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 зв…

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 ht…

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 Pinkcourtesyph…

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-w…

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 : 20…

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-pre…

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 La…

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 - "Ab…

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-gargare…

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 - …

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…

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 D…

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 & Jef…

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…

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/albu…

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://astrange…

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…

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/hi…

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 - Th…

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…

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…

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 Victim…

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 Tran…

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.ban…

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.…

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 Ca…

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 Fede…

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:/…

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 & Freq…

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- Returnin…

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 - 30…

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…

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 Abd…

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 …

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-…

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 Prod…

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” - P…

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 …

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 — P…

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.c…

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 …

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.bandcam…

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 Nishim…

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…

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. Chr…

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 whi…

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://belon…

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 (Singl…

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/ultras…

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- Marti…