Echoes host John Diliberto has picked his Top 25 albums of 2015. They range from dream pop to sequencer dervishes to ambient chamber music to fusion and beyond.
Best Of
John Diliberto’s Top 25 Albums for 2015
Tag: synthesizer
Playlists
Wednesday, December 9th, 2015-Echoes Program 1549C
2015 began with the unexpected death of Edgar Froese, the founding member of the German electronic band, Tangerine Dream. 2015 also saw the anniversary of two influential Tangerine Dream albums, Rubycon and Ricochet.
Echoes Online, Wordless Echoes
Wordless Echoes: Light Patterns
An uninterrupted six-hour soundscape featuring music by Mark Isham, Tangerine Dream, George Winston, Radium 88, and many more.
Interview Podcast
Enya in the Echoes Podcast
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Iconic Irish singer, Enya talks about her new album, Dark Sky Island. It’s her first album of all-new material in 7 years. Many of the familiar Enya sounds are there from the pizzacato strings, vocal choirs and of course, the pure beauty of Enya’s voice. She talks about castles, church and the cosmos.
Best Of
The Best of Echoes 2015 Poll
Echoes listeners are now voting in the Best of Echoes 2015 Poll. They are picking their 10 favorite albums heard on Echoes in 2015 and they’ll be tabulated into the Echoes Top 25 Albums for 2015
Interview Podcast
Todd Tobias in the Echoes Podcast
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Todd Tobias creates ambient vignettes; short excursions into a mysterious sound dominated by multiple guitars and manipulated samples. He’s worked extensively with the rock band, Guided by Voices, but makes an ambient sound on his own. He talks about it on Echoes.
Playlists
Friday, November 20th, 2015-Echoes Program 1546E
On a Slow Flow Echoes John Diliberto brings us an all instrumental soundscape that will include new music by David Arkenstone and synth -guitarist Mark Dwane
Playlists
Thursday, November 19th, 2015-Echoes Program 1546D
Coming up on Echoes it’s new music by the alt-rock group Deerhunter and veteran electronic composer, George Wallace.
Playlists
Wednesday, November 18, 2015-Echoes Program 1546C
It’s like an emergency room on the next Echoes. We’ll hear music by Cliff Martinez from the TV series, The Knick, set in a 1901 NYC hospital and Julien Baker singes about a sprained ankle.
Reviews & Commentary
Brian Eno’s Discreet Music Reborn by Contact.
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.