The 19th Icon of Echoes, Kraftwerk. We’ll hear from founder Ralf Hutter as well as Moby, Jean-Michel Jarre, Orbital and Conny Plank, looking back on a band that altered the course of music.
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Wednesday, Apr 28, 2021 – 19th Icon Kraftwerk
Tag: psychedelic
Coming Up
Monday, Apr 26, 2021 – Shpongle Interview
We get Shpongled when we talk to Simon Posford and Raja Ram of the psychedelic electronic duo, Shpongle. They talk about their hallucinogenic sound and their deep music backgrounds.
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Friday, Apr 23, 2021 – Slow Flow Echoes
Simon Posford of Shpongle has a new album of ambient moods, Flux & Contemplation, and Tom Holkenborg, a.k.a. Junkie XL, has a new soundtrack for White Lines. Go outside the lines on Echoes.
Playlists
Wednesday, Apr 7, 2021 – Echoes Program 2114C
The 16th Icon, Robert Fripp, is the founder of King Crimson and a pioneer of progressive rock and ambient music. We’ll hear an exclusive live performance from the Robert Fripp String Quintet.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Bob Boilen and TONTO’s Malcolm Cecil
News
Malcolm Cecil of Tonto’s Expanding Head Band R.I.P
Malcolm Cecil was an electronic pioneer whose duo, Tonto’s Expanding Head Band, planted the seeds of contemporary electornic music with the album Zero Time in 1971. He leaves at age 84.
Playlists
Friday, Mar 26, 2021 – Echoes Program 2112E
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Eric Hilton, one half of the brain trust of Thievery Corporation. His new album, Infinite Everywhere is a laid-back ambient lounge release.
Coming Up
Wednesday, Apr 7, 2021 – Icon of Echoes Robert Fripp
The 16th Icon, Robert Fripp, is the founder of King Crimson and a pioneer of progressive rock and ambient music. We’ll hear an exclusive live performance from the Robert Fripp String Quintet.
Playlists
Weekend, Mar 20-21, 2021 – Echoes Program 2111A
NPR’s Bob Boilen is more than the host of Tiny Desk Concerts and All Songs Considered. He’s also a composer of music from ambient to punk rock. We talk about his pandemic album Hidden Smiles.
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Monday, Mar 15, 2021 – Echoes Program 2111A
NPR’s Bob Boilen is more than the host of Tiny Desk Concerts and All Songs Considered. He’s also a composer of music from ambient to punk rock. We talk about his pandemic album Hidden Smiles.