The Decemberists & Olivia Chaney are both steeped in folk traditions. They take it in a trippy rock direction on a new album “The Queen of Hearts.” They’ve just released a video for title track
As we continue our celebration of music from 1967, we come to a little curio with a great title, Electric Music for the Mind and Body. Sounds like something a Techno or Trance act should’ve used. But it was the sound created by these folkies turned psychedelic troubadours.
Country Joe and the Fish’s debut, Electric Music for the Mind and Body, remains a defining artifacts of the psychedelic era. It turns 50 on May 11, still tripping after all these years.
On their seventh album, Silver Eye, the English duo, Goldfrapp tackle themes of musical and sexual transformation. They talk about their metaphysical and electronic journey on Echoes.
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She created the theme for Doctor Who, tripped out with the White Noise, and inspired a few generations of British electronic musicians to plug in. Delia Derbyshire remembered in Echoes Podcast
On the next Echoes hear about one of the most venerable of American Progressive Rock groups, Djam Karet. Their name is Indonesian for stretched time and they have released dozens of albums since their debut in 1985.
While German space music was creating sequencer driven grooves Klaus Schulze created an ambient dreamscape, Mirage: A Winter Landscape in 1977. John Diliberto looks back.
We celebrate the 40th anniversary of Klaus Schulze’s epic album, Mirage, an album often cited by electronic musicians like Steve Roach and Michael Shreeve.
It’s clear blue skies, flowing brooks and chirping crickets along with synthesizers, guitars and voices when we explore the landscapes of the planet on an Echoes Earth Day Soundscape.
On the next Echoes we look to the skies with Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner and Nico Muhly when we hear music from their album, Planetarium. We’ll also hear music from singer-songwriter Lexie Roth, daughter of guitarist Arlen Roth.
