Mike Oldfield is best known for his 1973 epic, Tubular Bells, but one of his most beloved recordings is his third album, Ommadawn. After 4 decades, Oldfield talks about his Return to Ommadawn.
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Wednesday, May 24th, 2017-Echoes Program 1721C
Tag: psychedelic
Reviews & Commentary
Suzanne Ciani Wins Moog Innovation Award
The 2017 Moog Innovation Award will be presented to Suzanne Ciani at Moogfest 2017, the annual music, art and technology festival in Durham, North Carolina. She’s profiled Monday, May 22 on Echoes
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Weekend, May 13 & 14 2017 – Echoes Program 1719A
On their seventh album, Silver Eye, the English duo, Goldfrapp tackle themes of musical and sexual transformation. They talk about their metaphysical and electronic journey on Echoes.
Reviews & Commentary
Offa Rex – The Queen of Hearts Video
The Decemberists & Olivia Chaney are both steeped in folk traditions. They take it in a trippy rock direction on a new album “The Queen of Hearts.” They’ve just released a video for title track
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Thursday, May 11th, 2017 – Echoes Program 1719D
As we continue our celebration of music from 1967, we come to a little curio with a great title, Electric Music for the Mind and Body. Sounds like something a Techno or Trance act should’ve used. But it was the sound created by these folkies turned psychedelic troubadours.
Reviews & Commentary
Fifty Year Flashback: Country Joe & the Fish
Country Joe and the Fish’s debut, Electric Music for the Mind and Body, remains a defining artifacts of the psychedelic era. It turns 50 on May 11, still tripping after all these years.
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Monday, May 8th, 2017 – Echoes Program 1719A
On their seventh album, Silver Eye, the English duo, Goldfrapp tackle themes of musical and sexual transformation. They talk about their metaphysical and electronic journey on Echoes.
Interview Podcast
Delia Derbyshire’s 80th Birthday in Echoes Podcast.
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She created the theme for Doctor Who, tripped out with the White Noise, and inspired a few generations of British electronic musicians to plug in. Delia Derbyshire remembered in Echoes Podcast
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Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017 – Echoes Program 1718C
On the next Echoes hear about one of the most venerable of American Progressive Rock groups, Djam Karet. Their name is Indonesian for stretched time and they have released dozens of albums since their debut in 1985.
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Klaus Schulze’s Mirage at 40: An Electronic Milestone
While German space music was creating sequencer driven grooves Klaus Schulze created an ambient dreamscape, Mirage: A Winter Landscape in 1977. John Diliberto looks back.