Optic Echo Presents

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 Fischerwww.twitter.com/opticecho

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Optic Echo Presents 7/7/26
1mo ago · 55:03
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 Brazillia- Black Market Gardening b2 https://filabraz.bandcamp.com/album/black-market-gardening Belong- October Language a1 https://spectrumspools.bandcamp.com/album/october-language Psapp- The Only Thing I
Optic Echo Presents 5/19/26
3mo ago · 1:00:29
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.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-photographers KevinTheCreep- Marble Eternity a4 https://sicrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/kevinthecreep-marble-eternity-limited-edition-12-vinyl-record-10-copies Odd Nosdam- No
OEP 3/17/26: K2
5mo ago · 1:00:00
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) https://goncalofcardoso.bandcamp.com/album/papillon Mizu- Forest Scenes a1 https://iammizu.bandcamp.com/album/forest-scenes Koen Holtkamp- Field Rituals b3 Tim Hecker- Harmony in Ultraviolet c1 https://ti
OEP: Best vinyl of 2025
8mo ago · 1:33:00
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 https://elhuervo.bandcamp.com/album/the-fire-burns Midan- Letter to Brazil https://midan.bandcamp.com/album/letter-to-brazil Tim Hecker- Shards https://timhecker.bandcamp.com/album/shards A Lily- Saru l-Qamar h
Optic Echo Presents 10/7/25
10mo ago · 52:15
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 Face of my God a6 https://infinitebody.bandcamp.com/album/carve-out-the-face-of-my-god Virtual Dream Plaza- Eternal Connection (edit) a1 https://geometriclullaby.bandcamp.com/album/eternal-connection Alva Noto
Optic Echo Presents 7/22/25
1y ago · 54:44
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://marsenjules.bandcamp.com/album/herbstlaub Romance- Love is Colder than Death b2 https://youmustrememberthis.bandcamp.com/album/love-is-colder-than-death Morgan Willis - Supernova a2 https://morganwillisofficial.b
OEP 5/6/25: K1
1y ago · 1:00:09
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://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-end-of-time Dialect - Advanced Myth a4 https://dialect-trax.bandcamp.com/album/advanced-myth Luke Wyland- Kuma Cove b4.2 https://lukewyland.bandcamp.com/album/kuma-cove-2 Coral Morpholo
Optic Echo Presents 3/18/25
1y ago · 51:53
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 Black Heart a2 https://deathsdynamicshroud.bandcamp.com/album/heavy-black-heart-3 Inventions- Blanket Waves b1 https://inventions.bandcamp.com/album/blanket-waves Come Le Onde- L’immensa solitudine… a1 https
OEP: Best Vinyl 2024
1y ago · 1:13:19
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 Desire a2 / KRM & KMRU- Disconnect d2 / Andrew Tuttle & Michael Chapman- Another Tide Another Fish a4 / Damu the Fudgemunk- Piece of Action a2 / Belong- Realistic IX a5 / Marine Eyes- To Belong 7” b1 / Emil Rottmayer- Total b
OEP: best vinyl of 2023
2y ago · 1:17:36
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 M
Optic Echo Presents 2/7/23
3y ago · 1:01:05
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 Ha
OEP best vinyl of 2022
3y ago · 1:32:23
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
Optic Echo Presents 11/22/22
3y ago · 38:09
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/domesShafi
OEP 7/19/22: Fragile X guest mix
4y ago · 55:33
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 Release
Optic Echo Presents 4/26/22
4y ago · 37:12
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
OEP 3/29/22: Kuma guest mix
4y ago · 1:00:08
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 Roots01:30 - 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 Felt Like A Goodbye13:30 - Sophia Loizou - Genesis 92: The Awakening16:15 - Simon McCorry - Migrations19:00 - Sarah Neufeld - Tower21:00 - Sarah Davachi - Hours In The Evening24:00 - Rhucle - Dry Bubbles30:3
OEP 3/15/22: Wife Signs guest mix
4y ago · 47:38
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 Disappointment is a Terrible Thing" - 08:29 Michael Nyman - "1–100" (Excerpt) - 11:23 Tim Hecker - "Ghost Writing, Part 1" (Excerpt) - 11:48 Wife Signs - "For the Ozark Hellbender" - 13:20 Warmth - "The Creek" - W
Optic Echo Presents 3/8/22
4y ago · 59:04
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://fullspectrumrecords.bandcamp.com/album/two-futures Delia Derbyshire- The Dreams b1 Non Dolet- V a2 https://timereleasedsound.bandcamp.com/album/v Cruel Diagonals- Disambiguation a4 https://crueldiagonals.bandcam
OEP 3/1/22: Part Timer guest mix
4y ago · 51:01
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 medicaments02.40 Bluhm - the mirror of my soul06.30 Gallowglas - the gloaming09.08 Origamibiro feat. VDU - morel13.03 Midori Hirano - patterns17.55 Asa Chang and Junray - hana24.08 Panoptique Electrical - the whisper in your head24.50 Soley - blows up29.51 Erik Enocksson - what drove her shivering into the cold, cold sea33.44 Gilded - erosional37.17 Alapastel - new world healing centre
OEP 2/15/22: City of Dawn guest mix
4y ago · 51:01
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 0:00Housekeys- If you want to go to Sleep 4:39Christina Giannone- Telepathy 12:10Andrea Cortez- I am Listening 18:00ATOP- An invisible Presence 23:40Isaac Helsen - White Pine (With Christina Giannone) 31:44Hakobune- Second-hand sunlight 36:23Joshua W Bruner – Somehow Sleeping 44:00Billow Observatory- Red Morning 46:23Diane Arkenstone- Bathed in L
OEP 1/11/22: Reliqs guest mix
4y ago · 1:22:14
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 Guðnadóttir2 Laura Cannell/Rhodri Davies3 Judith Tripp4 Motion Sickness Of Time Travel5 Sarah Davachi6 Kali Malone7 Klara Lewis8 Sheila Chandra9 Nicholas Chase/Robin Lorentz10 Ruth Anderson11 Sarah Davachi12 Daphne Oram/Daz Quayle/Andrea Parker13 Julia Holter14 Eve Beglarian/Robin Loren
OEP Best Vinyl of 2021
4y ago · 1:33:01
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 ---__--___- The Heart Pumps Kool-Aid a5 Peter Broderick (Bing & Ruth remix)- The Wind that Shakes the Bramble a4 Lina Filipovich- Magnificat a2 Grouper- Shade a1 Suss- Promise b2 Zakè & Marine Eyes- Unfailing
OEP 9/21/21: Keep The Orange Sun guest mix
4y ago · 53:28
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 collageSquarepusher- Tommib Help Buss (0:09) Bochum Welt- La Nuit (2:05)Jordi Savall- Prelude Pour Mr. Vauquelin (5:57)Murcof- Rostro (7:32)Radiohead- Treefingers (14:46) Hammock-Always Before Your Eyes (18:22) Slowdive- Rutti (21:54) Cocteau Twins-
Optic Echo Presents 8/17/21
5y ago · 34:05
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://eeveebeats.bandcamp.com/album/seeds Kreng- L’Autopsie Phénoménale De Dieu a3 https://kreng.bandcamp.com/album/lautopsie-ph-nom-nale-de-dieu City of Dawn- Where the World Quietly Sing Their Song b2 https://e
Optic Echo Presents 7/13/21
5y ago · 55:26
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 Zakè and Marine Eyes- Unfailing Love b2 https://pitp.bandcamp.com/album/unfailing-love Space Afrika- Untitled (To Describe You) 10” b3 https://sferic.bandcamp.com/album/untitled-to-describe-you-ost Marcus F

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