The French Band AIR was one of the seminal electronic pop groups of the 1990s and oughts. Founding member Nicolas Godin has a new solo album out that began as an architectural art project.
Playlists
Monday, May 11, 2020 – Echoes Program 2019A
Tag: synthesizer
Playlists
Friday, May 8, 2020 – Echoes Program 2018E
One half of the band, Air, Nicholas Godin, has a new album of retro electro-pop out called Concrete and Glass. We’ll hear that and a duo called Dreaming of Ghosts, with Robot Koch and Fiora.
Coming Up
Thursday, May 21, 2020 – Slow Flow Echoes
On a Slow Flow Echoes we go through Portals, a collection of electronic music sub-titled “A Kosmische Journey”, nodding to roots in 70s German Space music. We’ll also hear Liminal Drifter.
Playlists
Wednesday, May 6, 2020 – Echoes Program 2018C
Martin Kennedy from All India Radio talks about Pink Floyd, bad Sci-Fi movies, and the other inspirations for his latest album, Eternal.
Coming Up
Wednesday, May 20, 2020 – Music from Half Waif
It’s music by electronic dream pop singer Half Waif. The daughter of an Indian refugee from Uganda and an Irish-American, she heard Indian bhajans and Celtic pop growing up.
Playlists
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 – Echoes Program 2018B
We take a deep dive into the world of Steve Roach. The prolific electronic artist released several albums in 2019, including Bloom Ascension and Trance Archeology.
Coming Up
Weekend, May 16-17, 2020 – Godin & Naneum Interviews
AIR Founding member Nicolas Godin has a new solo album out that began as an architectural art project. Naneum recorded a local choir but then sliced it up into his own arrangements.
CD of the Month
Echoes May 2020 CD of the Month: AVAWaves Waves
Echoes May CD of the Month: AVAWaves “Waves”. It’s a masterpiece of true Ambient Chamber Music, merging classical and electronic moods into a “heartbreakingly” beautiful sound.
Coming Up
Friday, May 15, 2020 – Music from Marissa Nadler & Tigerforest
We’ll hear a great version of Phil Collins’ In the Air Tonight by Marissa Nadler & Stephen Brodsky. We’ll also hear from Tigerforest’s album of orchestrated electronics called Discovery.
Best Of
Echoes April 2020 Top 25: Michael Whalen Sacred Space
The Echoes Top 25 for April 2020 features Michael Whalen’s Sacred Spaces, AVAWaves, Tigerforest Emancipator, Paul Speer, Purity Ring, and 19 other CDs. See if your favorites made the list.