SINK-ALONG

TRACKLISTING


1 ECHT! - Glide
2 ECHT! - Cheesecake < br>3 ECHT! - Vault-A
4 ECHT! - Rouf-rouf
5 ECHT! - Mtwk part 2
6 ECHT! - Bryan Brains
7 ECHT! - Choukes
8 ECHT! - Mtwk part 1
9 ECHT! - Ninouz ella
10 ECHT! - Dawn in Duden





INFO


F uturistic Brussels based four-piece ECHT! are set to release their sophomore alb um 'Sink-Along' on the 5th May via the groove-obsessed Sdban Ultra label. Receiv ing critical acclaim from the likes of Gilles Peterson (BBC Radio 6 Music) and M ixmag for their debut release 'INWANE' (2021), ECHT! takes the best of Jonwayne , DJ Rashad, J Dilla, Ivy Lab, Tsuruda and Aphex Twin, resulting in an unrivalle d sound.

In a society geared almost exclusively toward the technologi cal, ECHT! forges a different path, one that instead replaces the mechanical wit h the human. At the heart of their creative process made up of actual skin and b one, the influences of trap, bass music, jazz and hip-hop burst forth through th eir expert playing of instruments.

'Sink-Along' showcases a rawer and more straight-forward approach than their debut. Whether on the bass-heavy open er 'Glide' or the beat-to-beat sounds of 'Cheesecake' and 'Bryan Brains', ECHT! confirms its taste for deep, dark beats pushed to the extreme. No one can remain indifferent. A more luminous universe is brought to the fore on the introspecti ve 'Vault-A' and 'Dawn In Duden' but at the core of 'Sink-Along', the common den ominator is a warm and organic groove, evident on the inventive 'Rouf-rouf' and 'Mtwk part2'. "For this album we wanted to make strong and opposite emotions coe xist a dark and intense apocalyptic tendency, and a life and dance impulse that runs through everything. A paradox that is reflected in the wordplay of the titl e 'Sink-Along'."

Releasing their debut EP 'DOUF' in 2019, the followi ng year, ECHT! finished third in Red Bull Elektropedia's 'Fresh on The Scene' ca tegory and the EP was nominated for 'Best EP'. ECHT! released three sublime live studio sessions titled the BREWmixes in 2021, which received support from taste makers including LEFTO, Worldwide FM and Belgian national radio station Studio B russel (StuBru). Their debut album 'INWANE' soon followed.

Echt means 'vrai de vrai' - 'true' or 'real' in brusseleir (Brabantian dialect of Brussels ). The name is a direct reference to the fact that their sound transmission is ' real', performed with conventional musical instruments as opposed to computer mu sic which the production might suggest. It also relates to the fact that none of the members of the band are originally from Brussels - bassist Federico Pecorar o is from Italy, keyboardist Dorian Dumont is from France and drummer Martin Mér eau and guitarist Florent Jeunieaux are both from the Mons region on Belgium.