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Echocord Denmark
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Similar labels:
Ostgut Ton Germany, Delsin Holland, Echocord Colour Denmark, Kompakt Germany, Stroboscopic Artefacts
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
Review: With the many of us indoors at the moment we can only think of STL, out there somewhere in the German wilderness...enjoying the peace, serenity, lovely surroundings and dub techno. It all comes out in this Take Off EP with new shades of resonators reflecting a refreshed STL shimmer in "Fluxxy" and "Dub Plus", with cushy noise floors and playground atmospheres taking both numbers into DeepChord's Grandbend territory. Deeper house inflected dub techno in full effect here with "Magic Thing" offsetting the EP with a pumping, EBM-disco alternative.
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ECHOCORD 085D
01 May 20
Minimal/Tech House
01 May 20
Minimal/Tech House
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
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
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
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
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
Played by: Mattias Fridell
Review: Denis Bog makes the transition from the relatively obscure Baum label to underground staple Echochord. Like the rest of the Danish outlet's releases, the overall mood here is evocative and introspective, but Bog belies the notion that the dub/ambient end of techno is incapable of providing unsettling sounds. Drawing more on Biosphere's legacy than Basic Channel's back catalogue, Bog presents "Minus & Plus" against a backdrop of tight, rolling drums and prowling chords. "Demoon" is less eerie, and it finds Bog in a mood approaching playfulness, as slow motion grooves underpin an undulating groove and the kind of wistful dub shanty sounds that's audibly inspired by Tikiman and Rhythm & Sound. It only proves to be a brief respite from the prevailing mood however; Hot Flush artist Sigha's take on "Minus & Plus" reverts to the sense of menace found on the original, while pushing it towards the dancefloor. A sinister, panning rhythm is the centrepiece, but the cold, almost detached percussive twists and sinister bleeps make this an unusual, eerie pleasure. Approach this release with caution and you'll have a great time.
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ECHOCORD 048
06 Dec 10
Techno
06 Dec 10
Techno
Review: Deadbeat, aka producer Scott Monteith does a neat trick with this two-track release. The A-side "Vampire" is a beautifully layered Minimal tune that shows off Deadbeat's abilities as a producer to the max, using some beautiful ambient atmospherics to conjure up a unique dreamscape. The Vampire Dub on the other hand is a half-speed, 60bpm version of the original that not only captures the unique drum sounds of a bonafide 70's dub-plate, it also makes for an interesting set closer or great transition record too. Fans of minimal tech should be looking forward to getting their teeth stuck in.
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ECHOCORD 042
15 Feb 10
Minimal/Tech House
15 Feb 10
Minimal/Tech House
