Mother Mallard’s Portable Masterpiece Co. was the first modern electronic ensemble, playing live in 1970. That same year MMPMCo’s David Borden composed Easter in Robert Moog’s basement.
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In the Echoes Podcast, composer and keyboardist Michael Whalen talks about how to go to sleep and the music of his latest album, Dream Cycle. It’s not the music of slumber.
Suzanne Ciani came to renown for her New Age music but she’s gone back to her roots with experimental electronic music and the Buchla synthesizer. She plays both live on Echoes.
The Delia Derbyshire Appreciation Society is less of a fan club and more of an electronic, deep ambient duo with Garry Hughes of Bombay Dub Orchestra and Harvey Jones.
It’s a journey into the world of Jean-Michel Jarre when we explore the Oxygene Trilogy, his electronic opus that began with his 1976 hit Oxygene.
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Morton Subotnick was a pioneer of electronic music. His 1967 album, Silver Apples of the Moon, signaled a new way of making music that only used electronics. He talks about the early days of electronic music in the Echoes Podcast.
Echoes frequently takes you into your slumber, but on the next Echoes, we’ll talk about slumber with Michael Whalen. He created his new album, Dream Cycle to place you in a state of sleep.
It’s a journey into the world of Jean-Michel Jarre when we explore the Oxygene Trilogy, his electronic opus that began with his 1976 hit Oxygene.
Written by John Diliberto on April 3, 2017 It’s pretty rare that an artist could take three albums spanning 40 years, put them together, and have them sound like a coherent whole, as if it was the plan all along for them to sit together as a single epic work. But French electronic artist Jean-Michel…
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We talk to author Will Romano about his book Close to the Edge: How Yes’s Masterpiece Defined Prog Rock. Comments come from Jon Anderson, Bill Bruford and artist Roger Dean.