German electronic music legend Hans-Joachim Roedelius was a founder of Cluster and Harmonia. Lately, he’s gone acoustic and has even recorded for the Deutsche Grammophon classical label.
Time Traveler’s debut album, Sky Falter is a melodic meeting of downtempo and space music and it’s the February CD of the Month. Then an interview with Henrik Lindstrand.
Eivør has a powerful voice, and her latest album, Segl, shows influences of Bjork and Kate Bush. We’ll also hear some creaky piano from Olafur Arnalds.
We remember David Darling, the cellist and pioneer of Ambient Chamber music. He plucked his last note on January 8, 2021. He was a pioneer of ambient chamber music.
Echoes Christmas streams are up for you to enjoy with non-stop, non-narrated seasonal streams. Just the music to make your holiday serene and chill. It’s all up now.
Harold Budd passed away on December 7th at 84. Here are Five Essential Harold Budd albums from this avatar of ambient chamber music who defined a sound that was unrepentantly beautiful.
Harold Budd 1936-2020t: Rest in BeautyAmbient composer and pianist Harold Budd has left the planet, Departing on December 7th, 2020 at the age of 84. And he hated being called an ambient composer as much as being called a New Age one. Harold Budd was on Echoes about a dozen times, playing live at least…