We’ve been waiting a while for new music by Ulrich Schnauss, which is one reason we were so behind Winterlight’s Hope Dies Last with it’s Schnaussian shoegaze moods. Schnauss reports a new direction and album is in the offing. Meanwhile, he’s completed a project with Mark Peters called “Balcony Sunset” that has the earmarks of…
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Best Of
Best of Echoes 2011 So Far.
Skuli Severrison, Agnes Obel and Moby Top Echoes Mid-Year List We usually wait until the end of the year for these lists but why not take stock as we pass the half-way mark of 2011. Here’s our25 favorite Echoes CDs from the first 6 months of 2011. Skuli Sverrisson – Seria II (click for review…
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New Eno Download
In the new marketing paradigm of dribbling out tracks and downloads to gin up excitement for new releases, Brian Eno has let out a non-album track from the sessions for his forthcoming album of poetry-cum-glitch electronics, Drums Between Bells. This one features Rick Holland’s words, but Eno’s vocals and it’s called “Imagine New Times.” It’s…
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More Brian Eno Small Craft Sessions Video
Leo Abrahams, Brian Eno, Jon Hopkins Extending the publicity effort for Brian Eno’s Small Craft on Milk Sea, they have dribbled out two more video clips from the jam sessions that resulted in the album. Contrary to common internet courtesy, they aren’t allowing us to embed them in the site so you have to link…
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5 Essential Steve Roach CDs
The #2 Icon of Echoes and His 5 Essential CDs Steve Roach has s released nearly 50 solos albums and just as many collaborations, so narrowing his output down to 5 CDs is daunting. So I have limited myself to pure Steve Roach solo albums, leaving behind great works with his Suspended Memories group and…
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5 Essential Harold Budd CDs.
Five Essential Harold Budd CDs for Deep Listening of Pretty MusicSilence Required: The Best of Harold Budd, an Icon of Echoes. Harold Budd is a romantic with a classicist’s soul and an experimenter’s openness to chance. He’s never opted for the obvious ploys for the heartstrings. Instead, Budd explores the geometry of passion, the calculus…
CD of the Month
Helpling & Jenkins-The Crossing: Echoes September CD of the Month.
Cinematic music in search of an epic film. The summer of 2010 may not be remembered for many great movies, (Inception notwithstanding), but David Helpling and Jon Jenkins have brought us a great soundtrack. It’s just that movie will be in your imagination. Mixing keyboards, guitars and programming, their latest CD, The Crossing states its…
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Robert Rich’s Ambient Dreams for Your iPod/iPhone.
Robert Rich enters the Echoes Chamber and launches the ultimate Ambient soundscape App. There’s been a lot of Robert Rich on Echoes this year. He was one of 20 Icons of Echoes. His album Ylang was a CD of the Month. He played live on the show this year and he’ll be featured tonight, July…
Program Highlights
Ludovico Einaudi’s Nightbook, Echoes March CD of the Month
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http://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/www.xpn.org/podcasts/echoes/echoes20100224.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSLudovico Einaudi’s Tales from the Nightbook You can hear a podcast of this review with Ludovico Einaudi’s music. Pianist Ludovico Einaudi is a different kind of classical composer. He’s a student of the avant-garde and the rich classical tradition of his native Italy. But the 54 year-old pianist…
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TEN TANGERINE DREAM ALBUMS TO BLOW YOUR MIND
We pick ten favorite albums from over a hundred by legendary German electronic band, Tangerine Dream.