Echaskech are a British electronica

Electronica

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 / audio-visual

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 act based in London

London

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. The band formed in 2004 and were originally a duo composed of Dom Hoare and Andy Gillham, who had previously worked together as a drum & bass DJ act touring with artists such as LTJ Bukem

LTJ Bukem

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 and Grooverider

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. Early in 2005 the music duo became a multimedia trio with the addition of visual artist Mach V, who provides visuals during live performances and whose prior work includes music festivals such as The Big Chill

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  and a collaboration with Sounds from the Ground

Sounds From The Ground

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 that exhibited at Tate Britain

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. Also in 2005 Echaskech performed along with Jon Hopkins

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 at various events in London and as a result Jon introduced the band to Just Music who subsequently signed them.

Echaskech's eclectic style spans across the electronic music

Electronic music

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 genre, as Ian Roullier from musicOMH

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 says, "This is where Orbital

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, Brian Eno

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, The Radiophonic Workshop, Warp's Artificial Intelligence series from the early '90s and good old tuneful, contemporary, grimy dance music collide".

Shatterproof, the act's second album on Just Music was compared to The Future Sound of London

The Future Sound of London

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's Lifeforms by the BBC's Colin Buttimer and Ben Hogwood of DMC, who commented that "The band move between a spaced-out ambience, peppered with splintered beats, to darker moments" on this release.

Musically, the duo have collaborated with numerous acts including Roots Manuva

Roots Manuva

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, James Yuill

James Yuill

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, Max Cooper

Max Cooper

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, Kraddy, Posthuman

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 and SBTRKT

SBTRKT

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 with festival performances at Glade, Blissfields, Secret Garden Party, Solfest, Big Chill and Festinho. Their performance at Festinho 2010 was nominated for the UK Festival Awards Critics’ Choice Award.

In November 2010, Echaskech collaborated with Traum Schallplatten

Traum Schallplatten

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 artist Max Cooper on a remix of "Chaotisch Serie" for his Expressions EP.

Discography

Albums:

• Skechbook (2007)
• Shatterproof (2009)

Singles & EPs:

• Popstars (2007)
• Every Touch (2008)
• The Storm Before The Calm (2009)
• Future Sex EP (2009)

Remixes:

• Chaotic Serie (2010) - Expressions EP, Max Cooper

External links

• Echaskech official website
• Echaskech on last.fm
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• Echaskech on Amazon
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