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The Sun Rose in a Different Place
February 14, 2010
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Echodrone
April 25, 2007
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BIOGRAPHY
Echodrone was birthed in summer 2005 from the miasma of Craigslist. Answering a call for like-minded musicians, Brandon and Mark Florey joined Eugene and began Echodrone’s exploration of the intersection where Medicine, Ride, Stars of the Lid and Mogwai meet. Original drummer Kahlil Karn felt the call in June 2006 and provided a visual component to initial gigs, but parted ways with the band in June 2007. Another call out to Craigslist ensnared drummer/sonic maestro Mark Tarlton, who began contributing electronic touches to the mix. The final stage of Echodrone was set when Meredith Gibbons (ex-One Becomes One Hundred) replaced departing member Mark Florey.
The Echodrone recipe: combine Post-Rock textures, Ambient atmospherics, Dreampop harmonies and feedback-drenched classic Shoegaze into a mold shaped from the band’s musical exploration. The result: a cathartic mix of vivid musical colors and patterns that is greater than the sum of its parts. Echodrone is an indie band for those bored with the indie genre.
After first unleashing their barbaric yalp onto receptive audiences in September 2006, Echodrone has since played with such local luminaries as Sciflyer (Clairecords), Murder of Lilies, and Halcyon High. March 2007 saw the release of a debut 4-song EP, recorded at SoundPort Studios by Michael Padilla (Dora Flood) and released on the band's own label, Isomer Records. This self-titled EP was a top-seller on shoegaze specialty retail site toneVENDOR and has received airplay locally on KALX, KSCU and KZSU, nationally on the respected online station Vertigo Radio, where opener “Here We Are” was voted 2 listener favorite in the first month of release, and internationally on Australia's 3RRR station.
Echodrone’s inaugural full-length release, The Sun Rose in a Different Place, expands upon the signature sound detailed in their debut release, Echodrone EP (2007). Through the nine tracks on SRDP, Echodrone mixes elements from influences as diverse as 70’s legends Can, Creation-era shoegazers Slowdive, 80’s NYC dancsters Liquid Liquid and this decade’s Nugaze-electronic faves Engineers into a dreamy aural concoction. The Sun Rose in a Different Place showcases Echodrone’s dynamic range: soundscape odes such as Sway and Drown and Gravity build shimmery layers one upon another into sweeping anthem climaxes; pedal-pop/rock tracks Pack of Wolves, Everything You Need, Seeing the Forest for the Trees, and a cover of the Car’s classic, Drive, strike a pop aesthetic; while Adrift in a Metaphor, Winter Station along with ambient track Sympathetic Vibrations offer audio experimentation such as bass looping, reversed audio, and glitching for the more cerebral listener.
This cd was produced by drummer and sound engineer Mark Tarlton, who notes that to be properly engulfed and pleasured, the album should be listened to as played en vivo: at full volume.
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