Chris Eckman

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 -…

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…

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.

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…

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…

Interview about "Harney County" and the new Dirtmusic album in the French magazine: Abus Dangereux

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/  

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…

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…

The album "Soutak" which I produced and mixed for the Saharawi artist Aziza Brahim, reached #1 in March @ World Music Charts Europe.

             

A long interview in English at a Slovenian-based music website   http://www.rockobrobje.com/eckm_ie.html      

I wrote an essay for the new book "It's Not Only Rock And Roll: Sex, Drugs and the Philosophy of Rock" published in French and English by Intervalles Editions. Other contributors include: Wayne Coyne (Flaming Lips), Joey Burns (Calexico), John…