Afterglow Echoplex
The process of making an analog mixtape is something of a lost art these day. Today, anyone can create a playlist of easily-available songs without digging through piles of vinyl records, cassettes or CD's, worrying about time constraints, or painstakingly writing out the bands and songs featured on these cassette mixes on a J-card.
My name is Anthony King and I am the host of Afterglow Echoplex. I love independent, underground music sub-genres like shoegaze, dreampop, noise-rock, post-rock, post-punk, jangle, twee, goth, darkwave, indie hip-hop, etc. Much like the compilation cassettes and CD-R's of yore, the mixtapes on each of these episodes were painstakingly handcrafted just for you; yes, YOU! I hope you enjoy 'em!
Every episode of the Afterglow Echoplex podcast is not a playlist, but rather a virtual mixtape featuring back-to-back songs by independent, self-funded artists you might not be privy to... yet. Each episode's 60-minute mixtape is produced in direct collaboration with the bands and musicians featured on the show. The basic tenet of this podcast is to highlight the incredibly talented artists you're hearing here, while getting their staggeringly amazing music out to a wider audience.
It's my hope that, in listening to the carefully crafted mixtapes on each of these podcast episodes, you, the listener, will seek out and support the talented and hard-working artists you discovered here. Buy some records! Go to their shows! Wear their T-shirts! Show 'em some love!
If you are in a band and create music similar to the hazy, swaying, feedback-drenched gossamer sounds you've heard here, why not send in one of your songs for consideration on a future Afterglow Echoplex mixtape episode? Please email WAV or FLAC files of your song(s) to: afterglowechoplex@gmail.com.
As with the bands featured here, this podcast would not be possible without you. Thank you for listening.
Afterglow Echoplex
Afterglow Echoplex - Episode Six
Seasons Greetings and welcome back to the Afterglow Echoplex, a shoegaze, dreampop, noise-rock, and whathaveyou collaborative mixtape podcast, featuring three tremolo-infused sleigh bells, two little drummer boyz drum looping and a partridge in a pedal board! This month's episode of the show contains nary a reindeer game, but it does feature Yndling, Two Fields Over, Kelly Slusher, Duelectrum, Indoor Voices, Wybercron, and much more!
Each episode of the Afterglow Echoplex is a virtual 60-minute dubbed cassette tape made in direct collaboration with the underground, independent bands you hear here.
Side One
1. Pacific Latitudes "Set Yr Eyes Aglow"
2. They Need Machines To Fly? "Party Safari"
3. Two Fields Over "We Have"
4. new burglars "Noom"
5. The Light Dreams "Aspects"
6. Yindling "Mood Booster" (video)
7. then there were black birds "Spiral Song" (link to comp)
Side Two
1. Duelectrum "Eisbär"
2. TideBound "The Outsider"
3. Kelly Slusher "Warm Hearts Don't Break"
4. Indoor Voices "Care Too Much"
5. Great Ghosts "Good Morning, Sunshine"
6. Moon Void "No Sound Remains"
7. Wybercron "Imprint"
This podcast would not be possible without the contributions of the bands listed above. Please visit their BandCamp pages to show them some much deserved fawning praise in the form of purchasing their music, following their links, and (when possible) seeing them play live.
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If you enjoyed what you've heard here today and want to help the podcast grow, please consider visiting our Patreon page. Any amount you can contribute is greatly appreciated.
Please rate and review this podcast on the podcast catcher of your choice. If you're in a band and would like to contribute one of your songs for consideration on a future episode of Afterglow Echoplex, please email a WAV (or, if yer all super tech savvy about it, a FLAC) file to: afterglowechoplex@gmail.com
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Look for the "X-Mas Bonus" episode of the Afterglow Echoplex later this month, on the 15th of December! You've definitely earned it. We all have...
Until next time, keep celebrating the scene!
(((Afterglow Echoplex: A Shoegaze Mixtape Podcast!)))