Just 6 months after the release of their critically acclaimed debut album ‘Sunshadows’, The Echocentrics return with a new EP, ‘Echoland.’ The EP is a tribute to the inimitable hip-hop producer, Timbaland, featuring live instrumental (with one vocal tune) reinterpretations of classic Timbo tracks.
The Echocentrics is a project by Grammy award winning producer/musician Adrian Quesada, best known for his work with Grupo Fantasma, Brownout and Ocote Soul Sounds. DJ, tastemakers and good music fans alike raved over the now cult favorite debut album, released earlier this year. While writing the follow-up to ‘Sunshadows’ Quesada found himself occasionally hitting walls and struggling to make creative progress. The result was what began as a couple of “exercises” into dissecting the minimalistic genius of Timbaland to get the creative juices flowing and turned into a collection of songs, equal parts desert-psychedelia, late 60s soundtrack, funk and soul. Why Timbaland? Because he is a prodigy. And because the musical contradiction presented a challenge.
Brazilian chanteuse, Tita Lima, lends her sultry voice to a cover of Aaliyah’s “We Need A Resolution”, sang in Portuguese and the ubiquitous Todd Simon (Mayer Hawthorne, TVOTR) provides a horn arrangement for Jay Z’s “It’s Hot”. Recorded at Adrian Quesada’s Level One Studios in Austin, TX with some help from Spoon’s Jim Eno at Public Hi-Hi.
