Counting down for launch into space when we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: a Space Odyssey.
Playlists
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018-Echoes Program1814B
Tag: Space Music
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 for March: Winterlight Wakes Up on Top
Echoes Top 25 for March is topped by our March CD of the Month, Winterlight’s The Longest Sleep Through the Darkest Days. It’s followed by Freya Ridings and Moby with April’s CD of the Month.
Reviews & Commentary
Vangelis’ Ten Best Albums on his 75th Birthday
Vangelis is an icon of electronic music and his influence remains pervasive. On his 75th Birthday, we select 10 of his Essential CDs that represent the breadth of this dynamic composer.
Playlists
Thursday, March 29th, 2018-Echoes Program1813D
An icon of electronic music, Vangelis, turns 75. We explore the sound of this iconic musician who composed scores for Chariots of Fire and Bladerunner and dozens of influential albums.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: The Nightcrawlers Revisited
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In the Echoes Podcast hear about The Nightcrawlers leaders of a Philly electronic music scene that tapped the sound of German space music. Their 1980s cassettes have just been reissued.
Program Highlights, Reviews & Commentary
Chuck Van Zyl Live Video
Chuck Van Zyl is a veteran of the Philly electronic music scene and the host of WXPN’s Star’s End who creates his spacescapes live in the moment. Watch him do it in this fascinating video.
Playlists
Weekend, March 17 & 18, 2018-Echoes Program 1811A
The Nightcrawlers were the reluctant leaders of a Philadelphia music scene that tapped the sounds of German space music. An album of their 1980s cassette releases has just been issued. We dig back to an interview with these lost pioneers of electronic space.
Playlists
Thursday, March 15th, 2018-Echoes Program 1811D
We’ll hear new music by Steve Dinsdale from Radio Massacre International. It’s called Light & Dark and it’s an odyssey of electronic influences from Can to Cluster. We’ll also go Gothic, with several tracks inspired by the sounds from the Middle Ages. John Diliberto has it coming up on Echoes.
Playlists
Monday, March 12th, 2018-Echoes Program 1811A
The Nightcrawlers were the reluctant leaders of a Philadelphia music scene that tapped the sounds of German space music. An album of their 1980s cassette releases has just been issued. We dig back to an interview with these lost pioneers of electronic space.
Playlists
Thursday, March 8th, 2018-Echoes Program 1810D
Different dimensions in electronic music with Vitalic, the French EDM artist who has created dance floor hits and Robert Rich with a new organic trip called he Biode on Echoes