We celebrate the 40th anniversary of Patrick O’Hearn’s debut album, Ancient Dreams. This signature release was a road map of mood and mystery and set the tone for the Private Music label.
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Friday, Jan 9, 2026 – Ancient Dreams
Tag: Progressive Rock
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Thursday, Jan 8, 2026 – Epsilon in Malaysian Pale
We celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Epsilon in Malaysian Pale, the second solo album by Tangerine Dream founder Edgar Froese. It’s hailed as a masterpiece of ambient and electronic music.
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Wednesday, Jan 7, 2026 – Synergy Electronic Realizations
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.
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Wednesday, Dec 24, 2025 – An Echoes Night Before Christmas
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.
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Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026 – Ommadawn’s 50th
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.
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Wednesday, Dec 31, 2025 – Echoes New Year’s Eve
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.
Playlists
Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025 – Echoes Program 2550B
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.
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Wednesday, Dec 24, 2025 – An Echoes Night Before Christmas
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.
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Thursday, Dec 18, 2025 – Slow Flow Echoes
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.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 November: Azam Ali at the Top
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.