This is one I didn't see coming. Though I have known this for a couple of days, today I can announce that my solo album "Where the Spirit Rests" is one of the ten winners of the 2021 "German Record…
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May 7 2021
Bandcamp presale & video for new solo album "Where the Spirit Rests"
Today we launched the pre-sale for my new solo album via Bandcamp. The album will be available via Glitterhouse (Europe) and Drums & Wires (North America). It will be out on June 4th. You can order the LP / CD…
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Apr 10 2021
NEW SOLO SONG: "Early Snow"
Here is the image video for my new song "Early Snow":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eLvPeDtBfc
This was the first song I finished writing for the upcoming solo album - almost exactly a year ago. Alastair McNeill joins me on analog synth…
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Dec 9 2018
2018 Album Releases
After a few years of not making any new music, things got a little bit carried away. The 2018 discography:
Dirtmusic - Bu Bir Rya
The Strange - Echo Chamber
Distance, Light & Sky - Gold Coast
Katalena -…
Jul 3 2015
Near in the Distance 2
I was part of an unforgettable performance put together by my good friend Rupert Huber (from Tosca and L/O/N/G) and the visionary folks at net:art. Rupert, Richard Dorfmeister and drummer Maria Petrova played in front of an audience in Vienna…Read more
May 18 2015
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba: BA POWER
I produced the latest album for Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba. We recorded it in Bamako, Mali in November and I mixed it at Studio Zuma in Ljubljana.
Nov 25 2014
Distance, Light & Sky debut album is out!
Distance, Light & Sky is a new band I have with Chantal Acda & Eric Thielemans. The album was recorded and mixed by Phill Brown (Talk Talk/ Beth Gibbons/ Bob Marley) and was just released by Glitterhouse Records. We will…Read more
Aug 12 2014
Glitterhouse releases Walkabouts reissues
Deluxe Reissues of their 1996 and 1997 classics with re-worked and extended artwork plus a bonus CD containing five unreleased tracks of that period. Comes in a multifold digipak with 16 page booklet and as a two-LP set (180 gram…Read more
Apr 15 2014
Interview in Abus Dangereux (FR)
Interview about "Harney County" and the new Dirtmusic album in the French magazine: Abus Dangereux
Apr 14 2014
"Artists On Albums" piece for DOA
I wrote an piece for the DOA website about the influence of the Eno/Byrne album "My Life in the Bush Of Ghosts" on my listening and musical path.
http://www.adequacy.net/2014/04/artists-on-albums-aoa40-chris-eckman-on-my-life-in-the-bush-of-ghosts/
Apr 14 2014
Dirtmusic's new album "Lion City" is out!
UNCUT (UK):
"Global fusion at its most democratic and exhilarating"
MUSIC OMH (UK): ****
"Lion City is a strong, viscerally stirring album and a true highlight of intercultural awareness in the contemporary music climate."
WONDERING SOUND (UK):
"Like Troubles, Lion…Read more
"Global fusion at its most democratic and exhilarating"
MUSIC OMH (UK): ****
"Lion City is a strong, viscerally stirring album and a true highlight of intercultural awareness in the contemporary music climate."
WONDERING SOUND (UK):
"Like Troubles, Lion…Read more
Mar 8 2014
Andrea Schroeder: Where The Wild Oceans End
Andrea Schroeder's album "Where the Wild Oceans End" has received rave reviews all over Europe. I produced and mixed the album and we recorded it at the famed Hansa Studios in Berlin and the gorgeous Ocean Sound Recordings in Giske…Read more