Before synthesizers and computers in pop music there was Silver Apples, a duo that that used surplus electronics and tribal drums to create a psychedelic electronic pop in 1968. Moby cites them as the first electronic pop group.
Fire up the lava lamp and don your paisleys and bell bottoms. Morgan Delt is a musician from LA making a psychedelic sound that merges San Francisco’s expansiveness and early Pink Floyd’s tripped out whimsy. They play live on Echoes.
On a Slow Flow Echoes we dip into a collection of 1970s cosmic music called The Microcosm and we’ll hear new electronic music by Normandie off the album Time Lapse.
A staple on Hollywood film scores for the last 20 years, Martin Tillman stretches out on his own cinematic album that embraces progressive rock and EDM. It’s the Echoes October CD of the Month.
10 years ago, the Ambient rock group Hammock released their epic album, Raising Your Volice. . . Trying to Stop an Echo. Now a deluxe anniversary edition has been released.
Last October, legendary French electronic musician Jean-Michel Jarre released his collaborative album, Electronica 1: The Time Machine. Now he’s put out the second volume, The Heart of Noise.