From the pioneering simplicity of their electronic roots, Honeyroot’s Glenn Gregory and Keith Lowndes have created Sound Echo Location, a beautifully crafted album of heart and passion, a sensuous blend of contemporary electronic and real instruments and voices with the effortlessly evocative feel of a film score.
“This essay in evocative electronica is the debut from Glenn Gregory and Keith Lowndes (ex Heaven 17 and ABC respectively). Far from dated, it sounds beguiling, contemporary and frequently sublime. Sweet As Honey is as symphonic as Mezzanine-era Massive Attack or their Bristolian disciples Alpha. Losing My Mind and Summer Sky patrol the outer limits of the exquisite melancholy patented by Moby and Falling reinvents the lush dreampop of Julie Cruise. Somehow, though, Gregory and Lowndes maintain their own deft, delicate identity throughout.” Q Magazine
“A collection of long drifting tracks with a distinct whiff of Air, early ambient house and travelogue soundtrack. Polished, mellow and agreeable.” Mojo
“Soulful electronica meets blissful beats meets atmospheric, filtered ambience…with lyrics! This is a blend of Air, Archive and a whole bunch of late 90’s smoking bands with a contemporary twist (the songwriting) that brings it up to date. What this kind of thing normally needs are one or two outstanding tracks to lift it above the many acts doing the same kind of thing. Fortunately on Losing My Mind, Sunrise Sunset and Sweet As Honey you have three classic tracks. It’s no coincidence that these are the opening tracks but there’s plenty more on Sound Echo Location to get you in the mood. 8/10” Future Music
“Atmospheric, beautifully crafted, an opus that soothes away the winter cold with promises of sunny days.” DJ Magazine
“It should sound good sitting in Ibiza’s Café del Mar at sunset.” Music Week
“Glenn Gregory was a third of Heaven 17, the politically-motivated futurists that sprung off the Human League. Far removed from the 80’s roots of either player, this is a very 21st century album. Ambient, electronic and sparsely arranged, it still manages to combine dance elements into its wide gamut of styles, taking some obvious reference points like Portishead and Massive Attack and merging them with trip hop. You realise you’re listening to a perfectly conceived and constructed collection of songs.” ITM Magazine
“You want atmosphere? Filmcore? Melodic dance? You want Ibiza, Goa, Malta? You want it, you got it. Glenn Gregory took us from Penthouse to Pavements; now it’s time for the beach and all things natural. Losing My Mind’s summer thunder sets the scene superbly, Sunrise Sunset gives us Soul II Soul rhythms before Sweet As Honey and State Of Mind hit the dancefloor. Tender, dynamic and genuinely evocative. Echo location? Sound.” Hi Fi News
“It is such a fabulous album…we have it on all the time” Janice Long
“Brilliant – a beautiful dreamy record which makes you itch for summer” CFX
“These tracks are excellent – blissed out tunes deal for Ibiza sunsets” Cool FM
“Wonderfully ambient and atmospheric” Radio Ceredigion
“Exceedingly Moby-esque, very cool” Ramair
“Quality smooth downtempo to rival Zero 7” Malibu Surf
“What a summer treat. Love it“ KICFM
“Fantastically chilled out and beautifully crafted” C4
“To be appreciated sat in your garden with wine and a summer breeze or during late night chats...very compulsive listening.” IBFM
Releases by Honeyroot on Just Music/Absolute Zero:
- Sound Echo Location
- Vision Echo Location (DVD)