Electronic artist Michael Whalen draws upon his roots in 70s and 80s European electronic music to create his album, Imaginary Trains. He talks about his journey and his new album.
Lumenette is Christine Byrd, the wife of Hammock’s Marc Byrd. On her debut as Lumenette, she sheds her Christian background to illuminate her emotional trauma and love.
Animalweapon. The name comes from the Dead Pool superhero comic but no animals are harmed in the music of Patrick Cortes. But he does uses animal recordings as part of his electronic songs.
We’ll hear the hell-raising sound of Zola Jesus crying to the heavens on her album, Arkhon. We’ll also revisit a song from Kate Bush’s Hounds of Love album that isn’t “Running Up That Hill”.
New music by Australia’s Ry X, a former surfer who now rides waves of interior emotions in his dream pop. His new album is Blood Moon. We’ll also hear Röyksopp’s latest, Profound Mysteries.
On a Slow Flow Echoes, new music by Jeff Beck. He’s teamed up with actor Johnny Depp on the album 18, but the best tracks are Beck’s solo instrumentals. We’ll hear one of those.
Jonathan Meiburg of Shearwater talks about their new album, The Great Awakening. It’s a subtle work of ambient songs employing nature sounds that Meiburg recorded all over the world.
New music by Angel Olson. The alt-rock singer has taken a country turn on her new album, Big Time, but she does it with a flare of Ambient Americana. It’s a big time in a chilled way.
Animalweapon. The name comes from the Dead Pool superhero comic but no animals are harmed in the music of Patrick Cortes. But he does uses animal recordings as part of his electronic songs.
New music by Eric Hilton. Half of Thievery Corporation, he’s spent his pandemic time releasing four albums to date. His new one is Lost Dialect. We accept all dialects on Echoes from PRX.