Optic Echo Presents

Optic Echo Presents 7/7/26 Jul 7, 2026 3303 Christina Vantzou- The Reintegration of the Ear a1 https://christinavantzou.bandcamp.com/album/the-reintegration-of-the-ear Charbel Haber- May a Soft Sun Bless Your Sky While You Wait for the Inevitable b2 https://charbelhaber.bandcamp.com/album/may-a-soft-sun-bless-your-sky-while-you-wait-for-the-inevitable Boards of Canada- Inferno d1 https://boardsofcanada.bandcamp.com/album/inferno Fila Bra

Optic Echo Presents 5/19/26 May 19, 2026 3629 Vines- I’ll be Here a1 https://vinesmusic.bandcamp.com/album/ill-be-here c2- Cyber Monday b7 Green-House- Hinterlands a1 https://green-house.bandcamp.com/album/hinterlands Rival Consoles- Sonne b1 https://rivalconsoles.bandcamp.com/album/sonne Rod Modell- Frequencies in to Fog b1 https://silentes.bandcamp.com/album/frequencies-in-the-fog Black Dog- Music for Photographers a1 https://theblackdog.ba

OEP 3/17/26: K2 Mar 17, 2026 3600 another ambient mix for headphones Sea Oleena- Weaving a Basket a2 https://seaoleena.bandcamp.com/album/weaving-a-basket Elijah Jamal Asani- as long as I long to memorise your sky a1.3 (excerpt) https://elijahjamalasani.bandcamp.com/album/as-long-as-i-long-to-memorise-your-sky Black Swan- From the End of Time b1 https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-end-of-time Papillon- s/t a2.2 (excerpt) h

OEP: Best vinyl of 2025 Dec 25, 2025 5580 Thank you to Headphone Commute for featuring this mix: https://www.patreon.com/c/HeadphoneCommunity Aiko Takahashi- The Grass Harp https://laaps.bandcamp.com/album/the-grass-harp King Caiman x Dirty Art Club- Infrared Orchids https://kingcaiman.bandcamp.com/album/infrared-orchids Snakeskin- We Live in Sand https://snakeskinband.bandcamp.com/album/we-live-in-sand El Huervo- The Fire Burns htt

Optic Echo Presents 10/7/25 Oct 6, 2025 3135 Patricia Wolf- Hrafnamynd a5 https://patriciawolf.bandcamp.com/album/hrafnamynd Sontag Shogun x Lau Nau (Amulets rework)- Paivakahvit a6 https://beaconsound.bandcamp.com/album/p-iv-kahvit Disiniblud- s/t a1 https://rachika.bandcamp.com/album/disiniblud Kreng- Grimoire b4 https://kreng.bandcamp.com/album/grimoire Alchemist- A Doctor, Painter & an Alchemist… a3 Infinite Body- Carve out the

Optic Echo Presents 7/22/25 Jul 22, 2025 3284 Elori Saxl- Texada OST a4 https://elorisaxl.bandcamp.com/album/texada-original-score Natas Kunas- Blue Radiance a2 https://nataskunas.bandcamp.com/album/blue-radiance Twit One- Sit-in b3 https://twitone.bandcamp.com/album/the-sit-in Jacaszek- Treny b2 https://jacaszek2.bandcamp.com/album/treny j.o.y.s.- s/t b1 https://joys.bandcamp.com/album/j-o-y-s Marsen Jules- Herbstalub a3 https://marsen

OEP 5/6/25: K1 May 6, 2025 3609 ambient mix for headphones More Eaze & Claire Rousay- No Floor a1 https://clairerousay.bandcamp.com/album/no-floor Desert Sand Feels Warm at Night- Dream Desert a1 https://geometriclullaby.bandcamp.com/album/desert-sand-feels-warm-at-night Jonsi & Alex- Riceboy Sleeps b1.2 https://riceboy.bandcamp.com/album/riceboy-sleeps-2019-remaster Black Swan- From the End of Time a5 https://p

Optic Echo Presents 3/18/25 Mar 18, 2025 3113 Eevee- Beat Tapes 1-5 b3 https://eeveebeats.bandcamp.com/album/eevee-beat-tapes-vol-1-10 The Books- Lemon of Pink a5 https://books.bandcamp.com/album/the-lemon-of-pink Francisco Lopez- untitled #228 a1 https://franciscolopez.bandcamp.com/album/untitled-228 Biosphere- Substrata (alternative) c2 https://biosphere.bandcamp.com/album/substrata-alternative-versions Death’s Dynamic Shroud- Heavy

OEP: Best Vinyl 2024 Jan 11, 2025 4399 Thank you to Headphone Commute for continuing to feature our best of the year mixes. Check out an interview by HC about my record collection: https://headphonecommute.com/2024/10/31/mike-jedlicka-ill-show-you-mine/ Tracklist: Sweeps- Retrofuture a2 / Brenk Sinatra & Wun Two- Tango & Cash a6 / Dawn Chorus and the Infallible Sea- Reveries a2 / Not Waving & Romance- Wings of Des

OEP: best vinyl of 2023 Jan 6, 2024 4656 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 a5 JJ Whitefield- Ethio Meditations / Drama al Dente a2 Romance & Dean Hurley- River of Dreams b3 Spencer Doran- Season: a letter to the future b2 Sven Wunder- Ultramarine 7” a1 Маяк- Выше звезд a1 More Eaze- Strawberry Season a2 Steve

Optic Echo Presents 2/7/23 Feb 8, 2023 3665 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-

OEP best vinyl of 2022 Jan 13, 2023 5543 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- Desc

Optic Echo Presents 11/22/22 Nov 23, 2022 2289 Lucy Liyou- Welfare/Practice d1 https://lucyliyou.bandcamp.com/album/welfare-practice Ras G- Baker’s Dozen b1 https://rasgtheafrikanspaceprogram.bandcamp.com/album/bakers-dozen-ras-g Knxwledge- Buttrskotch 7” b4 https://knxwledge.bandcamp.com/album/buttrskotch-lr023 Wøunds- No Beauty in theWorld a2 https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/no-beauty-in-the-world Locrian- New Catastrophism a1 https://locrian

OEP 7/19/22: Fragile X guest mix Jul 20, 2022 3333 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.com https://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) 0

Optic Echo Presents 4/26/22 Apr 27, 2022 2232 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

OEP 3/29/22: Kuma guest mix Mar 30, 2022 3608 Big thank you to Kuma for providing the guest mix! For more info on him, check the following links: http://kuma.bandcamp.com http://thekonspiracygroup.com 00:00 - Arushi Jain - My People Have Deep Roots 01:30 - The Sight Below - Dour (Marcus Guenter Remix) 06:00 - Higher Intelligence Agency - Speec3 (ConoidTone Reformed By Autechre) 10:15 - Sven Laux and Logic Moon - At The End Of The Day, It Fel

OEP 3/15/22: Wife Signs guest mix Mar 16, 2022 2858 Big thank you to Wife Signs for coming back for another OEP mix! For more information, including his latest album, "Beneath the Weight of Care", check the following links: https://wifesigns.bandcamp.com/album/beneath-the-weight-of-care https://twitter.com/wifesigns Jeremiah Chiu, Marta Sofia Honer - "Stureby House Piano" - 00:00 Shida Shahabi - "Abisme" - 04:34 Laurence Guy - "Mutual Disappointme

Optic Echo Presents 3/8/22 Mar 9, 2022 3544 Patrica Wolf- I’ll Look for You in Others b1 https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/ill-look-for-you-in-others Eevee- Seeds b3 https://eeveebeats.bandcamp.com/album/seeds Julianna Barwick- Healing is a Miracle a1 https://juliannabarwick.bandcamp.com/album/healing-is-a-miracle Gia Margaret- Mia Gargaret b1 https://giamargaret.bandcamp.com/album/mia-gargaret More Eaze- Two Futures 7” b1 https://fullspe

OEP 3/1/22: Part Timer guest mix Mar 2, 2022 3061 Part Timer is back for a 2022 OEP guest mix (thank you John)! We highly recommend checking out his Bandcamp page: https://parttimer.bandcamp.com/ 00.00 Enrico Coniglio and Matteo Uggeri - j'essaie de reduire mes medicaments 02.40 Bluhm - the mirror of my soul 06.30 Gallowglas - the gloaming 09.08 Origamibiro feat. VDU - morel 13.03 Midori Hirano - patterns 17.55 Asa Chang and Junray - hana 24.08 P

OEP 2/15/22: City of Dawn guest mix Feb 16, 2022 3061 Big thank you to City of Dawn for providing this week's guest mix. For more information (including some top notch collaborations w/ Zaké), check the following links: https://linktr.ee/cityofdawnmusic https://cityofdawn.bandcamp.com City Of Dawn- Inland 0:00 Housekeys- If you want to go to Sleep 4:39 Christina Giannone- Telepathy 12:10 Andrea Cortez- I am Listening 18:00 ATOP- An invisible Prese

OEP 1/11/22: Reliqs guest mix Jan 12, 2022 4934 Huge thank you to Reese for providing the first guest mix of the year. For more information on him check his website at: https://reesebowes.com Listen to a 4 turntable, surround sound set I shared with Reese back in 2016 here: https://www.mixcloud.com/opticecho/oep-41016-4-turntable-set-w-reliqs-at-six/ 1 Hildur Guðnadóttir 2 Laura Cannell/Rhodri Davies 3 Judith Tripp 4 Motion Sickness Of Time Tr

OEP Best Vinyl of 2021 Jan 5, 2022 5581 Huge thank you to Headphone Commute for supporting my best of mixes for 11 years now! Here's the track list: Clare Rousay- A Softer Focus b1 Dialect - Keep Going Under a1 Andrew Tuttle & Padang Food Tigers- A Cassowary Apart a2 A Winged Victory for the Sullen- Invisible Cities a6 Good Weather for an Airstrike- Kenopsia 10” b1 Félecia Atkinson & Jefre Cantu-Ledesma- Un Hiver En Plein Été b3

OEP 9/21/21: Keep The Orange Sun guest mix Sep 22, 2021 3208 Huge thank you to Keep the Orange Sun for providing the guest mix this week. The trio split things up with James Bernard taking the beginning, From Overseas mixing the middle, and Marine Eyes closing out the set. New album out this Friday on Past Inside the Present: https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/keep-the-orange-sun From Overseas- California sound collage Squarepusher- Tommib Help Buss (0:09) B

Optic Echo Presents 8/17/21 Aug 18, 2021 2045 Claire Rousay + More Eaze- An Afternoon Whine a2.2 https://clairerousaymoreeaze.bandcamp.com Jason Van Wyk- Threads b3 https://n5md.bandcamp.com/album/threads Sarah Davachi + Ariel Kalma- Intemporel b2 https://blacksweat.bandcamp.com/album/intemporel Andrew Tuttle + Padang Food Tigers- A Cassowary Apart a2 https://padangfoodtigers.bandcamp.com/album/a-cassowary-apart Eevee- Seeds b6 https://ee

Optic Echo Presents 7/13/21 Jul 14, 2021 3326 Christina Vantzou- Six Cellos for Sol Lewitt a1.2 http://sonicpieces.com/release/six-cellos-for-sol-lewitt/ Murcof- The Alias Sessions a3 https://murcofmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-alias-sessions Max Richter- Voices 2 a1 https://www.maxrichtermusic.com/2021/03/29/voices-2-released-9-april-2021/ Dr. Atmo & Mick Chillage- Ruhleben c1 https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/album/ruhleben Za

OEP 5/25/21: Fragile X guest mix May 26, 2021 4056 Big thank you to Fragile X for providing the guest mix this week, who runs the Bricolage label out of Glasgow, Scotland. For more information on him and his music, check out his bandcamp and soundcloud below: https://soundcloud.com/fragilex https://twitter.com/fragilex13 01. Fragile X - Departure From Nowhere (Maps for the Lost) / 0:00 02. Patricia Wolf - The House By The Pond ( Slow Sketch : V

Optic Echo Presents 5/18/21 May 19, 2021 2364 KMRU- Logue b1 https://kmru.bandcamp.com/album/logue-2 Ilyas Ahmed + Jefre Cantu-Ledesma- You Can See Your Own Way Out a1 https://shiningskullstudio.bandcamp.com/album/you-can-see-your-own-way-out Mary Lattimore- At the Dam a2 https://marylattimoreharpist.bandcamp.com/album/at-the-dam Andrew Chalk- Higan a1 https://andrewchalk.bandcamp.com/album/higan Innode- Syn b2 https://innode.bandcamp.com

OEP 5/4/21: thiefteam (Form The Head) guest mix May 5, 2021 4050 Thank you to thiefteam for providing the guest mix this week. Jason helms the highly recommended Form the Head podcast (and record label), highlighting PNW ambient, experimental, and electronic artists in long form conversations. www.formthehead.net www.soundcloud.com/thiefteam 0:00 SciFiSol - Hypnosis Black Ocean - Alien Tung 1:50 Synth Witch - The Ritual (Drumless Mix) - Synth Witch 4:55

Optic Echo Presents 4/27/21 Apr 28, 2021 2805 Sarah Davachi- All My Circles Run a3 https://sarahdavachi.bandcamp.com/album/all-my-circles-run Solidarity Hymn- For a Wandering Beam of Sun a2 https://solidarityhymn.bandcamp.com Tomaga- Intimate Immensity a4 https://tomaga.bandcamp.com/album/intimate-immensity One Million Eyes- Brama a2 https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/album/brama Non Dolet- V b4 https://timereleasedsound.ba

Optic Echo Presents 4/20/21 Apr 21, 2021 3058 Children’s Garden of Grass a4.5 Amulets- Blooming a2 https://amulets.bandcamp.com/album/blooming Dakim- youdecide b7 https://ddustdirect.bandcamp.com/album/youdecide Paradise Cinema- s/t b3 https://paradise-cinema.bandcamp.com/album/paradise-cinema Ai Yamamoto- Love Me Tender a1 https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/love-me-tender Bone Thugs n Harmony (K&D)- 1st tha Month b2 Cheech and Chong- s/

OEP 4/13/21: Chelidon Frame guest mix Apr 14, 2021 3518 Big thank you for Chelidon Frame for providing the guest mix of Italian ambient! For more information, including recent albums, check out his bandcamp and website: https://chelidonframe.bandcamp.com/ https://chelidonframe.site 01 - 00:00 - e-cor ensemble - Lipstick On a Pig (from "Lipstick On a Pig") 02 - 04:51 - Camilla Pisani - Music Makes Victims (from "Frozen Archimia") 03 - 13:49 - Gianlu

OEP 4/6/21: Christoph Berg guest mix Apr 7, 2021 3600 Thank you Christoph for providing this week's guest mix. If you've been following OEP for a while you've heard his music. For more info on him, his music and his label, Monochrome Editions, check the following links: www.christophberg.com www.monochromeeditions.com https://christophberg.bandcamp.com Maleem Mahmoud Ghania w/ Pharoah Sanders The Trance of Seven Colors (A1) Jon Hassell - Theory

Optic Echo Presents 3/30/21 Mar 31, 2021 2537 Emily A. Sprague- Hill, Flower, Fog b1 https://mlesprg.bandcamp.com/album/hill-flower-fog-2 Napoleon Hill- Think and Grow Rich b8 Daedelus- Exquisite Corpse a3 https://daedelusmusic.bandcamp.com/album/exquisite-corpse Allred & Broderick- What the Fog b1 https://dauw.bandcamp.com/album/what-the-fog Meemo Comma- Neon Genesis a3 https://meemocomma.bandcamp.com/album/neon-genesis-soul-into-matter Rich

OEP 3/32/21: worriedaboutsatan guest mix Mar 24, 2021 3594 Big thank you to worriedaboutsatan for putting together this week's guest mix. Check out Gavin's past releases, including labels n5MD and Past Inside the Present, here: https://worriedaboutsatan.bandcamp.com http://worriedaboutsatan.co.uk 1. some birds outside my window from 2019 2. Hot Tap - 999 [Please Hold] 3. HTRK - Body Lotion [Body Lotion] 4. FRKTL - Prologue [Prose Edda] 5. King Midas Soun

OEP 3/9/21: Part Timer guest mix Mar 10, 2021 2876 Big thank you to John McCaffrey / Part Timer for providing this week's guest mix. For more info, check out his bandcamp page: https://parttimer.bandcamp.com PS check out his Clickits record on Moteer if you are able to find a copy! Time Artist- Album- Track 00:00 Toan- Volta No Vento- Magnetophonie 02:52 Olivier Alary & Johannes Malfatti- U,I- I Can’t Even See Myself 10:34 BlankFor.ms- Works For T

OEP 2/23/21: Wife Signs guest mix Feb 24, 2021 3463 Big thank you to Wife Signs for putting together this week's guest mix. Check out their recent release on Healing Sound Propagandist (Past Inside the Present sublabel) entitled "Beneath the Weight of Care": https://healingsoundpropagandist.bandcamp.com/album/beneath-the-weight-of-care Twitter: @WifeSigns 1 Menelik Wèsnatchèw - "Tezeta" 00:00 2 Federico Durand - "Se Hizo De Noche" 04:21 3 Irono

Optic Echo Presents 2/16/21 Feb 17, 2021 2567 RZA- Ghost Dog a1 Ana Roxanne- Because of a Flower a1 https://anaroxanne.bandcamp.com/album/because-of-a-flower-2 Erik K Skodvin- Anbessa a2 https://erikkskodvin.bandcamp.com/album/anbessa Jefre Cantu-Ledesma- Love is a Stream a1 https://shiningskullstudio.bandcamp.com/album/love-is-a-stream-2020-edition Soft Pink Truth- Shall We Go On a1.4 https://thesoftpinktruth.bandcamp.com/album/shall-we-g

OEP 2/9/21: City of Dawn guest mix Feb 10, 2021 3555 Big thank you to City of Dawn for providing this week's guest mix. Find out more information on them by checking out their extensive back catalogue on bandcamp: https://cityofdawn.bandcamp.com/ https://linktr.ee/cityofdawnmusic City Of Dawn- Avenoir : Avenoir (0:00 - 08:15) Joshua W Bruner- Sifting Thoughts : Viewings ( 08:20 - 16:48) Flower & Frequency- Temple of Daydream : Gathering on the Grass

OEP: best vinyl of 2020 Jan 27, 2021 5282 https://headphonecommute.com/2021/01/26/optic-echo-presents-best-vinyl-of-2020/ KMRU- Peel c1 Jake Muir- The Hum of Your Veiled Voice b2 Lucy Gooch- Rushing a2 Quiet Places- Volume 1 a1 TR Jordan- Just for You a1 Golden Retriever & Chuck Johnson- Rain Shadow a2 Fadi Tabbal- Subject to Potential Errors and Distortion a4 Tape Loop Orchestra- Returning Two a1.2 36 & Zakè- Stasis Sounds for

OEP 12/1/20: Neglect guest mix Dec 2, 2020 3624 Big thank you to Neglect for providing this week's guest mix. Check out my favorite album by Joseph, Western Romance Novels, and others on his bandcamp below: www.neglectsound.bandcamp.com www.soundcloud.com/neglectsound Kaiwa - Stasis (Weathervane) Strategy - The Babbling Brook (Longform Editions) Music For Sleep - Pedra (self release) TM 404 - 303/303/303/303/707/808 (Kontra Musik) Graintabl

isolatedmix 104 - Optic Echo Nov 25, 2020 3803 I did a mix for Ryan at ASIP for his excellent isolatedmix series, which included an interview: https://www.astrangelyisolatedplace.com/blog/2020/11/17/isolatedmix-104-optic-echo 01. The Orb- Orbvs Terrarvm c1.1 02. Pinkcourtesyphone- Sentimental Something b1 03. W Tang- Instrumentals b1 04. Night Sequels- Children of the Night Make Music c2 05. 36- Dream Tempest b 06. Lucy Gooch- Rushing

OEP 11/17/20: Elias Foley guest mix Nov 18, 2020 3937 Big thank you to Elias Foley, head of Tamarack Music here in Portland. Check out his release from earlier this month, Network 1: Post Human on bandcamp, and his appearance on the Form the Head Podcast here: https://tamarackmusic.bandcamp.com/album/network-1-post-human https://formthehead.net/fth063-elias-foley/ Al Mothlath - Dead Traveler Saint Abdullah - Brown Eyed People of Rafsanjani Echo Wande

OEP 11/3/20: Lost Tribe Sound guest mix Nov 4, 2020 3469 Big thank you to Ryan / Lost Tribe Sound for providing this week's guest mix. Be sure to check out the gorgeous releases on the Lost Tribe Sound label by following the links below: https://losttribesound.bandcamp.com http://losttribesound.com Mt Went- Resistance Toàn- Tortue Holy Mountain Beast- Hunt, of wood and fire Sarah Davachi- Play the Ghost yadayn- Ergens Buen Aurelio Malazar- pró.digo

Downtempo #12 (2006) Oct 28, 2020 5896 This was the final mix of my downtempo series, dating back to 2006. I started Optic Echo Presents that summer on the Portland Radio Authority. Peace Orchestra- Peace Orchestra d2 Kruder/Dorfmeister- G-Stoned b1 Psapp- The only thing … b5 FSOL- Lifeforms 12" a1 Lemongrass- Voyage … d3 The Orb- Back to Mine f3 Lemon Jelly- Spacewalk 10" b1 Lali Puna- Scary World Theory a4 Low Profile Society- Blue T

OEP 10/13/20: William Selman guest mix Oct 14, 2020 3590 Thank you to William Selman for providing this week's guest mix. Check out William's bandcamp page to listen to his releases including Naming Before Names: https://williamselman.bandcamp.com and his label's bandcamp: https://critiqueofeverydaylife.bandcamp.com Bernard C - Les Chantes Révolutionnaires II - Les Chantes Révolutionnaires (Illusion Production 1983) Yoshi Wada - Earth Horns with Elec

OEP 10/6/20: Whettman Chelmets guest mix Oct 7, 2020 3166 Big thank you to Whettmen Chelmets for providing the guest mix this week. Check out his bandcamp to find a number of albums of his, including his recent split release "Theme Variations": https://strategictapereserve.bandcamp.com/album/theme-variations https://whettmanchelmets.bandcamp.com 1 - Nate Scheible - “I Don’t Give a Fuck if You Like Me” - Prions and Scrapie - 00:00 2 - Lake Mary & M. Sage

Optic Echo Presents 9/29/19 Sep 30, 2020 2087 Space Afrika- Primrose Avenue a1.1 https://wheretonow.bandcamp.com/album/primrose-avenue Max Richter- Voices a1 Haunted Ghost- New Life Paeans a3 https://specialspeciesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ssr020-haunted-ghost-new-life-paeans Belong- October Language a2 https://spectrumspools.bandcamp.com/album/october-language Sarah Davachi- Cantus, Descant c3 https://sarahdavachi.bandcamp.com/album/can

OEP 9/22/20: Isaac Helsen guest mix Sep 23, 2020 4184 Big thank you to Isaac Helsen, 1/2 of the ambient label Past Inside the Present, for providing this week's guest mix. Check out his release Remnants Series I - VIII on the PITP label here: https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/remnants-series-vol-i-viii https://pitp.bandcamp.com [0:00] Oiseaux-Tempête — Notes From The Mediterranean Sea [3:56] Idlefon — Pickers Of Empty Cocoons (with Nima Pourkarimi) [7:

Optic Echo Presents 9/15/20 Sep 16, 2020 3432 Knxwledge- 1988 a9 https://knxwledge.bandcamp.com/album/1988 Hood- Cold House b5 Savath & Savalas- Immediate Action b1 Fila Brazillia- AnotherLateNight d1 Christina Vantzou- Multi Natural a5 https://edicoescn.bandcamp.com/album/multi-natural J. Douglas Edwards- Ca$hing Objections a1.2 Inventions- Continuous Portrait a5 https://inventions.bandcamp.com/album/continuous-portrait Greg Gives Pe

OEP 9/8/10:Stijn Hüwles guest mix Sep 9, 2020 3946 Big thank you to Stijn for providing this week's guest mix. Check out his recent releases at his bandcamp site including Frameless and his project Silent Vigils: https://stijnhuwels.bandcamp.com 1. Joachim Badenhorst: Daimonjiyama 2. CV & JAB: Stone Circle 3. Ian Hawgood: To Bow, To Ascend 4. Claire M. Singer: Rionnag A Tuath 5. Sawako: Field near the Airport 6. Jake Muir: Yaupon 7. Belly Full Of

OEP 8/25/20: Zakè guest mix Aug 26, 2020 3529 Big thank you for Zakè, co-owner of the phenomenal Past Inside the Present label, for putting together this week's guest mix. Included are unreleased and upcoming albums on the label. Check out the label's bandcamp for more information, as well as Zakè's latest release, Coppice Movements, on his own Zakè Drone Recordings label: https://pitp.bandcamp.com https://zakedrone.bandcamp.com/album/coppic

OEP 8/4/20: Gregory Euclide guest mix Aug 5, 2020 6271 Thank you to Gregory Euclide, artist and label owner of Thesis, for putting this guest mix together. Check out his label's bandcamp and his personal page for information on his art below: https://thesisproject.bandcamp.com https://www.gregoryeuclide.com Night of Acacias- Movietone Together Apart- Solo Andata Late Summer Early Autumn- Takeshi Nishimoto Oil Bread- Emilía Belgien- Swod Except

Optic Echo Presents 7/28/20 Jul 29, 2020 3977 Dedekind Cut- $uccessor b3 https://dedekindcut.bandcamp.com/album/uccessor-ded004-lp Gia Margaret- Mia Gargaret b1 https://giamargaret.bandcamp.com/album/mia-gargaret Ben Shemie- A Single Point of Light a5 https://benshemie.bandcamp.com/album/a-single-point-of-light Loscil-Sea Island c3 https://loscil.bandcamp.com/album/sea-island Ben Bondy-Sibling a1 https://bblisss.bandcamp.com/album/sibling

OEP 7/21/20: Ryan Griffin/ASIP guest mix Jul 22, 2020 3800 Big thank you to Ryan Griffin, label owner of A Strangely Isolated Place, for putting together this vinyl mix. Check out his mixes and bandcamp sites for top notch music: https://www.astrangelyisolatedplace.com/mixes https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com 1. Pauline Oliveiros - I of IV [Odyssey, 1967] 2. Arovane - The Storm [CCO, 2000] 3. Christina Vantzou - Music For a Room with a

OEP 7/7/20: Marcus Fischer guest mix Jul 8, 2020 3609 Huge thank you to my PDX friend Marcus Fischer for putting together this guest mix. I have known him for over a decade, and before he went ambient big w/ 12k he was the one putting together all the ambient show fliers and playing most of them (all for free of course). He is the guy that you go on tour with and he plays different sets every show while you play the same exact thing every stop. He is

Optic Echo Presents 6/30/20 Jul 1, 2020 2475 Forest Management- Encounter a1 https://forestmanagement.bandcamp.com/album/encounter Alex Haley- Tells the Story a1 Cremation Lily- Processes and Instruments of Normal People… a3 https://cremationlily.bandcamp.com/album/the-processes-and-instruments-of-normal-people-trying-and-failing-falling-and-water-running-2 Belong- Common Era b5 https://belong.bandcamp.com/album/common-era Beatriz Ferreyr

OEP 6/23/20: CM Wolf guest mix Jun 24, 2020 3595 Big thank you to CM Wolf for putting together this week's guest mix. He runs the Variform sound gallery here in downtown PDX with his wife Patricia, find out more at https://www.variform.org/ Susan Epps - Streets of Recovery Maggi Payne - Ahh-Ahh (ver 2.1) Francesco Messina - Fine Novecento Sea Urchin - Natal Uranus, il Corpo Sotto la Sabbia (Single edit) Shining Lotus - Water Trance cassette

Optic Echo Presents 6/16/20 Jun 17, 2020 4078 new music by: Anthéne- https://mailbox-label.bandcamp.com/album/transit-transition ASIP- unreleased (Archives 01) RAI- https://irisarri.bandcamp.com/album/peripeteia Equal Stones- https://equalstones.bandcamp.com/album/hands-of-a-murderer Federico Durand- https://12kmusic.bandcamp.com/album/alba Eluvium- https://fieldworks.bandcamp.com/album/ultrasonic Dedekind Cut- The Expanding Domain b2 A

OEP 6/9/20: Fax guest mix Jun 10, 2020 3442 Big thank you to Rubén Alonso / Fax for providing this week's guest mix. Check out his new album out with Ibarra on Fallen Moon Records entitled Black Echo : https://fallenmoonrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/alonso-x-ibarra-black-echo http://faxmusik.com Bufferin Memories (Excerpt 1)- Raymond Scott The Revolt Of Aphrodite- Primitive World Pool- Martina Lussi Weight- Sary Moussa Formas Aparente

Optic Echo Presents 6/2/20 Jun 3, 2020 1788 Nik Francis Trio- Floats the Wind b3: https://topology.bandcamp.com/album/floats-the-wind Flying Lotus- Cosmogramma a4: https://flying-lotus.warp.net/release/123645-flying-lotus-cosmogramma Dedekind Cut- Tahoe b1: https://leebannon.bandcamp.com/album/tahoe-ded007 VA- Beyond the Blues b6.2 Serengeti- Dennis 6E a2: https://kennydennis.bandcamp.com/album/dennis-6e Swamp Dogg- Love, Loss and Auto

OEP 5/26/20: Kuma guest mix May 27, 2020 3968 Big thank you to Kuma for providing this week's guest mix from Vancouver, BC. For more information including sounds from his various side projects and his radio show, check the links below https://soundcloud.com/kuma http://www.thekonspiracygroup.com Susannah And The Magical Orchestra - Hallelujah Sigur Ros - Sleep 1 Aphex Twin - Blue Calx Pinkcourtesyphone - Afternoon Theme (long version) S

Optic Echo Presents 5/19/20 May 20, 2020 3021 Featuring new music by: 36 & Black Swan- https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/in-four-parts Helm- https://hhelmm.bandcamp.com/album/chemical-flowers Golden Retriever & Chuck Johnson- https://chuckjohnson.bandcamp.com/album/rain-shadow Jim Guthrie- Below OST a1 Pilote- Doitnowman a2.2 36 & Black Swan- In 4 Parts b2 Helm- Chemical Flowers b3 Future Sound of London- Yage a1 Prefuse 73- Vocal Studies + U

OEP 5/13/20 Rafael Anton Irisarri guest mix May 13, 2020 3822 Big thank you to Rafael Anton Irisarri for providing this week's guest mix. Check out some preview tracks off his new album, Peripeteia, out May 22nd on Dais Records: https://irisarri.bandcamp.com/album/peripeteia 00:00 Lars Blek - Nattarbete (gar01) 03:52 Julianna Barwick - Afternoon 07:59 Mary Lattimore - We Wave From Our Boats 11:41 Fennesz - Live At Empty Bottle 15:54 Benoît Pioulard - If I c

OEP 4/28/20: wndfrm guest mix Apr 29, 2020 3548 Thank you to Tim Westcott/wndfrm for providing this week's guest mix for us. Tim's latest releases can be found on his bandcamp: https://wndfrm.bandcamp.com/ https://opticecho.bandcamp.com/album/seed Chloe Alexandra- walks/flowers Richard chartier- location burke jam- decreation Robert curgenven- doors open and, with the breath of the wind, we are subsumed steve roden- airforms Lawrence English-

OEP 4/14/20: Hotel Neon guest mix Apr 15, 2020 3578 We are happy to have a guest mix from Hotel Neon. Check out their recent albums on Archives including Vanishing Forms and Means of Knowing on their Bandcamp: https://hotelneon.bandcamp.com Ulla- https://ullastraus.bandcamp.com/album/tumbling-towards-a-wall Paulastretch- https://paulastretch.bandcamp.com/album/shellbody Christina Giannone- https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/redemption Ida Toninato

OEP 3/31/20: Derek Hunter Wilson guest mix Apr 1, 2020 3466 Thank you to Derek Hunter Wilson for providing this instrumental mix for us. You can find his recent Abstraktes Vol. 1 and other releases on his Bandcamp: https://derekhunterwilson.bandcamp.com Benedicte Maurseth & Åsne Valland Nordli - “Alde” Marcos Balter / yMusic - “Bladed Stance” Daniel Pioro - “Dust iii. rest” Mette Henriette - “The Taboo” Niksen - (Untitled) David Lang / Lisa Moore - “wed

Optic Echo Presents 3/24/20 Mar 25, 2020 2918 featuring new music by: Merrin Karras- https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/album/northwest-passage Eleh- https://elehreleases.bandcamp.com/album/living-space Jacaszek- https://jacaszek.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-film Teebs- https://teebs.bandcamp.com/album/anicca Derek Hunter Wilson- Travelogue b4 Beyond the Blues- s/t b2.2 Merrin Karras- Northwest Passage a2 Eleh- Living Space b1 Ho

OEP 3/17/20: Patricia Wolf guest mix Mar 18, 2020 3860 Huge thanks to Patricia Wolf for putting together this wonderful mix for us. Find more about about Patricia on her soundcloud, twitter, and her amazing Cellular Chorus site (and see it live if you live in the PNW). https://soundcloud.com/patriciawolf_music https://twitter.com/patwolfmusic https://www.cellularchorus.com Fennesz- Agora [TOUCH] Ulla- Smile [Experiences Ltd] Steven Legget & Laura Reid

Optic Echo Presents 3/3/20 Mar 4, 2020 3437 New music: Ocoeur- https://n5md.bandcamp.com/album/everything Zaké- https://polarseasrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/carolina Blinkar från Norr- https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/album/metaphors-for-things Suite & SirJacq- https://dakotasuiteandquentinsirjacq.bandcamp.com/album/the-indestructibility-of-the-already-felled Slow Dancing Society- https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/the-disapp

Optic Echo Presents 2/18/20 Feb 19, 2020 2505 featuring new music by: T.R. Jordan- https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/just-for-you 36 & Zakè- https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/stasis-sounds-for-long-distance-space-travel D. Lynch & A. Splet- Eraserhead OST a1.4 Talkdemonic- Eyes at Half Mast a5 Moss- Pork 070 aa1 Loess- 3D Concepts a1 Koen Holtkamp- Field Rituals b2 Deaf Center- Vintage Well 7” b1 Orla Wren- Butterfly Wings Make a2 T.R. Jordan-

Optic Echo Presents 1/28/20 Jan 29, 2020 3047 featuring new music by: North Atlantic Drift: https://northatlanticdrift.bandcamp.com/album/pillars Eluvium: https://eluvium.bandcamp.com/album/virga-i HB / BP: https://dauw.bandcamp.com/album/i-suppose-im-your-future LF / RAI: https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/album/una-presencia-en-la-brisa Valiska: https://thesisproject.bandcamp.com/album/print-track-06-valiska-birds-and-rectangl

OEP best vinyl of the decade Jan 22, 2020 6060 Thank you to Headphone Commute for hosting! Orla Wren feat. Aaron Martin- The Blizzard that Birthed Her 10” b2 Dialect - Loose Blooms b3 Ezekiel Honig- Folding in on Itself b2 Odd Nosdam- Flippies Best d2 Low- Double Negative b6 Pye Corner Audio- Black Mill Tapes 1 a2 Lali Puna- Our Inventions a5 Max Richter- Infra b1 Eluvium- Wisdom for Debris l2 Padang Food Tigers- Born Music a2 Jefre Cantu-Led

OEP best vinyl of 2019 Jan 2, 2020 7162 For Headphone Commute: Good morning and welcome to 2020. We kick off another century with our annual tradition of celebrating the music of the yesteryear, by presenting to you our favourites and recommendations. There will be enough here to fill your shelves and empty your wallets, and all that is coming up in just a couple of days, but we open up our tribute with another vinyl-only mix by Mike Je

Optic Echo Presents 12/10/19 Dec 11, 2019 1968 featuring new music by: Christoph Berg- https://christophberg.bandcamp.com/album/tape-anthology-vol-1-2 Hammock- https://shop.hammockmusic.com/album/silencia A Winged Victory-https://awvfts.bandcamp.com/album/the-undivided-five K. Leimer- https://firstterracerecords.bandcamp.com/album/irrational-overcast Christoph Berg- Tape Anthology vol. 1 b3 Hammock- Silencia b3 Daedelus- The Bittereinders b

Optic Echo Presents 11/26/19 Nov 27, 2019 3136 Featuring new music by: Telefon Tel Aviv- https://telefon-tel-aviv.bandcamp.com/album/dreams-are-not-enough Saariselka- https://saariselka.bandcamp.com Benoît Pioulard- https://pioulard.bandcamp.com/album/sylva Warmth- https://archivesdubmusic.bandcamp.com/album/wildlife Meemo Comma- https://meemocomma.bandcamp.com/album/sleepmoss William Ryan Fritch- Birkitshi a7 36- Memories in Wide Scre

Optic Echo Presents 11/12/19 Nov 13, 2019 3292 Featuring new music by: Paperbark: https://seilrecords.bandcamp.com/track/barely-lit Slow Meadow: https://slowmeadow.bandcamp.com/album/happy-occident Amulets: https://amulets.bandcamp.com/album/between-distant-and-remote Olga Wojciechowska- https://astrangelyisolatedplace.bandcamp.com/album/infinite-distances PCM: https://n5md.bandcamp.com/album/attraverso Claire M Singer: https://clairemsi

OEP 11/5/19: Strategy Seefeel guest mix Nov 6, 2019 2030 Big thank you to Paul Dickow / Strategy for providing this week's guest mix. He wove together his favorite Seefeel tracks to celebrate their show in Portland this week (11/7 at the Star Theater). Strategy's latest albums can be found on his Bandcamp :: https://strategy.bandcamp.com 1. Come Alive- More Like Space EP 2. Air-eyes- Starethrough 3. Fracture- Fracture / Tied 4. Filter Dub- Quique 5. Pol

Optic Echo Presents 10/22/19 Oct 23, 2019 3122 featuring new music by: Ohio- https://12kmusic.bandcamp.com/album/upward-broken-always Ras G- https://rasgtheafrikanspaceprogram.bandcamp.com/album/raw-fruit-vol-3-4 Deathprod- https://deathprod.bandcamp.com/album/occulting-disk Zaké- https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/to-those-who-dwelt-in-a-land-of-deep-darkness Hollie Kenniff- https://n5md.bandcamp.com/album/the-gathering-dawn Nik Francis Tri

OEP 10/15/19: M.Cadoo / n5MD guest mix Oct 16, 2019 3517 Thank you to Mike Cadoo, head of the expansive n5MD label, for providing this guest mix. It includes unreleased / upcoming tracks off the n5MD label. Find out more at https://n5md.com 00:00 - Hollie Kenniff - Field Edge (n5MD) 04:24 - PCM - Attraverso (n5MD) 15:17 - OKADA - The Right to Destroy Myself (n5MD) 27:33 - Alaskan Tapes - The Times are Tired (Self Released) 31:04 - Ex Confusion & Benoit

OEP 10/1/19: Tape Loop Orchestra guest mix Oct 2, 2019 3602 Big thank you to Andrew of Tape Loop Orchestra for providing this week's guest mix. TLO has been putting out the Interiors series over the past year, with the second installment most recent. Find out more on their website: https://tapelooporchestra.com twitter: https://twitter.com/andrewboats IG: https://www.instagram.com/andrewboats/ Craig Tattersall & Emmanuel Witzthum – Why Do Those Blessed S

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