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Pierre Henry virtually invented the idea of sampling. Just using phonograph recordings, many of them custom made, he sampled the world and turned it into what became musique concrète.
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Zone Music Awards 2017
The Zone Music Awards honor electronic, ambient, new age and contemporary instrumental music. They just held their annual awards show in New Orleans. John Diliberto zones in on the winners.
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Larry Coryell R.I.P.
Fusion giant Larry Coryell died on February 19, after playing his final gig at Iridium i New York City. John Diliberto remembers this important and influential musician.
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Jaki Liebezeit R.I.P.
Can drummer Jaki Liebezeit joins a growing number of original Krautrockers from the 1970s who are leaving the planet.
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Artists Deaths in 2016
A Last Goodbye to Echoes Artists Who Left the Planet
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Peter Gabriel’s Homage to Ali
Peter Gabriel has released his first new song in 3 years. It’s a poetic homage to Muhammed Ali and the triumph of the spirit, It’s also a powerful world music tribal stomp.
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Engineer Jack Miller RIP.
Jack Miller was an engineer whose career spanned from Duane Eddy to R. Carlos Nakai. He died on May 12th. We remember him on Echoes.
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Isao Tomita 1932-2016 RIP
Isao Tomita left the planet on May 5. I interviewed him in 1992 in his Tokyo Studio. I look back at this early electronic music explorer who took the classics into space
Best Of, Program Highlights
Best of Echoes 2015 Listener Poll.
Echoes listeners have voted for their favorite albums of 2015. See the results in The Best of Echoes 2015 Listener Poll
Best Of
John Diliberto’s Top 25 Albums for 2015
Echoes host John Diliberto has picked his Top 25 albums of 2015. They range from dream pop to sequencer dervishes to ambient chamber music to fusion and beyond.