We ring the Tubular Bells of the 11th Icon of Echoes, Mike Oldfield. Oldfield made one of the signpost works of the 1970s, but he’s done so much more. We explore his vast career on Echoes.
Robert Rich is the 9th of 30 Icons of Echoes and we’ve picked ten of his best recordings from across his 40-year career that exemplify his genius, beauty and soul.
New music by Alex Maas, lead singer of the psychedelic band The Black Angels. He goes more pastoral on an album called Luca. We’ll also hear Time Traveler’s CD of the Month.
Echoes Top 25 for January 2021. Steve Roach’s album Tomorrow, Echoes January CD of the Month, is at the top, followed by Marya Stark, Loga Ramin Torkian, Dave Bessell & Parallel Worlds, and 20 other great CDs. See if your favorites made the list!
The Norwegian singer Ane Brun has been one of the understated sirens of dream pop. She talks about the loss and loneliness that informs her latest recordings.
Echoes February CD of the Month: Time Traveler is ELEON a.k.a. Michael L. Rogers and he’s made a melodic electronic downtempo sci-fi opus to take you out of this world called Time Falter.
Desensitized is the collaboration between electronic artists Deborah Martin and Dean De Benedictus. Then music from Grandbrothers, where all the sounds originate from a single grand piano.
Music from Steve Roach’s album of modular synthesizer sequencer symmetry dervishes called Tomorrow. We’ll also hear Zero 7, Peter Gabriel, and a single from Lana Del Rey.
Klaus Schulze-The 7th Icon of Echoes: An Appreciationby John Diliberto Updated 1/26/2021 Three years ago we celebrated the 70th birthday of Klaus Schulze and I wrote this at that time. Now, as we celebrate his anointment as the 7th of 30 Icons of Echoes, I’m taking another look back at this giant of electronic music.…