The #2 Icon of Echoes and His 5 Essential CDs Steve Roach has s released nearly 50 solos albums and just as many collaborations, so narrowing his output down to 5 CDs is daunting. So I have limited myself to pure Steve Roach solo albums, leaving behind great works with his Suspended Memories group and…
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Klaus Schulze Turns 63
A Sultan of Synthesizers 63 isn’t a very significant birthday, but any time we can celebrate the music of Klaus Schulze, we should do it. Born August 4, 1947, Klaus Schulze remains the John Coltrane of electronic music. It’s been nearly four decades since his solo debut, Irrlicht, and he continues creating CD length…
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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…
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Tangerine Dream Echoes Podcast
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TEN TANGERINE DREAM ALBUMS TO BLOW YOUR MIND
We pick ten favorite albums from over a hundred by legendary German electronic band, Tangerine Dream.
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ARC Ascends-Mark Shreeve & Ian Boddy
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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.…
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Steve Roach: Icon of Echoes
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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…
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Four Switched-On Masterworks from Wendy Carlos
Wendy Carlos did much more than just record Switch-On Bach. She created some of the most inventive and influential albums of the 20th century. Here’s four of them.
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ARC with Mark Shreeve and Ian Boddy to play first US Concert.
Electronic Music Icons Play Live in Philadelphia. In case you haven’t been following all things electronic, the English synthesizer duo, ARC is making their first US appearance ever on November 14th at St. Mary’s Parish Hall on the Penn campus in Philadelphia as part of The Gatherings series. Mark Shreeve and Ian Boddy are from…
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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…