ELEON is a musician from Texas, isolated from the music world, who finally released his debut CD in his late 40s. He created one of the most exuberant, effervescent electronic albums of 2018.
The Echoes Top 25 for January 2019 has Aukai’s CD of the Month “Reminiscence” at the top, followed by Maui Chill, Hammock, Saul Stokes, Jean-Michel Jarre, Yaima, Spatialize and more.
Chuck Van Zyl is a child of 70s electronic music like Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze. A host of Stars End on WXPN, he’s a veteran artist in his own right. He plays live on Echoes.
Electronic artist Bluetech takes us inside his downtempo, melodic electronic music including his latest albums, The Four Horseman of the Electrocalypse and Liquid Geometries.
Ambient chamber music pioneer Kevin Keller plugs in for a new all electronic album “Ice World.” Spatialize has always been plugged in and we get new music from his album, “Beyond the Radar.”
We head into Infinity with Jean-Michel Jarre. The iconic French electronic artist talks about his latest album, Equinoxe Infinity, which references his second album from 40 years ago.
On the next Echoes, we mark the two-year anniversary of David Bowie’s departure from the planet. We’ll dig into some of the Starman’s music including his collaborations with Brian Eno.
Electronic musician Ian Boddy takes us on a journey of classic sequencer driven space music when he comes in to play live.
On a Slow Flow Echoes it’s new music by Sorsari, an electronic artist who is part of the Wave music scene, and more.
There are Twelve Days of Christmas and 12 Months of Echoes CD of the Month Picks. We count the months of 2018 with our CD picks from January to December.