30 Icons of Echoes: the artists who have informed the show over our first 30 years. In this Wordless Echoes stream, we count down the list, starting with #30, and ending up at the #1 Icon of Echoes.
We take a Flashback 50 to the eponymous debut of Emerson Lake and Palmer. It supercharged the progressive rock movement combining classical, jazz and folk elements into a new sound.
This weekend on Echoes It’s the 50th Anniversary of Kraftwerk. The iconic German electronic band released their debut album in 1970. Then we’ll countdown the 30 Icons of Echoes.
Amon Tobin, pioneer of jazz driven electronic music, has returned with new music and pseudonyms. Sufjan Stevens goes all electronic on a darkly melodic new album called The Ascension.
Flashback 50 to David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold the World, released in November 1970. We’ll also hear from Loma’s Don’t Shy Away and Kevin Braheny Fortune’s Eclectic Electric Singles.
Amon Tobin, early pioneer of jazz driven electronic music, has returned after a four-year hiatus with new music under pseudonyms, including psychedelic persona Figueroa, where he even sings.
Music from the Orb, the legendary ambient band with a new album called Abolition of the Royal Familia. We’ll also hear new music by Nicholas Gunn from his album, Pacific Blue.
Shpongle’s Simon Posford has spent his time in Pandemic quarantine creating a soundtrack that plays out like the 10 Stages of Pandemic Lockdown. We hear about Flux and Contemplation.
Amon Tobin, pioneer of jazz driven electronic music, has returned with new music and pseudonyms including the 60s psychedelia of Figueroa, He talks about it in the Echoes interview.