Sufjan Stevens goes all electronic on an album of life ruminations called The Ascension, maybe his most darkly melodic album ever. Also going deep but more acoustic is Ane Brun.
Playlists
Friday, Jan 15, 2021 – Echoes Program 2102E
Tag: synthesizer
Coming Up
Thursday, Jan 28, 2021 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes, we’ll hear music by electronic artist Craig Padilla and guitarist Marvin Allen. Their album Strange Gravity taps into a retro-space music sound.
Interview Podcast
Echoes Podcast: Olafur Arnalds
Playlists
Wednesday, Jan 13, 2021 – Echoes Program 2102C
SUSS is the tripped-out band that merges country, ambient, and psychedelic music and their side project, Numuen. Are they ambient Americana or psychedelic country. We suss it out.
Coming Up
Tuesday, Jan 26, 2021 – Music by Grandbrothers & Leandrul
Music by Grandbrothers. On their album, All the Unknown, all the sounds originate from a single grand piano. We’ll also hear an enchanting & emotionally traumatized singer, Leandrul.
Coming Up
Monday, Jan 25, 2021 – Desensitized Interview
We get Desensitized. That’s the name chosen for the collaboration between melodic electronic artist Deborah Martin and experimental electronic artist Dean De Benedictus.
Playlists
Monday, Jan 11, 2021 – Echoes Program 2102A
Singer-songwriter Marya Stark has a celestial approach to lyrics. Last year she released the album, Sapphire, co-produced with Joshua Penman of the electronic project, Akara.
Coming Up
Weekend, Jan 23-24, 2021 – Digitonal & Dave Bessell Interviews
Digitonal’s Set the Weather Fair was one of Echoes’ Top five Albums of 2020. Dave Bessell talks about his dark electronics. He collaborates with Greek electronic artist, Parallel Worlds.
Coming Up
Friday, Jan 22, 2021 – Music from Todavia & Marya Stark
The dream-pop band Todavia from Los Angeles is channeling The Cocteau Twins. In 2020 they released Orange Faint of Sky. We’ll also hear from singer Marya Stark her iridescent album, Sapphire.
Coming Up
Thursday, Jan 21, 2021 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes we hear the space twang of SUSS, the ambient country band. We’ll hear a track from their latest album, Promise. We’ll also hear from Peter Chilvers and Jon Durant.