Star’s End in Philadelphia on WXPN wanted to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Trans-Sonic Music Festival.

On saturday, May 20, two local electronic music groups played live in Philadelphia, as part of The Gatherings Concert Series. There were no laptops, or backing tracks at this show, although some rhythmic patterns were pre-programmed into some of the equipment, that’s part of the nature of music with sequencers in it. Both groups explored […]

Is Tangerine Dream walking on stage, hitting play on a computer and occasionally tapping a keyboard any better than the old days when an electronic composer would walk on stage, hit play on a tape recorder and walk off?

The mythic west Reborn in Ambient soundscapes

Final Day in London with Ajanta Music, Steve Hillage, Bombay Dub Orchestra and hard cider

Our last full day in London started off with the amazing experience of NOT getting lost while driving to a session! (OK, we missed one turn, but recovered quickly… )
Thankfully, Robin and Paul Simon were gracious hosts, and Paul welcomed us into his lovely Victorian house, where the front room was filled with DJ […]

LANDING IN LONDON-Day One
Had a great flight to London. Flew in First Class. But don’t think Echoes is spending its money wildly. We got the upgrade as recompense for USAIR losing our luggage six times in the last year. It looked like they were going to do it again as well. […]

Another productive day in London, covering a lot of ground by subway and by car. While John was interviewing John Fox, I hopped on the tube, taking the Piccadilly Line pretty near to its northeast end, to meet the guys from Sounds From the Ground. Surrounded by vintage synthesizers as well as the latest […]

We spent much of the day today being lost in London…. it’s a very tricky city to navigate by car! But thankfully all the time lost driving in circles was worth it in the end, because we managed to record more excellent performances and interviews.
First stop was with Radio Massacre International:

Sadly their guitarist […]

Absolute Ambient
Right off the plane after an all night flight, we drove south, pretty close to as far south as one can get and still be in England, and were greeted by this landscape:

That’s the scenery outside the home of Matt Coldrick, who records with Matt Hillier as “Absolute Ambient”. They […]