Al Jewer plays flutes. Andy Mitran plays keyboards and percussion. When they aren’t crafting commercial jingles in Chicago, they create music that ranges from world fusion to pure ambient. Winners of a ZMR Award in 2016, they talk about their music on Echoes.
Peter Baumann was a member of Tangerine Dream during their classic era and founded Private Music. Now, after 20 years in his think tank, the Baumann Foundation, he returns with his first new album in 33 years, Machines of Desire. He talks about electronics and philosophy on Echoes.
Peter Baumann was a member of Tangerine Dream during their classic era and founded Private Music. Now, after 20 years in his think tank, the Baumann Foundation, he returns with his first new album in 33 years, Machines of Desire. He talks about electronics and philosophy on Echoes.
We’ve got the digital blender fired up for Echoes Remixed. John Diliberto plays a lot of music you know, but in versions that aren’t the original in an all remix show.
Prominent synths, skillful guitar work and an overall sense of urgency fill Pulsar’s 1976 song “Strands of the Future”.
Six hours of continuous instrumental music that lights up the night sky. It includes music from Erik Wollo & Byron Metcalf, Patrick O’Hearn, William Tyler, Saul Stokes, and more.
Red Martian’s latest release pays homage to technology of a bygone era. It’s called Retrailing. The retro-packaging may evoke nostalgia or nightmares.
It’s like an emergency room on the next Echoes. We’ll hear music by Cliff Martinez from the TV series, The Knick, set in a 1901 NYC hospital and Julien Baker singes about a sprained ankle.
In Echoes Top 25 for June, Aukai’s debut recording leads the way. It was also the Echoes CD of the Month. He’s followed by SHEL – Just Crazy Enough, Emmy the Great – Second Love, and Haroula Rose’s Here the Blue River. See the complete list.
At the half-way point of the year, we pick the albums that excited us the most thus far in 2016. Miranda Lee Richard’s “Echoes of the Dreamtime” tops the list of 25, followed by All India Radio, Hammock, Radiohead and more.