We celebrate the 40th anniversary of Klaus Schulze’s epic album, Mirage, an album often cited by electronic musicians like Steve Roach and Michael Shreeve.
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Wednesday, April 26th, 2017-Echoes Program 1717C
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Reviews & Commentary
Electronic Easter: David Borden and Mother Mallard
Mother Mallard’s Portable Masterpiece Co. was the first modern electronic ensemble, playing live in 1970. That same year MMPMCo’s David Borden composed Easter in Robert Moog’s basement.
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Friday, April 14, 2017-Echoes Program 1715E
Tangerine Dream and Steve Roach provide the electronic part of a Slow Flow Echoes.
CD of the Month
April CD of the Month:Jean-Michel Jarre Oxygene Trilogy
Written by John Diliberto on April 3, 2017 It’s pretty rare that an artist could take three albums spanning 40 years, put them together, and have them sound like a coherent whole, as if it was the plan all along for them to sit together as a single epic work. But French electronic artist Jean-Michel…
Interview Podcast
Yes’s Close to the Edge in Echoes Podcast
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We talk to author Will Romano about his book Close to the Edge: How Yes’s Masterpiece Defined Prog Rock. Comments come from Jon Anderson, Bill Bruford and artist Roger Dean.
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Tuesday, March 21st, 2017-Echoes Program 1712B
We talk to author Will Romano about his book Close to the Edge: How Yes’s Masterpiece Defined Prog Rock.
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Weekend, March 18 & 19, 2016-Echoes Program 1711A
Jean-Michel Jarre’s 1976 album, Oxygene remains one of the signposts of electronic music. He returns to it with Oxygene 3 as he prepares to embark on his first ever US. Tour. He talks about his electronic evolution on Echoes.
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Jean-Michel Jarre in Echoes Podcast
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In the Echoes Podcast French electronic musician Jean-Michel Jarre talks about oxygene then and now.
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Monday, March 13th, 2016-Echoes Program 1711A
Jean-Michel Jarre’s 1976 album, Oxygene remains one of the signposts of electronic music. He returns to it with Oxygene 3 as he prepares to embark on his first ever US. Tour. He talks about his electronic evolution on Echoes.
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Weekend, March 11 & 12, 2017-Echoes Program 1710A
Mike Oldfield is best known for his 1973 epic, Tubular Bells, but one of his most beloved recordings is his third album, 1975’s Ommadawn. Like Tubular Bells it was two, side-long journeys, this time into a sound that was pastoral, Celtic and African.