This weekend on Echoes It’s the 50th Anniversary of Kraftwerk. The iconic German electronic band released their debut album in 1970. Then we’ll countdown the 30 Icons of Echoes.
New music by British neo-classical composer Helen Jane Long from forthcoming album, Vessel of Light. We’ll also hear from electronic composer Mars Lasar, violinist Ezinma and Holger Czukay.
Echoes Top 25 for October 2020. Andreas Vollenweider is at the top, followed by Marya Stark, Tom Caufield, Michael Whalen & Blue Monk, Gracie & Rachel and 20 other great CDs.
Electronic artist Ian Boddy’s new album, Axiom, with a classic retro-space music sound. We’ll also hear ambient piano by Jon Durant and ambient chamber music by Digitonal.
A song for the pandemic when we hear a lament from singer Mimi Page. It’s a haunting wordless hymn for these times. We’ll also hear from Robot Koch who has a new ambient chamber music album.
It’s a new generation of German electronic artists when we talk to Thomas Lemmer & Sebastian Pabst. Then we hear from rock refugee Gregory Allen Lisher (Camper Van Beethoven & Monks of Doom)
We travel through time for the German Sci-Fi TV series, Dark, which has an ambient underscore by Ben Frost, and songs by artists like Agnes Obel, Mimi Page, and Robot Koch.
We talk with Mark Dwane, a long time fixture on Echoes. This purveyor of expansive, cinematic melodies, and propulsive grooves talks about his music on Echoes.