Interview Podcast, Program Highlights
Echoes Podcast: Rival Consoles
Tag: synthesizer
Coming Up
Tuesday, Oct 20, 2020 – Music from Sufjan Stevens
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.
Coming Up
Monday, Oct 19, 2020 – Amon Tobin Interview
Amon Tobin, early pioneer of jazz driven electronic music, has returned after a four-year hiatus with new music and pseudonyms, including psychedelic persona Figueroa where he even sings.
Playlists
Monday, Oct 5, 2020 – Echoes Program 2040A
Erik Wøllo & Michael Stearns talk about their debut collaboration, Convergence. Echoes September CD of the Month emerged from dreams, brain tumors and pandemic behind the release.
Program Highlights
Tuesday, Sept 29, 2020 – Program 2039B
Ryan West records as Rival Consoles, a resolutely electronic project, but he still thinks of his chromium plated compositions as songs. He calls it “songwriting with an electronic palate.”
Program Highlights
Thursday, Oct 1, 2020 – Echoes Program 2039D
Music from Numün, a project with a member of the ambient guitar band, Suss. They’ve created an album inspired by the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.
Coming Up
Weekend, Oct 17-18, 2020 – CGT & Shpongle Interviews
The California Guitar Trio’s album, Elegy, was recorded in AirBnB living rooms pre-Covid. Shpongle’s Simon Posford spent his time in quarantine creating a pandemic lockdown soundtrack.
Coming Up
Friday, Oct 16, 2020 – Slow Flow Echoes
Music from the Orb, the legendary ambient band, with a new album called Abolition of the Royal Familia. We’ll also hear from Nicholas Gunn’s album, Pacific Blue.
Coming Up
Thursday, Oct 15, 2020 – Music from Dark
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.
Best Of
Echoes September 2020 Top 25: Erik Wollo and Michael Stearns
Check out the Echoes Top 25 for September 2020. Erik Wollo and Michael Stearns come in at the top, followed by Gracie and Rachel, Michael Rother, and 22 other great CDs.