Please excuse the lack of updates but between the holidays and a ton of work I’ve been swamped, however….I’m FINALLY happy to announce the upcoming release of a new album called THE ECHOCENTRICS. The album will come out late spring ’11 on Ubiquity Records along with a limited edition 7″ vinyl single coming in the next couple of months, right in time for SXSW.
The Echocentrics is a new project of dusty, psychedelic, cinematic and southern fried soul produced by yours truly. Loads of spring reverb, psyched out farfisa, electric harpschichord and heavy drums accented by beautiful vocals sung in English, Spanish and Portuguese by the amazing Tita Lima from Brazil and the incomparable Natalia Clavier from Argentina. Inspired by the music of Serge Gainsbourg, Curtis Mayfield, Tim Maia, The Lijadu Sisters, Los Pasteles Verdes, Terry Callier, John Lennon, Shuggie Otis, Ennio Morricone, etc etc the original seeds to this record were planted almost 5 years ago with a gang of instrumentals I began writing in the laid back and psyched out soul/funk vein….I then began a couple of songs with Tita and Nat that eventually sat dormant for a few years. It seemed everytime I tried to get the project to gain momentum something inevitably came up to slow me down. The stuff continued to gather dust, while in constant rotation on my Ipod. I picked up the pace with some amazing collaborations with Tita and Natalia late 2010 and Andrew Jervis at Ubiquity Records helped give me the final spark to kick it into gear.
I am extremely proud of this as the vision was finally carried out and I must say it most definitely stands the test of time. Stay tuned for LOTS more news regarding full length release, SXSW, etc. Thanks to everyone who helped by playing on the record and of course Nat and Tita for putting up with me AND writing some great songs!
So on that note, introducing our upcoming limited edition 7″ single on Ubiquity. Side A features a cover of a psychedelic bolero (ballad) courtesy of Peru’s Los Pasteles Verdes called “Esclavo Y Amo”, featuring Argentinian born, future Spanish citizen and current Brooklyn resident Natalia Clavier on vocals.
Esclavo Y Amo (snippet) by Level One Studios
The flipside comes with an instrumental knockout, a Morricone meets David Axelrod and some tough drums track called “Electric Travels.”
