Electronic Realizations for Rock Orchestra by Synergy (Larry Fast) was released 50 years ago. There were no guitars or drums on the album, just synthesizers creating epic, orchestral tracks.
Get the sugar plums dancing with an Echoes Night Before Christmas. It’s a time when life seems suspended between the Christmas build-up and the explosion of Christmas morning.
Tubular Bells’ composer Mike Oldfield talks about Ommadawn, his two-sided epic from 1975. It’s partly an homage to his mother, who died during the recording, and her Irish roots.
Dance in 2026 with An Echoes Ambient Trance New Year’s Eve. All systems are plugged in, and the chill is turned up to 11, as we swing in on electronic sounds old, new and beyond time and space.
We remember musicians who left us in 2025. Among them, Joseph Byrd of the United States of America, Nicky Ryan from the Enya triumvirate, Jamshied Sharifi and most tragically, Mark Dwane.
Get the sugar plums dancing with an Echoes Night Before Christmas. It’s a time when life seems suspended between the Christmas build-up and the explosion of Christmas morning.
Music by George Wallace. He began as a rock artist in the 1980s, but he turned to instrumental, electronic-based music that hovers between New Age and Progressive Rock.
Azam Ali’s Synesthesia blurs the edges of the Top 25 list, with Oneheart, The American Dollar, Bluetech, and 21 other great CDs and singles, right behind.
We remember musicians who left us in 2025. Among them, Joseph Byrd of the United States of America, Nicky Ryan from the Enya triumvirate, Jamshied Sharifi and most tragically, Mark Dwane.
Australia’s All India Radio taps ambient, post, rock, shoegaze and more on his conceptual album, The Unified Field. It’s Echoes December CD of the Month.