Our EP 'The Storm before The Calm' is out now on Just Music as a digital release.

The EP features a reworked version of The Storm plus a completely new version of The Calm - originals of both tracks can be found on our album 'Shatterproof'.

The tracks are accompanied by some quality remixes of The Storm from some of our favourite producers: Posthuman, Kraddy, Max Cooper and Trenchman. Each mix taking a completely new and original angle..from techno to crunking hip hop to dubstep...check em out!

The EP is accompanied by an excellent video comprised of 5,600 individual images, directed and shot by mikocoffey.com and edited by our very own Mach V:

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You can buy the EP at most digital outlets including:

iTunes
Just Music Store
Bleep
7Digital

There is also a promo mix for you that features excerpts from some of the tracks alongside some exclusive bootleggy type action:

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Echaskech Cold Front Mix   by  Echaskech
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The flyer for our album on 28th October....

Hello,

We are putting on a free event to celebrate the launch of Shatterproof and we'd love to see you there:

A bit of a belated launch event for our album 'Shatterproof' but as the nights draw in we need any excuse for a bit of a knees up.....

This is a mid week event so we'll be on stage nice and early (8.30ish!). It's free entry and is in the basement of the Queen of Hoxton.

Venue Address:

Queen of Hoxton
1 Curtain Road
London
EC2A 3JX

DJ's on the night with further party sounds for your ears will be Barry Dark and Tentonatom.

We hope to see you there!!

http://www.echaskech.co.uk
http://www.myspace.com/echaskech
http://www.soundcloud.com/echaskech

'Shatterproof echoes Warp's seminal home-listening fare, learning bass lessons from dubstep and its paranoia from two-step jungle' BBC Music

''There is beauty to be glimpsed in the far off sound pictures they use, while the raking beats are never stilled, keeping the outlook always changing and always interesting'' DMC Album of the Week

“This is where Orbital, Brian Eno, The Radiophonic Workshop, Warp's Artificial Intelligence series from the early '90s and good old tuneful, contemporary, grimy dance music collide, and it proves to be an immersive, enjoyable journey” MUSIC OMH

"It's the ability to match the rough with the smooth that makes Shatterproof win through. With a second album of melodic electronica, filthy funk and soaring goosebump raisers under their belts, it could be time that the 'Skechy boys got the credit they're due..." IDJ - 9/10

"One of the albums of the year. Phenomenal. Electronica at its very best - think Orbital meets Jon Hopkins with a bit of Schnauss thrown in for good measure" Ben Mynott (Fluid Nation, Big Chill)

"Twisted contemporary take on Kraftwerk, Brian Eno and even Ulrich Schnauss. Add to that remixes from dubstep hot act Sbtrkt and electro disco rework from Virgil Howe, we have something that needs to be heard. Brought to you from the label that gave us Jon Hopkins, do track down" Pathaan - iDJ

"One thing Echaskech never shy away from is melody, and that approach makes for an engaging and genuinely uplifting experience" Record Reviewer

“Echaskech display proficiency very much akin to the likes of Apparat, Ellen Allien, Modeselektor etc. Every track has kicks and bass that roll up and punch you in the stomach with the precision of only the best metaphorical black belts” Drowned In Sound

Hello!

We've edited together highlights from our Summer 2009 gigs for you to check out including tracks performed at Glade, Festinho and in rehearsals.

Click here to listen and download...

We hope you enjoy!

Echaskech xx

We've put together this mix for Clash Mag: heavy on the basslines and 2 Step beats with a chance to hear our remix for Mint as an exclusive prior to release.

Click here to listen to or download the mix

Echaskech Mix Tracklisting

Clubroot - Sempiternal
Mint - System Cost (Echaskech Dub Mothership Mix) - Exclusive! - Released on Boltfish later this year.
Floating Points - K&G Beat
Moderat - Out of Sight
Bloc Party - Where is Home? (Burial Mix)
Echaskech - On Your Mind (From our album 'Shatterproof')


Enjoy!

 
If you are here looking for the free download of Echaskech at Festinho please head to the blog below....or click here.

So, we come to the end of our summer festival season and what better a way to finish things off than by heading to Bestival on the Isle of Wight.

Compared to the previous festivals we have attended this year, this is definitely the most manic and intense...but in the best way possible. This place is about as full on as it gets with 40,000 people packed into a reasonably confined space and a bewildering array of things to do and see.



If the madness and eccentricity of Brits in fancy dress (Space Oddity being this years theme) isn't enough there's also polka dancing, a steam punk spectacular (meh?), a 19th Century style Belgian mirrored Spielgel tent, a place serving Christmas dinner, an insect circus, a naked sauna, the Afterburner, a 'Most People in their Pants' record attempt....and that's before we even mention that Kraftwerk are headlining.



This year the event is blessed with superb weather which more than makes up for last years Biblical downpours and further enhances the party atmosphere that permeates the entire site throughout the weekend.

Musically, there is a never ending choice of wonders and plentiful opportunities to check out acts from across the spectrum.

There follows a short list of just some of the highlights we enjoyed across the weekend - in no particular order:

First up is a band that this writer went to see on a whim based on their name being really rather dreadful.

'The Big Pink' turn out to be purveyors of wonderful moody shoegaze synth pop - a kind of mixture of all the Creation Records back catalogue in one - and, from what I see on the web it looks like My Bloody Valentine producer Alan Moulder had a hand in the production of 'Velvet':

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On a completely different tip the Trojan Sound System get the vote for having the best MC's of the weekend - top quality toasting and freestyling over classic ska and reggae make for an excellent Sunday afternoon boogie with the Toots and the Maytals classic 'Pressure Drop' bringing many a smile to the dancefloor:

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Having attempted to check out Swedish act 'The Field' on two occasions and failing for various reasons, it's with a degree of excitement that 'third time lucky' proves correct as the band walk on stage in The Big Top on the Sunday. Incorporating a drummer and bass player into their peculiar brand of deep minimal indie techno really pays dividends as main man Alex Willner folds the two into the mix, adding a superb new rolling and building dimension to each track with sublime effect.

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Bat for Lashes' Natasha Khan has us chaps a bit weak at the knees with her Saturday night Bjorky, Kate Bush like fantasy world. She creates a weird and wonderful musical place that we thoroughly enjoyed being a part of...



As for Saturday headliners Kraftwerk - well you can't really go wrong there although they did appear to lose quite a bit of the crowd due to some fairly lengthy waits for costume changes and swapping themselves for robots which were, incidentally, much more animated than the real life band themselves.



Apparantly Chris Martin wrote an extremely lengthy letter by hand to Kraftwerk front man Ralf Hutter praising them as legends and begging them to let him use a riff from 'Computer Love' on a Coldplay track. Hutter responded in typical style with a one word reply stating 'Ja'.

We love these much sampled electronic pioneers although it's with amusement that we see some of them sporting large beer bellies as they waddle off stage in their Tron costumes.

The final throwdown at Bestival goes to Carl Cox who blew the roof off the The Big Top with his Sunday night old skool rave set mostly played off a gleaming Mac, meaning all those old tracks were full phat digital and sounding superb.

Kicking off with Friends of Matthews 'Out There', you know the next two hours are going to rock big time with many a goosebump inducing classic (Joey Beltram - Energy Flash!) and the mid set back to back of 'Out of Space' and 'Everybody in the Place' by The Prodigy absolutely destroying the place.

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Yes - Bestival you are immense and an excellent way to round off this summer of festivals.

Until the next time....

Click here for Echaskech site.

 

Hello there! We are Echaskech and we've been lucky enough to head to a fair few festivals this Summer. We've been punters at some and played at others and we thought it might be nice to share some of these experiences with you dear reader. 

This time you find us at Festinho and just as we thought our festival fun couldn't get any better following The Big Chill, Festinho comes along and slaps us in the face with an absolute beauty of an event. 

This is greatly helped by a lucky bump for us to support Saturday headliner Jon Hopkins on the main stage - but more of this, and a free download from that set, later. 

So, how does one cook up such a splendid festival and what are the required ingredients?? 

First into the pot must go a liberal dose of goodwill - in this case it's all about street kids in Brazil as much of the money this festival makes goes towards the ABC Trust.

Don't forget to mix in more than a pinch of legendary and saintly volunteers to help glue it all together and keep costs low in order to maximise charitable monies:  

Click here for ABC Trust Charity Information  

Next - get yourself an uber venue deep in the Suffolk countryside and make it look the nuts (see video at the end of this piece!)

Now stir in a diverse selection of quality acts to tempt the crowd - some Cuban Brothers here, a dash of Carnival Collective there, a bit of The Egg on top, some Crazy P around the sides and then some Music from The Penguin Cafe as a garnish.

It might be worth going for something high class and a touch experimental as a Saturday headliner dish - it must exude rare pungent basslines from another dimension, scrunching stench filled beats that rattle the senses and an otherwordly energy to really make your nostrils flare. That Jon Hopkins should be able to deliver this and then some... 

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Don't forget to order in some much bigger stages than last year and definitely get some kind of festival guru to programme one of them -  Pete Lawrence from The Big Chill should fit the bill nicely.  It's most likely he'll bring his own magical ingredients to the party - hopefully some attractive and excellent female vocalists like Kirsty Hawkshaw and Sabira Jade....he might even invite some truly awesome bands such as Mawkin:Causley and The Shadow Orchestra.. 

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Do remember to order up a nice smattering of anglo-latin vibes by booking artists like The Fontana's and Heather McClell...it's important to give your event a little bit of a Brazilian touch:  

Click here for Heather McClell myspace   

Click here for The Fontanas myspace  

Right, now you've got your main ingredients it's probably best to make sure your festival has some nice extra side dishes... 

Knock up a Gingerbread House in the woods for some proper partying mayhem. 

 

Make sure you pick up a large and eclectic bag of DJ's for this Gingerbread party pit - Daft Pink, Mixmaster Morris, AGT Rave Cru - those kind of guys please. 

Get yourself some acrobats to perform in the woods too. And make sure you add a little bit of a Cockney Knees Up in that vicinity as well - a Cockney Knees Up is essential to any festival so please ensure it has a presence in your dish.. 

Oh,and make the most of the local barns - put some masseurs in one and get a load of excellent electronica acts to play in another (Minke, Dialog, The Beaufort Scale and Input Junkie will definitely deliver that extra spice required...).   

Buy the excellent 'Field Studies' by Input Junkie here    

Check out The Beaufort Scale myspace here    

Check out some lounging Minke Music here    

It's also crucial that people dress in something strange so bung a bit of fancy dress in there.....pyjamas and nightwear should do the trick. 

 

Finally make sure you are extremely well organised in the overall presentation and running of your tasty repast. Stir everything together.....and hey presto! An uber festival! 

So, yes - it really was an excellent weekend with fantastic performances from all the artists we saw and a truly great atmosphere all round - many congratulations to the organisers and big ups must go to the lovely volunteers for helping make it such a top notch affair.. 

As for us - well, our lucky bump to the main stage was apparently due to The Egg being unable to make the Saturday and being moved to Friday. Thanks for being so busy Egg Men! 

Nervous setting up: 

 

A huge merci must also go to the organisers for trusting us not to balls up on such a big stage, and a massive thanks to all the lovely stage manager types (Kirsty and Craig especially!) and sound engineers for running such a tight and friendly ship.

We hope we delivered a reasonable set for all those who came to see us. We certainly enjoyed ourselves! 

Thanks to Andy F for the following vid from the early part of our set. The track is 'The Calm (After the Storm)' - to be released as part of The Storm EP later this year: 

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Echaskech Festinho Set List (originals available on albums 'Shatterproof' and 'Skechbook' unless otherwise stated): 

On Your Mind
She Likes Colour
Future Sex
The Calm (After the Storm) - out on The Storm EP later this year
Cause and Effect
Frequency Apogee
Brief Moment - unreleased
Gothic Monks - our remix of an original track by Dialog >
The Storm - out on The Storm EP next year 

Here's a recording of Gothic Monks by Dialog > (Echaskech Mix) which we played live at Festinho.... for you to listen to.
 
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(Please note this was recorded by our friend Dave Dodd who stood in the middle of the audience with a giant hairy mic and recording gear - having to put up with people shouting 'nice muff' at him. Cheers for that Dave. This recording is not straight off the desk so the quality reflects that - we hope it brings a bit of the atmos back though!!)

Click here to download track from Soundcloud

The original of this is available on the Dialog > album 'Run Silent, Run Deep' along with our remix - all available on iTunes and direct from Dialog. Shatterproof and Skechbook are available on Just Music..CD and digital....

The Gothic Monks remix has also had some plays on the'Solarstone/Deepblue' radio show - synced across various international stations from Brazil to Russia - lovely jubbly! 

Click here to purchase the excellent Run Silent Run Deep direct from Dialog > - get the Echaskech mix free!

Click here to visit the Just Music store for Echaskech albums

Click here to buy Shatterproof from iTunes

Click here for Dialog > album via iTunes     


Festinho - you were excellent and we can't wait for the next one.

We leave you with a lovely video from this years festival. Enjoy!


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"It's the ability to match the rough with the smooth that makes Shatterproof win through. With a second album of melodic electronica, filthy funk and soaring goosebump raisers under their belts, it could be time that the 'Skechy boys got the credit they're due..."
IDJ - 9/10

Buy the CD at the The Just Music Store

or Download now at The Just Music Digital Store

(See links at the end of this post for other download sites)

"This record is sexier than a quiet night in with Megan Fox"
Eddy Temple Morris, XFM

“This is where Orbital, Brian Eno, The Radiophonic Workshop, Warp's Artificial Intelligence series from the early '90s and good old tuneful, contemporary, grimy dance music collide, and it proves to be an immersive, enjoyable journey”
MUSIC OMH

"One of the albums of the year. Phenomenal. Electronica at its very best - think Orbital meets Jon Hopkins with a bit of Schnauss thrown in for good measure"
Ben Mynott (Fluid Nation, Big Chill)

"Twisted contemporary take on Kraftwerk, Brian Eno and even Ulrich Schnauss. Add to that remixes from dubstep hot act Sbtrkt and electro disco rework from Virgil Howe, we have something that needs to be heard. Brought to you from the label that gave us Jon Hopkins, do track down"
Pathaan - iDJ

"One thing Echaskech never shy away from is melody, and that approach makes for an engaging and genuinely uplifting experience"
Record Reviewer

“Echaskech display proficiency very much akin to the likes of Apparat, Ellen Allien, Modeselektor etc. Every track has kicks and bass that roll up and punch you in the stomach with the precision of only the best metaphorical black belts”
Drowned In Sound

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Hello there,

We're reviewing/blogging some of the festivals we are heading to (whether we are playing at them or not in some cases!).

See link below should you wish to read:

Click here for Echaskech festival blog

Cheers!


Echaskech x