- Echo Image
__NOTOC__Echo Image is a Norwegian
synthpop band. The band unofficially started in 1997 whenPål Magnus Rybom started experimenting with electronic music. Later that yearFredrik Hansen joined and Echo Image was officially formed withTrine Bilet joining towards the end of the year providing backing vocals and keyboards. Bilet is featured on the front cover of the Endless Day EP.In 1998, Echo Image recorded the Walkout EP, which was sold locally through a punk/prog label called Kvarts Musikk. Their musical style didn't really suit Kvarts, so in 2000 they signed to US synthpop label
A Different Drum . Around this timeLars Kristian Holt joined as live guitarist.The
2000 single "Need To Be Proud" was mixed byApoptygma Berzerk frontman Stephan Groth, who introduced them to the Norwegian label Hard:Drive. After releasing "Compuphonic" simultaneously on ADD and the now defunct Bloodline inEurope , they signed with Hard:Drive and released the Endless Day EP. Echo Image accompaniedApoptygma Berzerk on the Harmonizer tour in2002 .The
2001 Single "Skulk" was also featured in the dancing gamesDance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX 2 [ [http://www.ddrfreak.com/versions/songlist.php?mix=146 DDR Freak - Song Lists & Difficulties ] ] andDance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX 4 [ [http://zenius-i-vanisher.com/v3/ddrgamedb.php Zenius -I- vanisher.com ] ] (Konami Remix), both for theXBOX video-game system.The members of the band are currently
Pål Magnus Rybom ,Trine Bilet , andLars Kristian Holt ;Fredrik Hansen left the band in2004 , but is in contact with the band in regards to joining again.The band is rumored to be working on a second album, although the proposed 2006 time frame has passed.
Discography
Albums
# "Compuphonic" (
2001 )EPs
# "Walkout" (
1998 )
# "III EP" (1999 )Singles
# "Need To Be Proud" (
2000 )
# "Skulk" (2001 )
# "Standing Alone" (2001 )
# "Endless Day" (2002 )Remix Work
Echo Image have done remixes for a number of other bands. The mixes to date are :
#
Assemblage 23 - Document
#Count to Infinity - Popism
#Echoing Green - Heart With a View
#Echoing Green - The Story Of Our Lives
#Fairlight Children - Before You Came Along
#Goteki - Phuturist
#Sweep - Emptiness, Your Loneliness
#Tristraum - ShiverExternal links
* [http://www.echoimage.com Official site (displays again after a short absence, but with no updates)]
* [http://www.wegotguns.com hard:drive label site (no longer displays)]
* [http://artists.project-elektra.com/echoimage_ive.html Interview with Pål]
*References
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