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Echocord Denmark
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Ostgut Ton Germany, Delsin Holland, Echocord Colour Denmark, Kompakt Germany, Stroboscopic Artefacts
Review: Harvey 'El Choop' Jones returns to Echocord after Insane Sends. Like that 2021 release and the rest of his catalogue, Closing Motif is inspired by classic techno. In keeping with the Echocord style, "Faith" is a chord-heavy dub track. On the title track, Jones also chooses an esoteric approach. On this occasion however, it revolves around a more dance floor friendly, steely rhythm, which acts as the basis for billowing, dreamy synths. The label has also chosen two respected producers to reshape El Choop's work. Deadbeat turns "Faith" into a downtempo, hollowed out dubby affair. Luke Hess' take on "Closing Motif" is similarly introspective, but with an added layer of melancholy, rainy synths.
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ECHOCORD 091D
17 Mar 23
Techno
17 Mar 23
Techno
Played by: Juno Recommends Techno
Review: Matthew Kaden releases his debut album as Mathimidori, nearly ten years after the release of the project's first EP. Akebono, which has found its natural home on the Danish label Echocord, starts with the reflective "Java" and "Maiia", before Kaden moves into the reflective, chord-heavy "Kioku" and the vocal-sampling "Shao". He raises the pace, albeit slightly, for the dreamy, floaty grooves of "Kobe" and "Asaka", which resound to deep piano keys and floaty vocal samples. Kaden shifts pace again and moves back to downtempo sounds for the woozy title track and the gentle, ebbing rhythm of "Soso". All of these elements combined make for an understated masterpiece.
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ECHOCORD 086D
23 Oct 20
Techno
23 Oct 20
Techno
Played by: Juno Recommends Techno
Review: Forest Drive West's dub-artic explorations finds itself in the Scandianavian fjords of Denmark with navigational support from dub techno beacon Echocord. Like a subaqueous blip on a sonar's radar it's "Creation Dub" that sets this record its course into the deepest, sinkiest realms of DT. With more stylistic rhythms introducing themselves into tracks like "Parallel Space" and "Drift", fresh rhythms and coldlier winds still offer slight touches of aurora borealis. Conforce sends in the chords with his remix to "Parallel Space" which go off like flares floating above the depths of a subterrain space they came from.
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ECHOCORD 084
10 Jan 20
Techno
10 Jan 20
Techno
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ECHOCORD 082D
07 Jun 19
Techno
07 Jun 19
Techno
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ECHOCORD 081D
03 May 19
Deep House
03 May 19
Deep House
Review: Dub techno specialist Idealist returns to Echocord, to following up last year's brilliant Source EP. Mind Field is the enigmatic producer's second full length offering, after 2016's Firewood Road on his own Idealmusic. It showcases a great evolution of his sound: after the powerful opener "Explorer" an emotive and hands in the air house stomper (or later the austere factory floor stomp of "Smoke & Mirrors" later), the rest of the EP remains in the cavernous and glacial sonic realms you've come to expect from the Swiss producer. A collection of deeply emotive and reductive versions where warm yet forceful bass frequencies roll along a ghostly trail of reverb and echo.
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ECHOCORD 079D
19 Oct 18
Techno
19 Oct 18
Techno
Played by: Juno Recommends Downtempo
Review: Berlin hero Sven Weisemann makes his debut on Danish dub techno authority Echocord and follows up last year's mighty fine Separate Paths EP on Delsin. Carrying on from said release, Weisemann sure remains consistent with these four servings of expertly executed dub techno excursions on the Bilateral Relations EP. Opening up with the lush and evocative ambient house of "Lunation" which bears a similar sound to his recent efforts on Mojuba, he then serves up the straight up title track: minimal dub techno done proper. "Monistic" is more typical Echocord faire: glacial mysterious and deep. Finally the Valve tr9 remix of "Decimation" has more of a techno influence and a tougher rhythm section, but the haunting dub chords and greyscale textures remain.
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ECHOCORD 075D
08 Sep 17
Balearic/Downtempo
08 Sep 17
Balearic/Downtempo
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ECHOCORD 074D
23 Jun 17
Techno
23 Jun 17
Techno
Review: Zurich producer and DJ, Idealist, has been quietly churning out magnetic shades of house and dub techno since 2012. Through his own Idealistmusic, along with a number of other below-radar imprints, we have been graced by a gentle yet penetrative sound that recalls the very best of the 90s Berlin scene. So much so, in fact, that he's been called upon by the excellent Echochord label to run the dub techno slayings across three cuts. "Flow" is a powerful, direct slice of techno that fades its deep basslines and synths out into the ether, producing a hypnotic effect that we're big fans of. "Nucleus" slows the pace down but doesn't hold back on those prototypical dub chords in what makes for a real 3am kinda lick, while "Accumbens" pokes its head out of the depths and produces a tight drum roll backed by soothing, meditative synths. Class.
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ECHOCORD 072D
03 Mar 17
Techno
03 Mar 17
Techno
Various
Review: Kenneth Christiansen's revered dub techno institution celebrates fifteen years of trusted innovation on this superb compilation showcasing the label's esteemed roster of legends. Starting out with the always impressive Stephan Laubner aka STL who surprises as always; this time with the haunting yet bittersweet ambient journey "The Ancient Scale". There's more from masters of the old school such as German producer Arovane and his broken low end theory on "Struktur 1", the deeply rooted resonations of XDB's "Latonal" and Fachwerk main man Mike Dehnert's Maurizio inspired "Track Providing Home" being one of our highlights.
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ECHOCORDCD 015D
14 Oct 16
Minimal/Tech House
14 Oct 16
Minimal/Tech House
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ECHOCORD 070D
03 Jun 16
Minimal/Tech House
03 Jun 16
Minimal/Tech House
Review: Stephan Laubner follows up the first "Message" from earlier this year with the sublime Part 2. The release starts with the mysterious textures and dubbed out beats of "Nite Train", a gentle groove that seeps through the speakers. Next up is "Make Believe", which is faster and more tracky, its scuffled beats and croaking rhythm sounding like Laubner's own version of Chain Reaction. The release then veers back into ambient, soft-focus house with "Deep Stare", where airy, atmospheric textures prevail. It wouldn't be a Laubner record without some loop action and he ends the release with the soupy, dense "Loop 1" and "Loop 2".
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ECHOCORD 067
04 Dec 15
Techno
04 Dec 15
Techno
Review: Despite a high number of releases over the years, Stephen 'STL' Laubner has maintained consistently high standards. The German producer's love of knotted, dense DJ tools resurfaces on Message of Sound, and the more adventurous DJs will have loads of fun with the spiky, stepping "Loop 1" and "Loop 2". Far more interesting however are Laubner's flirtations with what could be loosely described as deep house. On "Inside Out", that takes the shape of swirling melodic plumes and deep, dubby beats while "Heavy Snow" sees a more loose arrangement prevail, with loose, wiry drums supporting tones that are as white and pure as snowflakes themselves.
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ECHOCORD 066
13 Nov 15
Techno
13 Nov 15
Techno
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ECHOCORD 011
25 May 15
Techno
25 May 15
Techno
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ECHOCORD 022
25 May 15
Techno
25 May 15
Techno
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ECHOCORD 025
25 May 15
Techno
25 May 15
Techno
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ECHOCORD 020
25 May 15
Techno
25 May 15
Techno
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ECHOCORD 06
25 May 15
Techno
25 May 15
Techno
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ECHOCORD 029
25 May 15
Techno
25 May 15
Techno
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ECHOCORD 012
25 May 15
Techno
25 May 15
Techno
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ECHOCORD 028
25 May 15
Techno
25 May 15
Techno
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ECHOCORD 05
25 May 15
Techno
25 May 15
Techno
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ECHOCORD 014
25 May 15
Techno
25 May 15
Techno
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ECHOCORD 031
25 May 15
Techno
25 May 15
Techno
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ECHOCORD 013
25 May 15
Minimal/Tech House
25 May 15
Minimal/Tech House
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ECHOCORD 019
25 May 15
Techno
25 May 15
Techno
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ECHOCORD 017
25 May 15
Techno
25 May 15
Techno
Played by: Bop
Review: It sounds like Lithuanian producer Grad U has found his natural home on Echocord. The Danish imprint has been one of the most distinctive platforms in dub techno and Space Explorations fits right in to its brief. "Debris Disk" starts the release with an ominous, mid-tempo groove and splintered hats, reminiscent of Dimension 5. "Hydrogen Reactor" is more functional, with cheese wire percussion mixed with tough but resonant kicks. However, it sounds like Grad U's comfort zone is a more esoteric place and the spacey chords and billowing textures of "Quantum Corrections" is a beautifully measured, reflective affair.
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ECHOCORD 065
18 May 15
Techno
18 May 15
Techno
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ECHOCORD 064
27 Apr 15
Techno
27 Apr 15
Techno
Review: There's been a five-year gap since Stephan "STL" Laubner's last release on Echocord, so Dubs Etched Into Relief could arguably be seen as overdue, were it not for the German's prolific nature. Regardless, any new STL material is cause for celebration, and opener "Dub's End" is a particularly inviting proposition - a chugging dub-house opus with all the hypnotic attractiveness and crackly textures of authentic dub techno. Laubner goes deeper still on "The Dark Future", where fuzzy ambient textures, intermittent chords and yawning melodies ride a sparse, and minimal techno groove. On the flip, Lithuanian producer Grad_U offers his own interpretation of "Dub's End", turning the original into a slowly evolving dub techno epic - the kind of tackle you'd expect to lose your mind to in the early hours of Sunday morning.
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ECHOCORD 063
12 Jan 15
Techno
12 Jan 15
Techno
Played by: Resident Advisor
Review: Emergent Turkish producer Philogresz has previously appeared on such esteemed imprints as Treibstoff and Sound Architecture, but now he must be feeling very pleased with himself as he brings his fulsome sound to Echocord, a label which is itself broadening its horizons beyond the greyscale dub techno it forged its name on. There's nothing grey about "Emerald" as it comes gliding forth on lush synth work, while dub traditionalists will be happy to hear the loping wash of pads underneath maintaining calm. "Edge" meanwhile employs a different kind of dub device, using only subtle touches of delay and reverb in amongst a more mechanical construction that jerks at the restraints of the beat and very nearly unshackles itself. Echocord regular Mikkel Metal meanwhile serves up a more steady remix of "Edge" with a central synth line that keeps everything on an even keel.
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ECHOCORD 058
29 Jul 13
Techno
29 Jul 13
Techno
Review: The first Echocord release of 2013 sees Metal deliver a diverse EP for the Danish label. "Parre Work" is a stab-heavy groove built on robust, metallic drums, while "Retro" is, as its name suggests, an old school techno affair. Taking its inspiration from bleep techno, its grainy bass wobbles and lunges all over the place. However, Metal doesn't lose sight of his staple sound and "Until It's Over" is reminiscent of his mid-noughties work and should melt even the purest techno hearts. Underscored by tight claps, a melodic groove builds and builds, its arcing, trancey melody recalling the glory days of Kompakt.
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ECHOCORD 057
11 Feb 13
Minimal/Tech House
11 Feb 13
Minimal/Tech House
Review: Under his XDB guise, Kosta Athanassiadis has been responsible for killer dubby techno and deep house releases on Sistrum and Metrolux. The fact that he's releasing on Echocord suggests that he is keen to highlight the dub side of his productions, but the opposite is true. The title track is a deep, dreamy affair, with XDB deploying a squelching, throbbing bass with devastating effect. Meanwhile, "Blakpin" is more sombre and showcases his esoteric side, as ghostly analogue synths and eerie horns wind their way through a shuffling groove. Finally, Sven Weismann scatters rattling percussion over brittle beats for his understated yet individualistic take on "Apari".
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ECHOCORD 052
05 Sep 11
Minimal/Tech House
05 Sep 11
Minimal/Tech House
VARIOUS
Played by: Juno Recommends Techno
Review: Kenneth Christiansen's label celebrates its tenth year in business without any fuss or the whiff of the understated marketing campaigns that underpin some of Echocord's peers. Indeed, it is reasonable to say that the key to the Danish imprint's longevity has been to focus on the deeper, dubbier side of techno, without worrying too much about what all around them are doing. Put simply, Echocord was releasing textured techno for the head and the floor before and after it was trendy to do so. Unsurprisingly, the Echocord Jubilee Compilation manages to capture these two spheres. It opens with the ethereal, wistful "Tides" by Fluxion, which slides into the shantying "My Safe Harbour" by Quantec. By the time that Deadbeat's contribution appears, the tempo has gradually gone up thanks to the Canadian's trademark tribal drums and Onmutu Mechanicks's contribution turns the mood slightly more menacing as "Calyx" marches to the beat of metallic drums and teems with foreboding chords. This being Echocord however, reflective and evocative sensibilities are never too far away, and Luke Hess's "Kratos", although based on clipped drums, boasts breathy, shimmering melodies. Christiansen also proves that he has a keen ear for potential crossover tracks, and Intrusion/Echospace producer Stephen Hitchell's "Fox Convextion", with its pulsing bassline and uplifting hooks, could propel this label into the spotlight that so many lesser, hype-driven labels occupy.
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ECHOCORDCD 10
11 Apr 11
Techno
11 Apr 11
Techno
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ECHOCORDCD 09
17 Jan 11
Minimal/Tech House
17 Jan 11
Minimal/Tech House
