Tag: Space Music

5 Best Mark Dwane CDs

A Journey through the music of #16 among 20 Icons of Echoes. While so many electronic musicians have headed off into the drone zone of sonic abstraction, Mark Dwane is an artist who still believes in the power of melody, the grandeur of a big crescendo and the stories held within a dramatic turn. His…

ARC Ascends-Mark Shreeve & Ian Boddy

http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20100113.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe Electronic Duo Arc Make Space Music the Old FashionedWway In the large two story great room of Alpenhof Bed & Breakfast in Media, Pennsylvania, you’d normally be admiring the antique  chandeliers and wood carved images or relaxing in front of the  white stucco fireplace and grand piano.…

Steve Roach: Icon of Echoes

http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20090617.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSteve Roach has created 20 years of Echoes Soundscapes. You can hear an audio version of this blog with Steve Roach’s music. Steve Roach calls his studio the Time Room and it’s an appropriate name for a place where music plays with concepts of time and perception. STEVE…

10 Best Vangelis CDs

In the 1970s and early 80s, Vangelis was synonymous with orchestral electronic music the way another Greek, Yanni, is synonymous with the New Age music.  Whether it’s his film soundtracks forChariots of Fire and Blade Runner, or his epic albums Albedo 0.39 and Voices, the sound of Vangelis has shaped much of Echoes‘ first 20…

Echo Location: Steve Roach and Erik Wollo

http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20090318.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSSteve Roach & Erik Wollo: A Norwegian ambient artist descends in the Arizona Desert. You can hear an audio version of this blog, with music. Steve Roach lives on a horse ranch in Arizona, surrounded by saguaro cactus and 100 degree plus heat.  Erik Wollo lives in Norway…

Mellotron from Lawrence Welk to King Crimson

There’s a new movie out called Mellodrama: The Story of the Mellotron that documents the history of the Mellotron and it’s forerunner, the Chamberlain. I haven’t seen the documentary, which just opened at a film festical, but some interesting tidbits are gleaned from the trailer and an interview with the director, Dianna Dillworth. Who’d have…