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Brian Eno
R. Carlos Nakai
Mickey Hart
Steve Roach
Andreas Vollenweider
Over
the years certain artists have emerged as icons of the Echoes
soundscape. These are musicians who shifted the direction of
music, whose work influenced a generation and usually, musicians
who also tend to be articulate thinkers about their art. In this
series, you'll hear features Echoes has produced on these artists,
often encompassing their entire careers.
This month, we listen to two artists who are major influences
on the Echoes landscape: Enya and Vangelis.
They're both reclusive when it comes to the press, but we felt
a re-visit with a pair of features each would add nicely to our
pantheon of Icons of Echoes.
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ENYA:
An Icon of Echoes |
Enya is the Irish singer who slipped into the American consciousness like an Irish breeze in 1989 when her second album, Watermark was released. Enya has become one of the icons of all things new age in the intervening years with her increasingly sentimental music, but when she first burst on the scene, Enya's sound world seemed like the height of sophistication with her elaborate vocal choirs and music that drew from her Irish roots as a member of the Brennan family that includes members of Clannad, with whom she sang.
Despite her increasing commercialism, Enya remains a part of the Echoes sound world. We spoke with Enya a couple of times on Echoes, including rare interviews with Nicky Ryan, her producer and sound designer.
Enya:
Celtic Choirs (1991)
A sound portrait of Enya, the popular Celtic singer whose 1989
album Watermark
sold over a million copies. Two years later, she followed it
with Shepherd
Moons. In 1989, we spoke with Enya and her producer/collaborator
Nicky Ryan about their unique layered vocal sound and imagery.
listen>> (approx.
7 minutes)
Enya:
A Vocal Vessel (1991)
Enya's
voice and melodies captivate the ears but it's the lyrics of
Roma Ryan that provide the words she sings, whether in English,
Gaelic, or Latin. In 1991, upon the release of their third collaboration,
Shepherd
Moons, Enya and producer Nicky Ryan talked about their unique
musical triumvirate.
listen>> (approx.
7 minutes)
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VANGELIS: An Icon of Echoes |
 Vangelis (R) with John Diliberto |
Ten Echoes Artists for a Decade (1999)
Vangelis - The Angel of Orchestral Synthesis
As much as any artist, Greek synthesist Vangelis shaped the sound of Echoes over its first decade. He came to renown in the 1970s with spacescapes like Albedo 0.39 and reached international acclaim in the early 1980s with his Academy Award winning score to Chariots of Fire.
In the 1990s, Vangelis released several powerful albums, including Ocean and Voices. In addition, much of his earlier music was re-issued. In 1999 for the 10th anniversary of Echoes, we went back to a 1982 interview recorded with Vangelis the day after he won his Academy Award and while he was working on the score to Bladerunner.
listen>> (approx. 7 minutes)
Vangelis: A God Amongst the Gods? (2001)
Vangelis is an icon of synthesizer music. His 1970s albums Heaven and Hell and Albedo 0.39 were space music classics. His score to the 1981 film, Chariots of Fire was the first ever electronic film score to win an Academy Award.
Vangelis rarely gives interviews, but in 2001 we captured him in Greece while he was recording the PBS concert film in the Temple of Zeus for his album, Mythodea. Vangelis talked about his classical music opus and creating music spontaneously.
listen>> (approx. 7 minutes)
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