PRX: Echoes Interview Podcast

Darkside's Psychic Debut: The Echoes Interview Darkside is the name of a trippy duo that mixes electronics with expansive guitar solos, heavy rhythms and swirling textures. They met in Brown University and began performing together when David Harrington played guitar in Nicolas Jaar ’s touring band.  Free improvisations in their hotel room led to their first real collaboration. Their debut album,...

Hammock Out of the Void: The Complete Echoes Interview Last January I had a great interview with Hammock , the ambient guitar duo.  It was long and wide-ranging but we could only fit so much into a 15-minute piece. Today, however, I bring you the complete interview where Hammock talk about their latest album, Love in the Void . as well as religion, therapy, sobriety, and the return of guitars that...

Devo Turns 50. Hear Their Previously Unreleased 1987 Interview They haven’t recorded anything new in over a decade, and nothing for twenty years before that.  Their most consequential body of work was at the turn of the 1980s where they presaged New Wave music. But Devo remains a singularly unique entity. There is no one like them and their influence has been broad and deep . Their music is laced...

Opium Moon's Sound of Unity and Sensuality: The Echoes Podcast Interview Today we journey into world fusion with Opium Moon . This is the Grammy winning ensemble who are part of a new wave of artists fusing sounds from the Middle east. Their music taps the overtly sensual sounds of this region. But Opium Moon’s Lili Hadyn says it’s all about the spirit. Lili Hayden: Honestly, it’s all about flow....

Mimi Page: Dream Pop, Deep Trauma, and Healing: The Complete Interview in Echoes Podcast Mimi Page is an auteur of electronic dream pop and a composer of video game scores. You’ve heard her music turn up in TV series like Dark .  We’ve been intoxicated by her for years whether it’s her serene vocals on Breathe Me In , the celestial choirs of Dark Before the Dawn , her collaborati...

Trumpeter Jeff Oster Goes Lo-Fi & Al Petteway Remembered in the Echoes Podcast: The Echoes Interview Photo Credit: Irene Young We go lo-fi and ambient jazz when Jeff Oster talks about his new album, hØwling lØØn . Known for his work with Will Ackerman and FLOW , Oster creates a surreal loungescape that’s quite a bit different. He plays more trumpet than he has in years, uses samples and found soun...

Steve Roach & Robert Rich's Tangerine Dream Experience: The Echoes Interview In this Echoes Podcast episode, I’ve got a special interview with two icons of Echoes who recently played with another icon of Echoes.  Tangerine Dream recently toured the US and in several cities, they invited specials guest to perform with them in the improvised encore segment that they call Sessions. In Tucson an...

The Ambient Jungle: Lis Addison in Echoes Podcast Lis Addison is a musician, singer, dancer and electronic artist.  She was schooled in the avant-garde at Mills College with musicians like Terry Riley as teachers. But she fled that for a different sound that embodies chant, meditation, ambient music and often, actual songs.  She has a new album inspired by her visits and environmental work in Keny...

Ladytron's Plugged in World: The Echoes Podcast Complete Interview Back in May of this year I interviewed the electronic pop band Ladytron . We ran that feature on Echoes and in the Podcast in the usual, produced form in a 16 minute feature. We only used a small portion of it in the feature, but that interview was such a blast that I thought you might want to hear all of it.  If you don’t kn...

Anna's Ambience Through Alpha Waves: The Echoes Interview. In the Echoes Podcast we hear electronic sounds from Brazil when we talk to Anna . She started out in thumping hard core Techno but then had her Alpha waves adjusted and came out on the other side of the pandemic with a purely ambient album, Intentions .   She got people like Jon Hopkins , East Forest and Laraaji to collaborate with her. T...

Secret Sky with Caroline Lavelle and Brian Hughes in Echoes Podcast. In the Echoes Podcast we hear from Secret Sky , the world fusion group comprised of Loreena McKennitt band members,’ cellist and singer Caroline Lavelle and guitarist Brian Hughes . They recently released their second album, Opium . They talk about their folk roots, and their move from traditional English folk songs to all...

The Dream Continues-The Echoes Tangerine Dream 2023 Interview: Echoes Podcast The future is now when we talk to Tangerine Dream .  This iconic, innovative band is still going after more than 50 years even if nobody from the 70s, 80, or 90s era of the wired ensemble are still in it. Founder Edgar Froese died in 2015, but before he did, he anointed Thorsten Quaschning and Hoshiko Yamane as official...

Deborah Martin & Jill Haley's Ambient Chamber Space Music: The Echoes Interview Neo-Classical meets electronic space on Echoes when John Diliberto talks to wind and piano player Jill Haley and electronic artist Deborah Martin . Jill is known for her decades-long work with the acoustic fusion group, One Alternative, multiple recording sessions on the productions of Windham Hill Records founder Will...

Moby's Complete 2011 Echoes Interview: Echoes Podcast Moby at his Drum Machine Wall. pic: Diliberto Today, I’ve got another extended Echoes Podcast for you. We’re going to hear from Moby . I’ve interviewed him about 7 times, most recently in the spring of this year. But I wanted to go back to one of my early interviews from 2011. This was the second time I spoke to Moby and it wa...

Mimi Page's Sound Healing Dream Pop in Echoes Podcast: The Echoes Interview Mimi Page is an auteur of electronic dream pop and a composer of video game scores. You’ve heard her music turn up in TV series like Dark .  We’ve been intoxicated by her for years whether it’s her serene vocals on Breathe Me In , the celestial choirs of Dark Before the Dawn , her collaborations with Dele...

Echoes Podcast II: In the Moment with John McLaughlin: The Complete Echoes Interview Several weeks ago we presented you with our produced interview featuring guitarist John McLaughlin. In the Echoes Podcast, we now give you the complete interview. John McLaughlin comes in to talk about Shakti and improvisation. He explains how improvisation is related to meditation, putting you in a state of not t...

Echoes Podcast: Ambiences from the Heartland: SUSS & Balmorhea: The Echoes Interviews The Ambient Country band SUSS struggles with loss and finds a way to be reborn. After co-founding member Gary Lieb died, they had to reevaluate not only their existence, but their sound. Their new double album, SUSS , tracks their journey from union to loss to renewal.  John Diliberto talks to SUSS about hidden r...

Chinese Poets and Surreal Sound: Robert Rich-The Complete Echoes Interview Robert Rich is the 11th of 30 Icons of Echoes and has been a fixture on the show from the first day. He’s a polymath who is not only adept at many instruments but many other disciplines.  They include audio recording and mastering, wine making and dream theory. He writes poetry, seriously, and he creates beautifully a...

Echoes Podcast; Nathan Speir-From the Basement to the Heavens: The Echoes Interview On Echoes we often have big name artists. Just recently John McLaughlin , BT , Moby and Ladytron have graced the show. But we support lesser known artists with the same enthusiasm, artists who aren’t out in the world and in the case of Nathan Speir , making music in his basement.  He’s an eclectic playe...

Echoes Podcast: The Complete BT Interview We recently featured the artist known as BT on Echoes and in the podcast.  But the whole interview was so engaging that we’re going to give you the entire interview here. BT, aka Brian Transeau, is a polymath who gets into the code of his music. Alongside his more rhythm-driven releases, he has a string of more atmospheric, experimental works that be...

Echoes Podcast: Amaara's Amazing Technicolor Dream Trauma: The Echoes Interview Amaara is actress Kaelen Ohm . She’s been in some recent TV series including the short-lived Hit and Run (Netflix) and the horror series, From (MGM+). That one just concluded its second season. Amaara is actually Ohm’s middle name. In between filming and during the pandemic she managed to create a statement...

Robert Rich's Asian Journey and A Produce Remembered in Echoes Podcast Robert Rich is the 11th of 30 Icons of Echoes and has been a fixture on the show from the first day. He’s a polymath who is not only adept at many instruments but many other disciplines.  They include audio recording and mastering, wine making and dream theory. He writes poetry, seriously, and he creates beautifully abstr...

BT Finds Electronic Grooves in Nature: The Echoes Podcast The artist known as BT , not to be confused with BTS , is a polymath who gets into the code of his music. Among his more rhythm-driven releases, he has a string of more atmospheric, experimental works that began with This Binary Universe . He’s just released the 4th album in this series, The Secret Language of Trees , and although it&...

Echoes Podcast: Whipped Cream & Other Delights: The Echoes Interview It’s Whipped Cream and other delights in the Echoes Podcast. Well really, just Whipped Cream. And no, I’m not referring to the 1965 album by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass with that suggestive cover. I’m talking about the moniker of Caroline Cecil who makes downtempo electronic music as Whipped Cream. She wen...

Echoes Podcast: Shakti Reborn Again-The Echoes Interview with John McLaughlin In the Echoes Podcast, guitarist John McLaughlin comes in to talk about Shakti and improvisation. He explains how improvisation is related to meditation, putting you in a state of not thinking, but being in the moment, In the 1970s, McLaughlin followed-up the electric fury of the Mahavishnu Orchestra with the acoustic In...