambient improvisational journey.
We’ll hear music by Lunar Noon, a choral dream pop project of Michelle Zheng. Her debut album is Symbolic Creature. We also have music from Robot Koch’s Sand And Foam project remixed.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by Belgian ambient composer Dirk Serries. He teams up with saxophonist Trosta on an album of ambient improvisations called Island On The Moon.
Techno DJs Felsmann & Tiley take the ambient classical pill and dial up a more cinematic electronic sound on their second album, Protomensch. They explore the idiocy and ingenuity of mankind.
Music from another disciple of Windham Hill guitarist and founder, Will Ackerman. His name is Randal Meek, and Ackerman produced his album, Longings. We’ll also hear from Karavan Sarai.
On the next Echoes, Glasgow singer Alex Amor from her debut, Heavenly Bodies. And we’ll hear the cello extended into minimalist variations by Caspar Claus from his album, Cells.
On the next Echoes, Thelonius Monk goes serene with Jon Batiste. We’ll also hear guitarist Will Ackerman and his meditative album, Home. John Diliberto is right at home on Echoes.