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Take a trip back in time and re-discover the beginnings of electronic music with Syrinx’s Tumblers From The Vault. They spoke about the release of the collection on Echoes Podcast.
Before synthesizers and computers in pop music there was Silver Apples, a duo that that used surplus electronics and tribal drums to create a psychedelic electronic pop in 1968. Moby cites them as the first electronic pop group.
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Peter Baumann talks Tangerine Dream, the Baumann Foundaiton, Berlin, inspirations, and more in the Echoes Podcast
Ambient composer Robert Rich and visual artist Jörg Wand create a video of fractal artwork to accompany Rich’s “Filaments.”
Suzanne Ciani is known for her romantic keyboard compositions, but she started out as an avant-garde electronic composer. You can hear that side on a new album, Buchla Concerts 1975. John Diliberto looks back at this seminal work and time.
The new Netflix Original Series, Stranger Things, is a modern twist on classic sci-fi horror, and its chilling synthesizer-filled score follows suit. Composers Michael Stein and Kyle Dixon tap into an analog sound that began in the 1970s, take it to the 80s and make it timeless.
If someone wanted a one-stop example of state-of-the art electronic music, I would give them Index05, the latest compilation from the DiN label. Ian Boddy has created a perfectly sequenced, non-stop electronic journey with tracks from Node, Arc, and Dave Bessell, along with collaborations between Parallel Worlds & Dave Bessell, Ian Boddy & Markus Reuter, Erik Wøllo & Bernhard Wöstheinrich, and Parallel Worlds & Self Oscillate.
At the half-way point of the year, we pick the albums that excited us the most thus far in 2016. Miranda Lee Richard’s “Echoes of the Dreamtime” tops the list of 25, followed by All India Radio, Hammock, Radiohead and more.
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Echoes sits down with iconic electronic musician Moby to discuss his latest album and accompanying memoir.
The Zone Music Awards is the only place that acknowledges New Age, Ambient, Electronic, Solo Piano and World Fusion, all in one place. We take a look at this years ceremony which took place on May 7 in New Orleans with artists like Jeff Oster, Paul Avgerinos, Eric Scott and many more.