Description
A Detroit-Chicago collaboration between prolific and low-key ambient dub-techno producer Rod Modell (Deepchord) If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the fellows in Berlin’s Rhythm & Sound camp will have no problem endorsing Detroit-based Deepchord as their dub-techno heir apparent. Already an established ambient producer, Rod Modell partnered with Mike Schommer, quietly releasing their first 12″ together in the late ’90s. Like Rhythm & Sound, Deepchord based their compositions around minimal arrangements: repetitive rhythms inspired by dub, faint traces of white noise, and warm synth stabs. The group retained a loyal cult following, releasing several more singles in the early 2000s as well as a limited-run CD version of their first six releases (originally pressed up in extremely limited quantities). The duo’s production went from prolific to a screeching halt around 2002, making a remarkable and rare live performance at the Detroit Electronic Music Festival and releasing singles in a scarce fashion (the group’s 2006 single was only pressed to 100 copies). A retrospective of the group’s work, Vibrasound: 1999-2004, was issued under Modell’s name and released on the Silentes label in 2005. Later that year, Modell teamed with Kevin Hanton to release Illuminati Audio Science and used a generous portion of the group’s output, looped and sliced into small segments (much like Richie Hawtin’s DE9 experiments), for a continuous 70-minute mix CD – and Steven Hitchell (Soultek), Echospace released a series of 12″ singles on England’s Modern Love label, all of which were compiled on a CD named after the series, The Coldest Season. The same year, the duo also issued a pair of singles on Lee Purkis’ Fortune8 label, as well as an additional release on echospace[detroit]. As with much of Modell’s output, Echospace’s material is deeply rooted in the Basic Channel/Chain Reaction school of dub-techno, emphasizing deep throbs and alternately soothing and unsettling ambience (manipulated field recordings, for the most part)
Obmx â—„ (3 versions) Fortune8 2007
Sonorous â—„ (3 versions) Fortune8 2007
Spatialdimension â—„ (4 versions) echospace [detroit] 2007
The Coldest Season (Album) â—„ (3 versions) Modern Love 2007
The Coldest Season – Part 1 â—„ (2 versions) Modern Love 2007
The Coldest Season – Part 2 â—„ (2 versions) Modern Love 2007
The Coldest Season – Part 3 â—„ (2 versions) Modern Love 2007
The Coldest Season – Part 4 â—„ (2 versions) Modern Love 2007
Untitled (12″, S/Sided, W/Lbl, Ltd, Sta) Modern Love 2007
Obmx (File, MP3) echospace [detroit] 2008
Sonorous (File, MP3, FLAC, WAV) echospace [detroit] 2008
Remixes:
Small Words (CD, Ltd, Promo) Our Message (Echospace… Souldubsounds 2005
Wide Road EP (CD, Ltd, Promo, EP) Wide Road (Echospace R… Souldubsounds 2005
Small Words (12″) Small Words (Echospace… Souldubsounds 2006
Culture Box EP (12″, EP) Walk Through (Echospac… Echocord 2007
Grandbend â—„ (2 versions) Grandbend (Echospace D… echospace [detroit] 2007
Miranda (Remixes) â—„ (2 versions) Miranda (Echospace Remix) Matrix Records (Detroit) 2007
RA.049 (File, MP3, Mixed) Small Words (Echospace… Resident Advisor 2007
Starlight [Remixes] (Comp) â—„ (4 versions) Starlight [Echospace M... echospace [detroit] 2007
Vantage Isle (Comp) â—„ (4 versions) Vantage Isle (Echospac… echospace [detroit] 2007
Emily (EP, Maxi) â—„ (6 versions) Dressed To Please (Ech… DFA … 2008
RA.094 (File, MP3, Mixed, Pod) Grandbend (Echospace Dub) Resident Advisor 2008
Trak 6 (Echospace Dub Mix) â—„ (2 versions) Fortune8 2008
Waterfall â—„ (3 versions) Rain (Echospace Reduct… Music Man Records 2008
Balance 014 (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Starlight (Echospace Dub) EQ Recordings 2009
Mi-Mix (CD, Comp, Mixed) Rain, Starlight Octave Lab 2009
RA.153 (File, MP3, Mixed, Pod) Starlight (Echospace U… Resident Advisor 2009
The Echo Chamber Vol.3 (File, MP3) Nospheratu AvantRoots 2009
And That Was The Way â—„ (2 versions) And That Was The Way (… Kompakt 2010
Trust Less (11xFile, MP3, 320) And That Was The Way (… Kompakt 2010
Appears On:
Dimensional Space â—„ (3 versions) echospace [detroit] 2007
Starlight [Remixes] (Comp) â—„ (3 versions) echospace [detroit] 2007
Who’s Afraid Of Detroit? [Deepchord & Soultek Mixes] â—„ (2 versions) echospace [detroit] 2007
Nospheratu (12″) Nospheratu (Echospace … Phonobox 2008
And That Was The Way (12″) Kompakt 2010
Source : Background Techno Experience
Elsewhere on the web
- http://www.echospacedetroit.com/
- http://www.myspace.com/echospacedetroit
- http://www.residentadvisor.net/record-label.aspx?id=1081
