We look back at A Produce. That was the moniker of Barry Craig in the ’80s and ’90s. He died young in 2011. His music is being reissued so Echoes goes back to their 1996 interview.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, music by VLMV from their album, Sing with Abandon. We’ll also hear a group called Above and Beyond who’ve devised a spacey ambient chamber music sound.
We talk about new directions with Tangerine Dream, the legendary German electronic group whose new members are carrying on the tradition of their late founder, Edgar Froese.
John McLaughlin returns with a new edition of the acoustic Indian fusion group, Shakti. He talks about world fusion, gurus and his long friendship with Indian tabla master Zakir Hussain.
Lis Addison is a musician, singer, dancer and electronic artist. She’s been making music from chant to meditation and she has a new album inspired by her work in Kenya called Songs From The Mara.
We hear electronic sounds from Brazil when we talk to Anna. She’s creating ambient music after a career in thumping techno. Her album Intentions revels in serene melodic cycles.
We hear from Secret Sky, the world fusion group of Loreena McKennitt band members’ cellist and singer Caroline Lavelle and guitarist Brian Hughes. They reveal all the secrets on Echoes.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, Tony Gerber & Giles Reaves combine Native American flutes, percussion and synths on the album, The Tree. We’ll also hear The Expanding Universe from their album, One.