Brian Eno’s Discreet Music is the first bud in the growing expanse of ambient music. And now, the Toronto ensemble, Contact, has taken this electronic work and transformed it into a mesmerizing 60 minute acoustic rendering.
On a Slow Flow Echoes we’ll hear new music by Swedish guitarist Jimmy Wahlsteen.
An uninterrupted six-hour soundscape for that rewards patience. Includes music by Kevin Keller, David Gilmour, Bob Holroyd, David Arkenstone, and many more.
It’s dream pop out of New Zealand on the next Echoes when we hear a new single by French for Rabbits called “Feathers and Dreams.
We’ll hear from a 21st century progressive rock opus by Mark McGuire called Beyond Belief and sufi chants turned into lush tapestries by HuDost.
It’s a definitive album of ambient chamber music when we hear Kevin Keller’s La Strada.
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Named for a theater in David Lynch’s film, “Mulholland Drive”, Silencio plays music inspired by Lynch films and Angelo Badalamenti’s scores for them. We talk to the band about their evocative and haunting sound.
Two electronic veterans return on Echoes.
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Twilight Archive is a trio of musicians from Southern California exploring an ambient jazz sound. They get together to make a dark, swampy ambient jazz, channeling Miles Davis through Jon Hassell Fourth-World grooves and electronica modes. They talk about their evolution and new album, Mood Chain.
The Ambient chamber music of our CD of the Month, Slow Meadow, leads the Echoes Top 25 for October followed by the powerful dreampop of The Mynabirds and the sultry orchestral pop of Lana Del Rey.
