We Are Cold

It's cold in Siberia again, so this song's title can describe what we feel now. First single by new Echotourist's artist Coldleap is available for free on our bandcamp page!

 

Spaceholidayrox #Modern mixtape

Hi there. Listen to the SHR's new mixtape recorded live

Some news from all around the World

Let's sail on the soundwaves to the Scotland with Holobeams and his new EP. Music of this guy speaks for itself.

and then jump to Colorado.  

The EP mines a wonderfully rich seam of atmospheric yet epic songcraft that Kramies has made his own. From the throbbing ambient introduction of ‘The Beginning’ through to the delicate folk of ‘The Ending’, Kramies’ new EP covers vast emotional and musical terrain during its 23-minute run-time. The title track’s windswept grandeur is married to an emotional directness that demands your attention and doesn’t let go, ‘Sea Otter Cottage’ sways and swoons with an almost unbearable poignancy, and ‘Clocks Were All Broken’ both alludes to and embodies this music’s timeless appeal.

  

after trip come back home with this pretty pleasurable band from Spb.

   
to be continued... see ya on ECHOTOURIZM

Bisamråtta (LP)

We glad to introduce long play of our boy Bisamråtta

Bisamråtta (LP) by Bisamråtta

Bisamråtta’s self-titled LP (VULP-0048) follows up his solo EP released last year on Vulpiano Records. Bisamråtta (Vlad Luchansky, Russia) has a style that is subtle and sweet in the ambient caresses and static that travel in and out of your ear while listening…Some songs are more floating and difficult to grasp, though no less pleasing, than others: for example, the transition between the pleasantly drifting opener “Lunga Blockera” and the more rhythmically driven “Hud Uppfatta” is striking.

Electronics, atmospheric noise and sung or spoken snippets, and guitar are all used to great effect onBisamråtta. Luchansky has here crafted another beautiful work that rings loud — and, importantly soft — of the natural world, the body (note the song titles and cover art, and emotion.

Download or stream on Internet Archive, Bandcamp, or Soundcloud below. The Bandcamp version allows you to pay-what-you-want and the Soundcloud version is non-downloadable and contains the tape cassette version of the mix, including specially crossfaded tracks and a little bonus. The physical cassette release is coming soon!

- See more at: http://vulpianorecords.com/#sthash.9ySm0wNk.dpuf

snatch it as file or do a preorder of tape version

Echochorus - Sima

Hello today another one Baltic trip. A long time ago we find this guy in our soundcloud with very deep (as we love) and vibey mixtape. Later its turned out that he had has long been engaged music and collects Soviet analog synthesizers. Welcome he is Echochorus and his maxi single/ep "Sima"

Kirils Lomunovs aka Echochorus. Expert sound designer and controllerist has been featured as a key figure of the Latvian electronic music scene for producing some of the most essential experimental electronic, ambient and techno music of the past years. In 1996 started improvisation on the old soviet synthesizers and effects, since 2001 experimented with stylistics of minimal and dub techno. As a Kriipis Tulo was involved in such experimental electronic music events as Jazz Giants:Past/Present Riga (2001), Sound Forest - festival of avant-garde music and video art (2003-2005) and also Pan Sonic (2002), Yoshio Machida (2003) and Phill Niblock (2004) live performances. In collaboration with Voldemars Johansons worked for an audio installation "Gaismas pils", inspired by the project of the Latvian New National Library of the same name and presented it on the Architectural biennial NEXT (Venice) and KIMAF 2002 (Kiev). In 2002 completed an EP entitled Ujuja (in Estonian means “swimming”).

At October 2004 participated @ MOKS Media Art Symposium in Estonia. In autumn 2005 created original soundtrack music for video installation "Exposed Paintings" for exhibition of one of the most popular Latvian painters Ritums Ivanovs. In 2005 as sound producer worked on a short film "Alise" (Director Asnate Ribena). In 2004-2006 as Kriipis Tulo collaborating with Luis Ortiz for remix projects on Sinergy-Networks . In 2006 founded Astrowind project and presented new soundtrack to the “Dreamers” – a new exhibition of Ritums Ivanovs in spring 2008. Astrowind released several significant albums which declared forward-loocking style – paleopsychedelic ambient. Essential Astrowind’s album “Kaidanovsky” published in Italy in 2012. Astrowind is a key line and the project simultaneous with Echochorus activities managed by same person. From 2008 started performing as a DJ.

free download

Baltic Sailor - π

Video of new collab between guys from Heatherwood and Space Holiday Rocks

soundtrack «Baltic Sailor - π» avaliable here

7_June_Køpen(SPB)_Live

7th June at Køpen with live sets are waiting for you:
7го июня в Копене с лайв сетами ваc ждут:

Heatherwood -скандинавский дримпоп перетекающий в синтетические прямые ритмы.
https://soundcloud.com/heather_wood

Space Holiday Rocks - пространственный психотропикал сочетающийся с гэридж музыкой
https://soundcloud.com/shr-1

ALL BLX - kak disko pod vodoĭ ili dali - daleko v lesu techet cherez zemlyu cherez polya©
https://soundcloud.com/alblack
http://vk.com/allblx

Valentune - DJ set сменяющихся звуков музыки из обширной коллекции винила хорошего друга.

Køpen Bar @ vk

Free enter.
Вход свободный.

Space Holiday Rocks - Øрёл

Hey! Today Space Holiday Rocks prepared a bit of music from his groovebox.


Our St. Petersburg based participant has arrived yesterday. You can also watch him on upcoming FPRF gigs.

Arktor - Cotton Mather Estates

Today we glad to introduce our regular echoguest and participant - Arktor. Living in Krasnoyarsk, Dima transmits ambient reality of mountain landscape through his music. And from these records it blows cold. It was a long time ago since Arktor (not as Arktor but under other various nicknames) was a hip-hop boy and sometimes rapped. Now there is no longer almost nothing from this music.

Title of album taken from Clans of the Alphane Moon a science fiction novel by Philip K. Dick.

"The Deps are suffering from clinical depression. Their representative to the supreme council is Dino Watters and the name of their town is Cotton Mather Estates, where they live "in endless dark gloom.”

Cold and darkness - most appropriate definitions for the album. But all the sound on the album sounds warm and lightly saturated (sometimes not lightly but heavily), and will certainly please those who prefer a warm tube sound :) Also this is first album which Arktor produce selfishly.

Arktor: " As for me not that much of a music depression actually. Just like how it sounds. I use tag "drowntempo" to describe my last works."

Side A                               Side B

VA - ECHOTOURIZM Vol.2

... So we did it. Thanks to all who participated and helped in our common work.


Also check out a small review at Big Echo (RU)

for the hood...

As a neighbors we try to support each other. This post about Rainy Tree House bro from Omsk and his EP. Check out Psee remix of Clonki's "Ragpicker" and other reworks featuring Cream Child, Aleph and Stereo Silence.

FPRF - Crystallization Point (Single)

We glad to present this big tunes today on our blog. A single by FPRF named «Crystallization Point» sounds autumnally and reminds of the fragility of life. Pay attention to the remixes created by very reputable producers. They are russian mysterious furure garage pioneer Nocow and australian based beatsmith Ta-ku.

«Synchronized Swimming» EP by FACDUB

Patience RMXS

Hello, echoreaders! Let's remind our dreampop quartet.
First tune was too much impressive. Now we've got they all.

Special thanks to all participants.

Sunrise in Glasgow

Примерно в конце прошлого лета к нам пришло письмо от некоего Iain Foxwell пришло письмо с кратким описанием того, что он близок к нам по духу, а также ссылкой на его soundcloud. Год назад в силу многих обстоятельств мы не смогли написать о чем рефлексирует молодой шотландец в своих короткометражных звуковых зарисовках. Для дружественного блога Iain уже успел записать гостевой микс. Но напор и рвение быть услышанным все же подтолкнули нас к небольшому диалогу с проектом Holobeams & Broken Mashines. Текст публикуется на оригинальном языке.

- Hello Iain, we would like to have a few words from you about your recent tracks and the project Holobeams. We are interested what equipment was used, and tell us some about Glasgow?

My recent tracks were created as a small 2 track release called Clouds/Sunrise. They are really a further progression from my previous 2 e.p's. I am very influenced from all music but for this project specifically bands like Boards of Canada, Com Truise, Washed Out and many others. Recently i really enjoyed the Drive soundtrack which has subsequently influenced my music. I am generally looking to create a dream like, and uplifting vibe if possible with Holobeams & Broken Machines music.

I wrote the music on Ableton but employed many VST's to try and add a lofi, old school tape type effect. I use a lot of synths (Moog, Native Instruments FM8, impOSCar) which lends itself to the older styles more. I have many old hardware synths like the Juno 106 but have not used them recently as the Ableton and Vst's offer much easier creative workflow i feel.

Glasgow is actually an amazing city for electronic artists and Scotland in general has produced some big players (Most notably Boards of Canada, Rustie, Hudson Mohawke). If you are looking for some cool up and coming Glasgwegian electronic artists check out guys like Grobbie, Cur$es, Barrientos, MermaidS. In fact there is a blog called  http://www.synthglasgow.com which always showcases the best in Glasgow & Scotland. Check it out if you can.

P.S. Oh yeah, for drums i like to use a lot of Roland 707's 808's.

Space Holiday Rocks - RAW

This Saturday SHR presented his first full album. Everyone who attended our party has got the CD. But today, you can download the album for free at our bandcamp.

VA - ECHOTOURIZM Vol​.​1

Echotourist community presents

Echo-catchin'

Hello everyone! Today... тоесть сегодня будет пост на русском. Во-первых, спешим поздравить, братьев по разуму, а также наших дальних приятелей из города Красноярск с выходом альбома.

Шуга (2012) by Eholow

Речь идет о группе "Эхолов" (Eholow). На данную группу невозможно не обратить внимание, особенно учитывая специфику нашего блога. Сказать об этих парнях можно немного, разве только что репетируют они в избе, а на записи они используют исключительно hardware средства. Вот так пишет  о них  FarFromMoscow:

The kind of music to accompany you on a journey." And so, in that vagrant spirit, the two musicians responsible for enacting these ideas call themselves Echolov or "Эхолов/Eholov" which in direct translation might read "Echo-Catch[er]." It refers, apparently, to "some ancient [mystical] practice." Sounds of pre-modern consequence have been drowned out by clamorous, often commercial chatter. They can only be discerned nowadays through a rejection of pragmatic enterprise. More can be done with less noise.

Кстати на том же FFM можно прочитать о нашем последнем релизе Speck - Harmonia.

Public Transport over Atlantic Ocean

Hey. We have already appeared on the news of the upcoming compilation. This is not about that, but now the promised interview with overseas friends. The first our acquaintance with the project Public Transport started from the Psee's mix. There are two tracks: "Mondlicht" and "Up All Night". A year later, already watching the Duncan (sole author and participant), we could not ignore his new work, and also invited to provide us with one of his tracks for our upcoming compilation. So meet a guy from Atlantic Coast - Public Transport (Bar Harbor, ME, US)  

See Colors by Public Transport

- How did you start making music?

 My first experience writing music was with ModPlug Tracker back in 1999. It had a really steep learning curve, but the cool thing was that tracker music is shared as a project file, so I was able to look inside songs I liked and figure out how they'd done things- I learned a lot of music theory that way. Netpoet's drum n' bass track "Peachy" is still one of my favorites from back then- the tracker scene was definitely a big influence for me in my formative years.  

- What are your biggest musical influences?

 Wow, where should I start? I've always liked Boards of Canada- I can put "Geogaddi" on, close my eyes, and have the sound textures set off all these colors in my head. They've definitely been an influence in terms of how I build soundscapes- we share a lot in terms of fuzzy, synaesthetic sounds. Apart from that, Ulrich Schnauss has been a huge influence- "A Strangely Isolated Place" really struck a chord with me when I first heard it back in 2004, and I think its combination of melancholy and happiness really resonated with what it's like to live in Maine.

 - What software and/or hardware do you use for music production?
 I use my home PC with FL Studio to host a variety of VST instruments- Green Oak's freeware Crystal synth has been a major part of my sound, as well as various Moog and Juno softsynths for pads and such. I've been building a sample library for about 12 years now, which comes in handy at times when I need the right snare drum or ambient noise.

Public Transport feat. Furns - Seawall by Public Transport

- How do you promote your work?
 Maine doesn't have a very big population, so there really isn't a critical mass of like- minded people here that would support playing live shows. I actually reach most of my audience through the Internet! So far, I've released two EPs online, one independently and one through the Swedish 23seconds Netlabel. I also reach a lot of people through Soundcloud- my account just hit 11,000 plays. A lot of the time it's because I've been linked by a blog- It's really nice to go online and see some blogger in France has written a bunch of nice stuff about your latest release. Currently, I'm remastering and working on new material for a full-length album- I'd like to do a physical release, so right now I'm researching labels!

The Bilinda Butchers - Tulips (Public Transport mix) by Public Transport

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