PRI: Echoes
A weekly musician interview from Echoes, the soundscape of ambient, new acoustic and world fusion music on public radio and on-line.
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Echoes Interview feature - Ozric Tentacles
Ozric Tentacles grew out of 1980s rave culture in England, ...
Ozric Tentacles grew out of 1980s rave culture in England, but they took their cues from the 70s psychedelic space music of Gong more than the thump of techno. Headed up by Ed Wynne, a classic guitar hero with a spacescape mind, they've released several albums and toured relentlessly since they formed at Stonehenge in 1984. Ed and bassist-synthesist Brandi Wynne take us on a trip through the world of Ozric Tentacles.
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Echoes Interview feature - Ludovico Einaudi
Italian composer Luciano Berio was an icon of 20th century ...
Italian composer Luciano Berio was an icon of 20th century avant-garde music standing alongside John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Ludovico Einaudi studied with Berio but took a different path towards consonant music and a lush harmonic language that is folk-like in its simplicity. We talk to him about his ambient chamber music.
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Echoes Interview feature - Penguin Cafe Orchestra
He scored the strings for the Sid Vicious rendition of ...
He scored the strings for the Sid Vicious rendition of the song My Way and hung out with Brian Eno, but Simon Jeffes is best known for his idiosyncratic and influential chamber group, The Penguin Cafe Orchestra. Simon Jeffes died in 1997 but his CDs are all being reissued. We revisit an interview with this pioneering composer.
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Echoes Interview feature - Alu
Alu is a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter, who creates ambient soundscapes ...
Alu is a Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter, who creates ambient soundscapes for her songs of lost innocence, cultural ennui and interior dialogues. With a voice that sounds like Kate Bush in a cabaret, Alu sings of casket salesmen, circus cosmos and buzzin' brains that populate her captivating fantasy stories. We talk about her sophomore album, Lobotomy Sessions.
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Echoes Interview feature - AES DANA AND SOLAR FIELDS
Ultimae is a boutique French label that's turning into the ...
Ultimae is a boutique French label that's turning into the ECM Records of downtempo and ambient music. Run by Vincent Villuis, who also records as Aes Dana, it's creating a unique identity in the faceless digital age. We talk to Vincent Villuis, his partner, Sunbeam, and Magnus Birgersson of Solar Fields about life in the downtempo zone.
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Echoes Interview feature - Kevin Bartlett
Kevin Bartlett is a mutant guitarist who wrestles unearthly sounds ...
Kevin Bartlett is a mutant guitarist who wrestles unearthly sounds and siren calls from his electric instrument. A devotee of progressive rock like Genesis and Mike Oldfield, he's created a progressive opus on his second outing called Glow in the Dark. Kevin Bartlett illuminates his music in an Echoes interview.
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Echoes Interview feature - Return to Forever
AN INTERVIEW WITH RETURN TO FOREVER. In the 1970s, Chick ...
AN INTERVIEW WITH RETURN TO FOREVER. In the 1970s, Chick Corea's Return to Forever was among the Gods of Fusion. The classic version of that band has gotten back together for a reunion tour. Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke return to the birth of fusion when they talk about Return to Forever then and now on Echoes
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Echoes Interview feature - Biomusique
AN INTERVIEW WITH BIOMUSIQUE Biomusique is a new group, but ...
AN INTERVIEW WITH BIOMUSIQUE Biomusique is a new group, but the musicians in it have been making challenging music for years. Lisbeth Scott is the singer from State of Grace and numerous soundtracks including the Narnia films. Greg Ellis was the percussion half of the Persian fusion duo Vas. The two artists get together on a series of meditations for voice and global atmospheres that take them into new and intimate terrain. They bring us with them to the spirit behind The 10,000 Steps.
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Echoes Interview feature - Sasha
AN INTERVIEW WITH SASHA Welsh born electronic composer Sasha is ...
AN INTERVIEW WITH SASHA Welsh born electronic composer Sasha is one of the early figures of ambient house and rave culture. He mentored musicians like BT and he's recently put out a new collection of remixes that includes his epic soundtrack to the surf film, New Emissions of Light and Sound. Sasha lights us up on Echoes.
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Echoes Interview feature - The Orb
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ORB It's been 17 years since ...
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ORB It's been 17 years since The Orb unleashed Little Fluffy Clouds on the world and opened the door for groups like the Future Sound of London, Loop Guru and DJ Spooky. Original Orb members Alex Paterson and Youth get back together on a new CD of hallucinogenic grooves and surreal landscapes called The Dream. The Orb talks about their sample and slice journey.
