Optic Echo Presents opticecho
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Love of ambient, experimental, & modern classical with downtempo roots. We highlight current music in these genres, with old favorites snuck in. OEP sets are vinyl, guest mixes contain all formats.
Listen live Tuesday evenings 6-8pm on XRAY.FM, 91.1 / 107.1 FM KXRY Portland, streaming www.xray.fm (previously Portland Radio Authority 06-13).
These mixes are a digest version of our 2-hour radio show, recorded from home on 3 turntables, usually the day after our FM broadcast.
Podcast: www.opticechopresents.com (also apple / google podcast)
Thank you for listening!
profile pic by: Marc Fischer
www.twitter.com/opticecho
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OEP: best vinyl of 2023
Big thanks to Mike of Headphone Commute for posting my best of mixes over the past 10+ years!!
Cruel Diagonals- Fractured Whole a3ビクター MKII- Tokimeki No Beat a5JJ Whitefield- Ethio Meditations / Drama al Dente a2Romance & Dean Hurley- River of Dreams b3Spencer Doran- Season: a letter to the future b2Sven Wunder- Ultramarine 7” a1Маяк- Выше звезд a1More Eaze- Strawberry Season a2Steve Gunn & David Moore- Reflections Vol. 1: Let the Moon Be a Planet a1Black to Comm- At Zeenath Parallel Heavens a2Bana Haffar- Intimaa’ b2Heinali- Kyiv Eternal a3Brock Berrigan- Breaking Bread a2Apollo Brown- This Must Be the Place b2One Million Eyes- Iris a1Secret Pyramid- A Vanishing Touch a5Eluvium- (Whirring Marvels in) Consensus Reality a3Voyage Futur- Wellen b3Jake Muir- Bathhouse Blues a1.1Limousine- Skymall a6Funkmammoth- Life’s Delights b8Jana Winderen- The Blue Beyond a1.3From Overseas & Zake- Demain, Des L’aube a2Quiet Places- Volume 2 b1.3 -
Optic Echo Presents 2/7/23
ビクター MKII- 夏色 Summer Colours a7
https://mkii.bandcamp.com/album/summer-colours
Pronoia- DJ Kicks f1 https://k7records.bandcamp.com/album/dj-kicks-thievery-corporation-2
Penelope Trappes- Healing Together c2 https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/healing-together-a-compilation-for-mental-health-recovery
Night Sequels- Children of the Night Make Music b1 https://attacknine.bandcamp.com/album/the-children-of-the-night-make-music
Jon Hopkins (Nils Frahm remix)- I Remember 10” a1 https://latenighttales.bandcamp.com/album/i-remember
Marine Eyes + IKSRE- Nurture a1 https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/nurture
Hammock- Love in the Void a1 https://hammock.bandcamp.com/album/love-in-the-void
MACマイナス- Updated Floral Experience (更新された花の経験) b3
https://aloecitywrld.bandcamp.com/album/updated-floral-experience
Kenny Segal- Happy Little Trees a4 https://kennysegal.bandcamp.com/album/happy-little-trees
TIBSLC- Hypertranslucent b1 https://sferic.bandcamp.com/album/hypertranslucent
28 timed (realistic)- Sound Effects b4
Sweet Valley- Eternal Champ 2 a4 https://sweetvalley.bandcamp.com/album/eternal-champ-ii
28 timed- Sound Effects a5
Forest Management- Palm Life a4 https://forestmanagement.bandcamp.com/album/palm-life-2
Ras G- Ghetto Sci-Fi b1
The Orb- Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld b1
Brock Berrigan- The Scenic Route b8 https://brockberrigan.bandcamp.com/album/the-scenic-route
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OEP best vinyl of 2022
Thank you to Headphone Commute for featuring our best of mixes for 12 years now!
Patricia Wolf- See Through a5
Viul & Benoit Pioulard- Konec b1
KMRU & Aho Ssan- Limen a2
Ohbliv- SLPHNC III a2
36- Symmetry Systems b3
Andrew Tuttle- Fleeting Adventure a1
Burial- Antidawn b1
Heather Woods Broderick- Domes a1
Andrew Tasselmyer- Limits b1
Pinkcourtesyphone- Shouting at Nuance c1.2
Jason Van Wyk- Descendants a3
William Fowler Collins- Hallucinating Loss b2
Marine Eyes- Chamomile a2
Flughand- Ten Hits b4
Ian William Craig- Music for Magnesium_173 a1
William Basinski & Janek Schaefer- … On Reflection a2
From Overseas & City of Dawn- Misty Memories a2
Location Services & Derek Hunter Wilson- Wake b1
Raum- Daughter b3
Corey Fuller & Richard Skelton- Thesis 20 a1 -
Optic Echo Presents 11/22/22
Lucy Liyou- Welfare/Practice d1 https://lucyliyou.bandcamp.com/album/welfare-practiceRas G- Baker’s Dozen b1 https://rasgtheafrikanspaceprogram.bandcamp.com/album/bakers-dozen-ras-gKnxwledge- Buttrskotch 7” b4 https://knxwledge.bandcamp.com/album/buttrskotch-lr023Wøunds- No Beauty in theWorld a2 https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/no-beauty-in-the-worldLocrian- New Catastrophism a1 https://locrian.bandcamp.com/album/new-catastrophismChristina Vantzou- N.5 a4 https://christinavantzou.bandcamp.com/album/no-5Heather Woods Broderick- Domes b4 https://heatherwoodsbroderick.bandcamp.com/album/domesShafiq presents- Frequency Clash a2 https://shafiqhusayn.bandcamp.com/album/shafiq-husayn-presents-jank-random-vs-earle-leonne-the-frequency-clashAphex Twin- Raising the Titanic a1Delarosa & Asora- Backsome EP a1Clutchy Hopkins+- Icebox a4 https://icebox.bandcamp.com/album/icebox-remasteredFrom Overseas & City of Dawn- Misty Memories b2 https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/misty-memoriesThe Dead Texan- s/t a1 https://starsofthelid.bandcamp.com/album/the-dead-texanViul & Benoit Pioulard- Konec c1 https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/album/konec
Optic Echo PresentsMon 6-8pm PST107.1 / 91.1 FM PDXwww.xray.fm -
OEP 7/19/22: Fragile X guest mix
Big thank you to Fragile X out of Glasgow for providing the guest mix. We recommend checking out his bandcamp, as well as his label, Bricolage:
https://bricolageglasgow.bandcamp.comhttps://fragilex.bandcamp.com
01. Yumi Iwaki / Through The Leaves (Muzan Editions : 2021) 02. William Selman / Bubble House In Shallow Depth (Mysteries of the Deep : 2020) 03. Otik / Been Here (Twin System : 2020) 04. Michiru Aoyama / Seven Colors (ta‚lem :2017) 05. Lori Scacco / Other Flowers (Mysteries of the Deep : 2018) 06. Oreste / Minas Mare (On Board Music : 2021) 07. G?Ûs / Serenity (For Sofia) (Self Released : 2021) 08. Hoshin / Upekkha (Databloem : 2020) 09. Fragile X / An Echo Of An Echo (Soundtracking The Void : 2021) 10. Minimal Drone GRL - Skylab (Bricolage : forthcoming 2022) 11. Subpneuma - Coma Lirico (Black Chrysalis Archives : 2022) 12. Internazionale - No Soldiers (Janushoved : 2019) -
Optic Echo Presents 4/26/22
Valance Drakes- A Patternless and Endless Soul a2 https://yukumusic.bandcamp.com/album/a-patternless-and-endless-soul
Carlos Casas- Mutia b1.3 https://carlos-casas.bandcamp.com/album/mutia
Fennesz + Sakamoto- Cendre 10”s a2 https://fenneszreleases.bandcamp.com/album/cendre
Drape- Forage / Presence b2 https://infraction.bandcamp.com/album/forage-presence
Cremation Lily- Dreams Drenched in Static a1 https://cremationlily.bandcamp.com/album/dreams-drenched-in-static
Oddisee- Odd Tape a5 https://oddiseemmg.bandcamp.com/album/the-odd-tape
The Orb- Little Fluffy Clouds 12” b2
Drum & Lace- Natura b2 https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/natura
Raum- Daughter b1 https://grouper.bandcamp.com/album/daughter
Tim Hecker- The North Water OST b4 https://timhecker.bandcamp.com/album/the-north-water-original-score
Awakened Souls- Night Songs a1https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/night-songs
Howie Lee- Birdy Island b2 https://howielee.bandcamp.com/album/birdy-island
TR Jordan- Dwell Time b4 https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/dwell-time