Guitar dreams by John Gregorius from his album, Full of Life. His Echoes CD of the Month He’s crafted an excursion of multi-layered guitar from acoustic to electric in evocative compositions.
We’ll hear a great version of Phil Collins’ In the Air Tonight by Marissa Nadler & Stephen Brodsky. We’ll also hear from Tigerforest’s album of orchestrated electronics called Discovery.
Composer Michael Whalen talks about his CD of the Month, Sacred Spaces. It’s a return for Whalen to his progressive rock roots as he turns a classical composition into a synthesized fantasy.
We remember Florian Schneider, one of the founders of German electronic pioneers Kraftwerk. We’ll also hear new music from Sigur Ros singer and guitarist Jonsi, and an album by guitarist John Gregorius.
We take a deep dive into the world of Steve Roach. The prolific electronic artist released several albums in 2019, including Bloom Ascension and Trance Archeology.
Guitarist David Helpling takes us into the runic and oceanic influences of his January CD of the Month, Rune. He talks about ambient guitar, the ocean and ancient runes.
The Echoes Top 25 for April 2020 features Michael Whalen’s Sacred Spaces, AVAWaves, Tigerforest Emancipator, Paul Speer, Purity Ring, and 19 other CDs. See if your favorites made the list.
Explore AvaWaves ambient chamber music debut, Waves, the Echoes CD of the Month for May. Then we interview Steve Roach, the electronic artist who’s been part of Echoes for all of our 30 years.
Jónsi drops a single for these times, “Exhale.” The singer from Sigur Ros creates a work that begins hymnal and ends exultant with the image of a slow motion dancer in garbage bag plastic.