From Western Australia comes Laliya, the duo of James and Melissa McGuire. Since 1995 they’ve been creating an acoustic based sound with electronic extensions like delays and loops to create a world fusion of the imagination.
Jean-Michel Jarre Leads Echoes April Top 25 with Oxygene Trilogy, culminating 40 years of electronic music that inspired artists here like Erik Wøllo and Delia Derbyshire Appr’n Society.
The Indie rock group Alt-J spaces out on new single form Relaxer and Emel Mathlouthi takes Tunisia electronic on her album, Ensen, or Human.
Echoes March Top 25 includes the CD of the Month, Daniel Voth’s Transcendance, as well as Mike Oldfield’s Return to Ommadawn, Lisa Hannigan’s At Swim and Bonobo’s Migration.
Coming up on Echoes music from the Arab underground when we hear Yasmine Hamdan and her new album Al Jamilat (The Beautiful Ones). We’ll also hear new music from Clannad’s Moya Brennan and her album, Canvas.
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We look back on the career of trumpeter/composer Jon Hassell from through his Fourth World music permutations with interviews from Hassell, Brian Eno, and more in the Echoes Podcast.
Low Roar brings ethereal dream pop and AO Music creates a world fusion behind of the voice of Adiemus singer Miriam Stockley
The Indie rock group Alt-J spaces out on new single form Relaxer and Emel Mathlouthi takes Tunisia electronic on her album, Ensen, or Human.
Echoes February Top 25 includes the CD of the Month, Bonobo’s Migration and the CD of the Month for next Month, Daniel Voth’s Transcendance. See the complate list at echoes.org
World fusion took on classical dimensions when Yo-Yo Ma formed his acclaimed Silk Road Ensemble. He brought together musicians and composers from around the world to create a new dialogue in a hybrid cultural sound. We talk with Ma and other members of the ensemble.