Pioneering British electronic artist Mark Shreeve passes. A legend in underground synthesizer circles he recorded dozens of albums under his own name and with ARC and Redshift.
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Julee Cruise Remembered: The Siren of Twin Peaks
Julee Cruise was the ethereal siren of Twin Peaks, singing in the smoke-filled Roadhouse scenes. Her songs became part of the template for dream pop. She committed suicide on June 9th at 65
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Echoes Podcast: Remembering Vangelis
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Ten Essential Vangelis’s Albums
Electronic composer Vangelis ascended on May 17th but he left behind a trove of miraculous electronic journey’s to have on Echoes. John Diliberto picks his favorite ten albums
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Remembering Vangelis: 1943-2022
Greek synthesis Vangelis left the planet on May 17th. We remember this synthesizer legend famed for scores to Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner and albums like Albedo 0.39.
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Weekend, May 28-29, 2022 – We Remember Vangelis
We remember Vangelis. Hecharted a course through electro-orchestral space for over 50 years. Michael Whelan is one of his acolytes and he talks about Imaginary Trains.
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Monday, May 23, 2022 – We Remember Vangelis
We remember Vangelis. He won the first Oscar for an electronic film score for Chariots of Fire and charted a course through electro-orchestral space for over 50 years.
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Jon Hassell Remembered: From Ambient to Tribal
Jon Hassell, transformed the sound of the trumpet and married it to a blenderized sound called Fourth World Music. A collaborator with Brian Eno and Talking Heads, he died on June 26, 2021.
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Malcolm Cecil of Tonto’s Expanding Head Band R.I.P
Malcolm Cecil was an electronic pioneer whose duo, Tonto’s Expanding Head Band, planted the seeds of contemporary electornic music with the album Zero Time in 1971. He leaves at age 84.
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Chick Corea Gone at 79: A Reflection
Chick Corea was a jazz pianist, a fusion pioneer, a creator of joyful music and pyrotechnic flights from Miles Davis to Return to Forever and beyond. He left the planet on February 9th.