It’s Ambiences in Black when we turn the Echoes prism onto the African and black influences in ambient music. They come from many sources, jazz, R&B, Hip-hop and Africa itself.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2025 – Ambiences in Black
Tag: Space Music
Reviews & Commentary
All-Time New Age Grammy Winners Ranked
The Best New Age (Ambient, Chant) Album category of the Grammys has always been fraught with problems. We go through all 39 winners and rank them.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Feb 18, 2025 – New Music from AeTopus
New music by AeTopus from Bellingham, Washington. His latest album takes electronics into off-center rhythms and melodies that begin in abstraction and evolve into quiet grandeur.
CD of the Month
Echoes Feb 2025 CD of the Month: Dieter Spears
Dieter Spears takes you back to 80s electronics, disco beats, and ambient moods on his latest album, Late Day Summer Breeze. It’s Echoes February CD of the Month.
Playlists
Weekend, Feb 1-2, 2025 – Programs 2504A & 2504B
Explore the Big Ears Festival 2025 with founder Ashley Capps plus music from Echoes artists appearing at the festival including Steve Roach, Michael Rother, and SUSS.
Best Of
Echoes Top 25 January: deepspace on Top
deepspace’s Neon Blue Utopia tops the Echoes January 2025 list, followed by Sasha, Stellarium, Bill Nelson, a collaboration between Immersion and SUSS, and 20 other great CDs.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Big Ears Festival 2025
Playlists
Monday, Jan 27, 2025 – Echoes Program 2504A
Explore the Big Ears Festival 2025 with founder Ashley Capps plus music from Echoes artists appearing at the festival including Steve Roach, Michael Rother, and SUSS.
Coming Up
Weekend, Feb 8-9, 2025 – Dieter Spears CD of the Month
On the next Echoes, our February CD of the Month, Late Day Summer Breeze by Nashville filmmaker, artist, and bassist Dieter Spears. Join John Diliberto as we get out of the cold.
Coming Up
Friday, Feb 7, 2025 – Paul Ellis & Pabellón Sintético
We head into space on the next Echoes when we hear music by Paul Ellis & Pabellón Sintético. It’s a trip through sequencer melodies and synchronized rhythms from Veiled Portraits.