We travel from the moody, orchestral gloom of Lana Del Rey’s new Honeymoon album to the dandelion dappled sound of Mercury Rev off their latest album, The Light In You.
Playlists
Thursday, October 8th, 2015-Echoes Program 1540D
Tag: psychedelic
Playlists
Wednesday, October 7th, 2015-Echoes Program 1540C
The English duo Anima is a band steeped in shamanic mysticism, psychedelic plants and electronic music. The duo of Ali Calderwood and Daniela Broder live on a farm off the grid in Scotland, making electronic music powered by solar cells. They’ve lived in the jungles of Indian tribes in the Amazon and partaken in their rituals which they turn into some of the most detailed electronic landscapes.
Playlists
Friday, September 11th, 2015-Echoes Program 1536E
Ben Neill sounds the clarion of his muttantrumpet in a Slow Flow Echoes along with new release from Ian Boddy’s dIN label by Parallel Worlds & Self Oscillate.
Reviews & Commentary
Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon Reimagined
March 1st 2013 marked the 40th anniversary of the release of The Dark Side of The Moon. To celebrate, we put together The Dark Side of the Moon Reimagined. It’s a version of the album drawn from cover tunes.
Playlists
Tuesday, September 1, 2015-Echoes Program 1535B
Árstíðir is a band out of Iceland with an organic, acoustic sound that has roots in the harmonies of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
Interview Podcast
Steve Roach in the Echoes Interview Podcast
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Unlock the door to your mind with when Steve Roach gives you Skeleton Keys. That’s the latest album from the legendary electronic musician. Noted for his acclaimed albums, Structures from Silence and Dreamtime Return and as a pioneer of techno-tribal and drone-zone music, Roach has carved a unique and independent path over the last 35 years. He was also voted the number one Icon of Echoes last year. He returns to his analog roots for an album of furious sequencer syncopations called Skeleton Keys. He unlocks it when we talk with him in the Echoes Interview Podcast.
Playlists
Tuesday, August 4th, 2015-Echoes Program 1531B
Philip Selway is best known as the drummer for Radiohead, but he’s also a singer-songwriter whose last solo albums , Weatherhouse, flowed on lush textures, seductive melodies and probing lyrics. He draws on gentle psychedelic sounds that have echoes of The Zombies and the Moody Blues, tempered with the artful rhythmic turns and electronic textures that mark Radiohead’s’ music.
Interview Podcast
Cluster’s Dieter Moebius Unplugs – R.I.P.
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Dieter Moebius was a founding member of influential German bands Cluster and Harmonia, creating a sound that was known as Krautrock and collaborating with Brian Eno. Moebius died on July 20 at the age of 71. We go back to an interview with Moebius and bandmate Hans-Joachim Roedelius from 1996.
Interview Podcast
Robert Rich in Echoes Podcast
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Robert Rich is a critically acclaimed electronic musician who has been recording for 35 years. He takes us from his roots listening to wind harps, minimalists and space music to his own music recorded 20 minutes into the future.
Best Of
The Best of 2015…So Far
We pick the Best Echoes CDs of the Year at the halfway point. John Diliberto then runs them down from #25 to number 1. It begins with a band we’ve never heard of before and ends with an Icon of Echoes. We’ll hear from artists who put out signature releases, others reaching for ambitious highs and still others reflecting on very long careers.