Sonomad is a project of keyboardist/programmer Ramin Sakuria and guitarist Geoffrey Brandin from The Supreme Beings of Leisure. As Sonomad, they create a downtempo space opera for a galactic sound wanderer.
A six-hour soundscape inspired by the music of Tangerine Dream. It includes music from Tangerine Dream’s album Supernormal, the Echoes CD of the Month for April 2015. You’ll also hear classic T-Dream, excerpts from solo albums of band members, and music from artists inspired by Tangerine Dream.
Tangerine Dream founder Edgar Froese past in January, but a the last configuration of the band release a 3CD live set that embodies everything that made Tangerine Dream one of the most influential and inspiration electronic bands.
We remember Daevid Allen. The founding member of the Soft Machine and Gong, Allen created a mythology about the Planet Gong that brought to his music and life with whimsical philosophies and space rock explorations.
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Daevid Allen was the court jester and master of madness for Gong, the European progressive rock group who formed and 1969. He left the planet on March 13, at 77. He was a scientist of spacerock, evangelist of glissando guitar, one of the earliest loopers and cosmic Dada philosopher.
So soon after the passing of Tangerine Dream founder Edgar Froese, two new albums from Tangerine Dream have appeared.
Fernwood and Lanterna bring an Ambient Americana hue to the Echoes Top 25 for February. Both were Echoes CDs of the Month in February and March respectively. Rebekka Karijord, Zola Jesus and Shadowlands among the artists making their Echoes Top 25 debuts.
Dreams and More in Echoes Top 25 for January.The first month of the new year begins strongly with a Top Five that includes 3 CDs of the Month. At the top is this month’s pick, Sherry Finzer’s haunting Sanctuary III: Beyond the Dream. There’s last month’s pick, Wax Tailor’s propulsive chanson and Hollywood sound collage,…
The last monthly Echoes Top 25 of 2014 includes Wax Tailor’s Trip-Hop Symphony on top and Pink Floyd’s farewell on the bottom.
Today we unveil the Best of Echoes 2014. It’s a list that draws from across the Echoes spectrum, revealing the eclectic sound of the show within our framework of chilled moods.