An icon of electronic music, Vangelis, turns 75. We explore the sound of this iconic musician who composed scores for Chariots of Fire and Bladerunner and dozens of influential albums.
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Thursday, March 29th, 2018-Echoes Program1813D
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2018-Echoes Program 1813B
On the 40th Anniversary of Brian Eno’s “Music for Airports” we look back at this ambient landmark with music, interviews with Eno, and a live performance by Bang on a Can.
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Echoes Podcast: The Nightcrawlers Revisited
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In the Echoes Podcast hear about The Nightcrawlers leaders of a Philly electronic music scene that tapped the sound of German space music. Their 1980s cassettes have just been reissued.
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Chuck Van Zyl Live Video
Chuck Van Zyl is a veteran of the Philly electronic music scene and the host of WXPN’s Star’s End who creates his spacescapes live in the moment. Watch him do it in this fascinating video.
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Echoes Podcast: The United States of America 50th
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The United States of America created one of the definitive psychedelic albums in the winter of 1968. In the Echoes Podcast we hear interviews with band members on its 50th anniversary.
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Thursday, March 15th, 2018-Echoes Program 1811D
We’ll hear new music by Steve Dinsdale from Radio Massacre International. It’s called Light & Dark and it’s an odyssey of electronic influences from Can to Cluster. We’ll also go Gothic, with several tracks inspired by the sounds from the Middle Ages. John Diliberto has it coming up on Echoes.
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Friday, March 9th, 2018-Echoes Program 1810E
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Porcupine Tree bassist Colin Edwin and Estonian guitarist Robert Jurjendal. They have a new album of improvisations called Another World.
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Tuesday, March 6th, 2018-Echoes Program 1810B
The United States of America created one of the definitive psychedelic albums in the winter of 1968. We hear interviews with band members on it’s 50th anniversary in a Flashback 50.
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2018: Pink Floyd’s 45th
Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon is one of the most influential albums of the last 50 years. On its 45th anniversary we create two new versions of the 1973 original.
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Thursday, February 15th, 2018-Echoes Program 1807D
From Indie Post Rock to Psy-trance remixes, we’ll hear The American Dollar’s latest single “Everything” and Liquid Bloom going even more psychedelic on Regen Liquid Remixes.