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Free Floating is a weekly journey through the world of light ambience, focusing primarily on beatless music that is available freely through the netaudio scene. So, listen in and hear some beautiful music that will be the soundtrack to some amazing times in your life.

Thought Radio Playlist for February 18, 2012.

Galactic Travels Playlist #776 for February 16, 2012.

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The Historic Irving Theater and Indianapolis Electronic Music Group

We return to Nepal once again for the seventh edition of this unique gathering of music and arts, Universal Religion .

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GALACTIC TRAVELS ON WDIY

The OKTAF RECORDS label is putting out what looks to be a very promising tribute album to Harold Budd with people like Biosphere, Marsen Jules,  and several artists I’m less familiar with.

Here’s the Press Release:

With “Lost In The Humming Air – Music inspired by Harold Budd” oktaf records announces an amazing collection of thirteen exclusive tracks made by a selection of some of todays best known ambient music producers giving their tribute to the outstanding piano legend Harold Budd.

The playlists features names as: Deaf Center, Loscil, Martin Fuhs, Biosphere, Xela, Marsen Jules, Andrew Thomas, Mokira, Christopher Willits, Taylor Deupree, Rafael Anton Irisarri, Porn Sword Tobacco and bvdub feat. Criss Van Wey.

Well known for his spaceful piano playing and his early cooperations with Brian Eno, Harold Budd has inspired a whole generation of modern protagonists of ambient, jazz and especially the so called modern classical genre. With his recent releases on David Sylvians Samadhi Sound label as well as on Darla, he is still showing his outstanding musical genius to the world.

“Lost in the Humming Air (Music inspired by Harold Budd)” will be released on April 9th (March 26th digital) on oktaf records. Exclusively distributed by Kompakt.

~© 2012 John Diliberto ((( echoes )))

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Tagged: Ambient, electronic, Eno, Harold Budd, John Diliberto

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This Saturday. We have an 8ft by 10ft Giant Crystal Back Drop that will be projecting an amazing light show. Don't miss out.

Marquee Nightclub & Dayclub is proud to announce more exclusive Las Vegas residencies in 2012, including (in alphabetical order): Armin van Buuren, Arty, Cedric Gervais, Cosmic Gate, Dash Berlin, EDX, Gareth Emery, Ferry Corsten, Hardwell, Nicky Ro ...

With his diverse four-track ' The Bipolar EP ' priming itself for release, Anjunabeats rising star Mat Zo is embarking on his biggest tour of North America yet - including dates at San Francisco's Ruby Skye, Toronto's Guvernment, Denver's Bet ...

I posted a couple of Valentine’s Videos on Facebook and it got me looking for other videos of music I’ll be playing tonight on Echoes of the Heart.  You can create your own images tonight, but here’s some to get you in that Echoes of the Heart frame of mind.

Air is a really good live band and here they are with a nicely produced live video of “Love.”

Lia Ices cut a very erotic/artsy/spiritual/goofy video for her gorgeous song, “Little Marriage”  from her CD, Grown Unknown.

Pat Metheny recorded a beautiful version of The Association’s “Cherish” on his Grammy winning album, What’s It All About.

Agnes Obel’s Philharmonics was the #1 Echoes album from 2011 and a CD of the Month.  Here she is covering John Cale’s “Close Watch.”

And what the hell, here’s John Cale with his rendition of “I Keep A Close Watch.”

There were only static cover shot versions of  Low Roar’s “Nobody Else” but I liked this solo version of “Help Me.”

I couldn’t find a good video for Fionnualla Sherry’s “My Lagan Love” here’s one for “Our Wedding Day” from the same album, Songs from Before, an Echoes CD of the Month.

Here’s an acoustic version of Anna Ternheim’s “My Heart Beats for You.” Check out the musical saw..

~© 2012 John Diliberto ((( echoes )))

Hear Echoes of the Heart tonight on Valentine’s Day.  Echoes On-Line Subscribers will get to hear a 3 and 1/2 hour Valentine’s day soundscape. You can create a non-stop, announcer free soundscape for your Valentine’s night by trying a week of Echoes On-Line.

A few of these albums were Echoes CDs of the Month.   You can get great music like this by becoming a member of the Echoes CD of the Month Club.

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Looks like a blast, but the fact that it starts after my bedtime tells me I'm not the target audience :)

Above & Beyond are bringing the Group Therapy experience to Miami Music Week 2012 with a special event at the legendary Bayfront Park Amphitheatre on Thursday, March 22 .

Hear Echoes at the Grammys, tonight February 10, 2012

In 2009 as the Grammy Awards were announced, I wrote a blog called Who is Henta and How Did She Get Nominated for A Grammy.  With just a simple name-replacement and a couple of updates, I rewrote it in 2010 as Who is Zamora and How Did He Get Nominated for a Grammy?  I didn’t do anything except replace Henta’s name with Zamora’s. 

I decided not to run it because I didn’t want to be negative again.  But I’m not going to pass this up two years in a row, so…………

WHO  IS HENTA ZAMORA AND HOW DID SHE HE GET NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMY?  TWICE!!

Every year, the Recording Academy has at least one WTF moment and in this 54th year it’s again in the New Age category.  Three years ago, Jack DeJohnette inexplicably won for Peace Time, which in a post-Grammy blog I called “a generic New Age album that would’ve been cliched 30 years ago”  and likened it to Yusef Lateef for getting the New Age Grammy in 1987 for his hackneyed Little Symphony and Jethro Tull winning the Heavy Metal Grammy in 1988 for Crest of a Knave (a good album, just not heavy metal).

But all those artists had names and were brilliant in their fields, jazz and rock respectively.  But who the hell is Henta  Zamora?  You don’t know? Someone must.  She’s He’s one of 5 nominees in the New Age category, but I’ve never heard of her him.  It’s not so unusual that an artist slips by me sometimes.   I’m not all-knowing, even in my field.   But it is unusual when that artist can muster enough votes in a Grammy category to make the final five.  She He sits alongside established names like Peter Kater,  and jazz guitar icon Pat Metheny (what he’s doing in this category is another WTF Grammy Moment.) as well as much lesser known artists, Michael Brant DeMaria and Al Conti.   As Ricky Gervais as Andy Tilman as Ray Stokes might say, “Are you ‘avin’ a laugh?”

Henta’s Zamora’s nominated CD, Laserium for the Soul Instrumental Oasis, Vol. 6, is a slice of generic, hard core new age with ethereal vocals syrupy melodies, corny pan-pipe samples and overladen synthesizer pads.  How such a derivative, run-of-the-mill  work from an artist with no apparent profile makes the 5 New Age nominees is beyond me.  Perusing her his website, it’s clear that she’s he’s a working musician with previous recordings, sound library work and more, but it’s nothing that most people, Grammy voters or not,  would know about.  It’s not like New Age doesn’t have enough of a credibility problem.

He does have a Wiki page but Zamora’s Autobody is listed higher in a Google search. Sadly, small categories like New Age are easily gamed in the Grammys.  Even bigger categories like Americana can be manipulated, as it was this year by complete unknown, Linda Chorney, for her album, Emotional Jukebox.  She didn’t break any rules.  She simply optimized her social networking, including the Grammy 360 social network.  But that doesn’t make it the best album.

Hopefully, creativity, integrity and artistic bravery  will win out this year and Pat Metheny‘s What’s It All About will take the New Age Grammy.   He’s already won 18 Grammy awards, most in various jazz categories, but whenever he puts out a solo acoustic album, suddenly he’s New Age.   His presence elevates the genre, and even though it’s not a New Age album, it is the best album in the category.

Overall, this is one of the weakest years for Echoes artists at the Grammys.  You can usually find them in the fringe categories but few are found in 2009′s, 2010′s, 2011′s selection.  But we’ll run down some of our favorites on Friday, February 10 on Echoes at the Grammys.

The Grammys themselves will be broadcast Sunday night, February 12, although most categories, including New Age, are given off-screen during the day.  But you can watch the webcast. See the complete list of nominees.

~© 2012 John Diliberto ((( echoes )))

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