Kitaro is a giant in modern music for his exotic electronic works bridging traditional and future sounds. Hiroki Okano merges nature and music together. They play live in new video.
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Kitaro & Hiroki Okano Live Video in Japan
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Coming Up
Thursday, June 17, 2021 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, drift on the currents of Erik Wøllo’s North Star, his latest missive of guitar moods from Norway. We’ll also hear from Chris Liebing off his album Another Day.
Playlists
Thursday, June 3, 2021 – Echoes Program 2122D
Lisa Gerrard returns in full force. She was barely on the last Dead Can Dance album, but her ecstatic sound is all over a new collaboration called Burn. We’ll also hear from All India Radio.
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Wednesday, June 2, 2021 – Echoes Program 2122C
The 24th Icon of Echoes is Harold Budd. We’ll remember this artist who influenced ambient and chamber music composers for half a century, right up until he passed away last year.
Coming Up
Tuesday, June 15, 2021 – New Music from Lanterna
New music from Lanterna, one of the pioneers of Ambient Americana. He’s returned with a new album of delay-guitar melodies, ambient moods, and twang, called Hidden Drives.
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Tuesday, June 1, 2021 – Echoes Program 2122B
NPR’s Bob Boilen is more than the host of Tiny Desk Concerts and All Songs Considered. He’s also a composer of music from ambient to punk rock. We talk about his pandemic album Hidden Smiles.
Best Of
Echoes May 2021 Top 25: London Grammar on Top
Echoes Top 25 for May 2021. London Grammar’s Californian Soil, the May CD of the Month, is at the top, followed by Mythos, Gary Numan, Ulrich Schnauss & Jonas Munk, and 21 other great CDs.
CD of the Month
Echoes June CD of the Month: Ulrich Schnauss & Jonas Munk
Ulrich Schnauss & Jonas converge on Eight Fragments of an Illusion, exploring inner universes and outer space with shoegaze guitar and synthesizer layers. It’s Echoes June CD of the Month.
Coming Up
Weekend, Jun 12-13, 2021 – Emancipator, Rena Jones, Flowerpulse
Emancipator, Rena Jones, & Flowerpulse weave their electronic roots into the ambient excursion of Xylem, their debut album. John Diliberto goes to the garden with 3 electronic explorers.
Playlists
Weekend, May 29-30, 2021 – Programs 2121A & 2121B
Gary Numan paints a dystopian nightmare where earth takes revenge for a civilization that has fostered environmental and military catastrophe. We ponder the apocalypse with Gary Numan.