the fine fine echomusic label, run by one yiorgis sakellariou (aka: mecha/orga), is now officially a netlabel. Changing with the times, yiorgis decided this was the way to go for now, feeling he could better serve the music through the vast information avenues we now call the internet. Gone are the cdr editions, hello mp3, flac and wav. All downloads are free.

echomusic information hotspots:
http://echomusicrecordings.wordpress.com/
http://echomusicrecordings.bandcamp.com/
http://soundcloud.com/echomusicrecordings

now for their first net release,

which is an album from Strotter Inst. (swiss-born Christoph Hess) who creates music through the use of old, modified Lenco turntables, the sounds of which he conjures and manipulates. His music is electric and repetitive, but at the same time presents a mechanistic, fuzzy, unclean and unstable sound. His echomusic release, Widerhall, is a compilation of live recordings that took place between March and June 2010, during the tour of Strotter Inst. in the United States.

more about this release, and links to .wav downloads, here

Tags: christoph hess, echomusic, strotter inst.

v/a – knot
ec17. cdr, 99 copies

a selection of performances that took place in Knot Gallery, in Athens, between February and June 2010:

Christos Papakonstantinou, April 10
Mano Plizzi, May 8
Alex McKinnon, April 10
Lunar Miasma, March 12
Ksymensemble, May 15
Nikos Kyriazopoulos, May 15
ΔΔ, February 2
Seul A 3, April 11
4-6 People, March 7
The Future Sessions, May 28
Laptopless, May 15
Old Fashioned Donkeys, June 11
Fun With Nuns, May 22
Stylianos Tziritas Unit, June 11

http://www.echomusic.gr/
http://knotarts.blogspot.com/

Tags: 4-6 people, alex mackinnon, christos papakonstantinou, echomusic, fun with nuns, knot gallery, ksymensemble, laptopless, lunar miasma, mano plizzi, nikos kyriazopoulos, old fashioned donkeys, seul a 3, stylianos tziritas unit, the future sessions, ΔΔ

40:49
cdr edition | echomusic

Field recordings originally made in abeliona village, peloponnese. Manipulation, edits and composition by yiorgis sakellariou, summer of 2010

more:
http://echomusic.gr/releases/ec18_40_49.html

27:36
online release on the Green Field Recordings net label

Yiorgis Sakellariou was an artist-in-residency at the Polymer Culture Factory, in Tallin, from August 16 to September 8 2010. In that time he made enviromental recordings in Tallin, in Tartu (Estonia) and Riga (Latvia). Selected sounds were used in an audio collage, without the use of filters or any kind of digital treatment.

Green Field Recordings:
http://greenfieldrecordings.yolasite.com/

listen:
http://greenfieldrecordings.yolasite.com/audio.php

download (mp3-320kbps):
http://www.archive.org/details/Mechaorga-2736gfr014

Tags: echomusic, estonia, green field recordings, mecha/orga

francisco merino
“anthems for unsuccessful winners”

following on his duo disc with kiko c. esseiva from 2009 (see post here), echomusic releases merino’s solo disc. described as a work that finds beauty in “recording what is not supposed to be : gear failures, death of a PA system, electro-static noise”. building something out of nothing, using the wonders of digital technology for maximum exposure.

more here

Tags: echomusic, francisco meirino

three new cdr editions from echomusic, this has started to look like a very prolific year for some labels around here. this batch contains a small-run reissue of a recording by al margolis’ ‘if, bwana‘ project, that according to the info at hand involves some serious composition (106.476 clarinets manipulated in order to compose one static, rumbly, dark and deep track? damn…) next there is a disc of electroacoustic music by francisco meirino & kiko c. esseiva, i’ve been wanting to check out esseiva’s work for some time now and this disc (and a solo one pretty soon i’ve heard), makes it so much easier. last but not least is one by nokalypse, aka themistoklis pantelopoulos, aka the buzz of the town in athens in the areas close to drone-noisy-computer music. rumour has it that he kicked ass in a support slot for tim hecker a week ago, but since i wasn’t in athens to witness this, i’ll make do with the cdr.

keep ‘em coming

http://www.echomusic.gr/

Tags: echomusic

echomusic is the cdr label run by yiorgis sakellariou (mecha/orga). it speciallizes in electonic music & synthesis, as well as field-recording based works. its latest (march ’09) releases are:

mecha/orga “50:01” cdr

“50:01″ is the 7th release of Mecha/Orga. In this CD-R, Yiorgis Sakellariou continues to use numeric naming and in all three tracks there is an exclusive use of field recordings. The pieces were performed in real time with the use of the Audiomulch software and a midi controller.

marinos koutsomichalis – cHro(m)A cdr

cHro(m)A deals with static music, sustained sounds, immobility and non causality. cHro(m)A deals only w/ found sounds on their pure form, no editing or other kind of “compositional” treatment takes place, other than the choice of the recording equipment and the final “selection” of what will be released

previous releases on the label include titles by as11, adam_is, trypanosoma, mecha/orga & others
label site

Tags: echomusic, mecha/orga