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.
Playlists
Wednesday, June 2, 2021 – Echoes Program 2122C
Tag: synthesizer
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.
Playlists
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.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Gary Numan Interview
Playlists
Thursday, May 27, 2021 – Echoes Program 2121D
New music from a pair of duos. We’ll hear Sweden’s Johan Agebjorn and Mikael Ogren with Artefact, and Bluetech and Steven Moore have a new downtempo collaboration, Liminal Migration.
Coming Up
Wednesday, June 9, 2021 – 25th Icon Agnes Obel
Singer and composer Agnes Obel creates a sound that is both introspective and incandescent. She is the 25th Icon of Echoes, and we’ll bring you a sound portrait of this artist.