Heavily drenched acrobatic electronics and blurred emotions weave a highly contagious album worth revisiting time and time again.
Echaskech is comprised of British electronic and audio-visual specialists Andy Gillham and Dom Hoare who originally united a decade ago. They continue to polish their signature, attending to sonic details as they share a release schedule alongside artists such as Jon Hopkins, Marconi Union, Leo Abrahams and Future Loop Foundation to name a few. Previous outings including as Skechbook (2007) and Shatterproof (2009) were the foundations onto which Origin now rests comfortably. Having expanded their vision through absorbing low-end rattling tied to plush harmonic symphonies, Echaskech’s latest is sublime and encapsulating. Between the fibrous beat-work, cascading rhythms and adventurous electronic spirit, the duo have really found their way.
With only ten tracks on offer, Origin is a molten soup filled with electrical star dust that somehow coalesces via saccharine melodic bursts. A recent road-trip along the Pacific Coast Highway solidifies the fact that Origin shines brighter based on its surroundings. The ebb and flow of each panoramic snapshot compliment each other as they merge, split and erode with relative simplicity. Audible time capsules, including highlights such as “Ash Fallen,” “Metic,” “Paper Scissors” and “Form | Function” elicit a texture not unlike what acts like port-royal and Ulrich Schnauss have done so well for many years.
Echaskech invoke majestic sound-escapes which evolve into fully-formed canvasses. Not entirely shoegaze, techno or ambient but focused on a colorful musical marinade, Origin flows into the subconsciousness with ease and a sense of wonderment. Heavily drenched acrobatic electronics and blurred emotions weave a highly contagious album worth revisiting time and time again.
Origin is available on Just Music.
