http://www.echoes.org/blog News and Views from the Echoes music world of ambient, electronic, chillout, acoustic and more Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:34:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You’ve heard the voice of Lisbeth Scott. You may have picked up on one of her solo singer-songwriter albums like Dove or heard her calling the heavens in gothic chants with State of Grace. But it’s more likely you’ve encountered her in dozens of film soundtracks. She sang ... http://www.echoes.org/blog/?p=131 We discover new music on-line with Eldad Lidor, Renfro and Bryan El You can also hear an audio version of this blog with music in an Echo Location There was a time, just a couple of years ago, when most of the music that was released came from conventional record labels on CDs. ... http://www.echoes.org/blog/?p=130 Brian Eno has recorded and collaborated on dozens of albums over the years. They aren’t all touched by unbridled genius, but no doubt, Eno has made some nearly perfect albums, all of which remain influential. While he’s continued to write potent songs and engaging atmospheres recently, ... http://www.echoes.org/blog/?p=129 Stars of the Lid have raised the ambient chamber music ante with an exquisite live show. Stars of the Lid are yet another band originally from Texas exploring a slowed down chamber music edged with electronics. In this case, the guitar/keyboard duo of Brian McBride and Adam Wiltzie ... http://www.echoes.org/blog/?p=128 Brian Eno has spent the last year or so producing the new Coldplay album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. As a teaser, the band has released a free download of a single from the disc, “Violet Hill.” It’s available for a limited time off the Coldplay website. ... http://www.echoes.org/blog/?p=127 One of the original pioneers of the electronic frontier has passed. Bebe Barron’s work goes back to the Conestoga days of electronic music when everything was DIY. She and her then husband and partner, Louis Barron, worked with John Cage on one of his earliest tapes pieces, “Williams ... http://www.echoes.org/blog/?p=126 After approximately 30 years, Brian Eno and David Byrne reportedly have a new album completed and a tour booked. This is completely out of the blue. Eno has spent the last year or so working on Coldplay’s new album, due any day and a forthcoming U2 album. ... http://www.echoes.org/blog/?p=125 An electro-pop classic from Air inches towards the timeless on the 10th anniversary of Moon Safari. You can hear a three and half minute audio version of this with music. When you’re making retro music for the future, time becomes nebulous. So we shouldn’t be surprised that it’s been 10 ... http://www.echoes.org/blog/?p=124 You couldn’t get two drummers more different than Stu Nevitt, the drummer with Shadowfax and Klaus Dinger, who percussed for Kraftwerk and Neu! Keyboardist Armen Chakmakian, from a later edition of Shadowfax, passed on the sad news of Nevitt’s passing on March 15 from complications of diabetes and heart disease. He ... http://www.echoes.org/blog/?p=123 A cult icon who influenced Pulbic Image Limited, Brian Eno and The Orb enters his 8th decade. Before samplers and computers; before rap and electronica; before ambient and new exotica, Holger Czukay was doing it all. A student of Karlheinz Stockhausen and a founding member of Can, the German ... http://www.echoes.org/blog/?p=122