Unlimited Streaming
Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps
Start my trial period and start listening to this albumEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
SubscribeEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
Digital Download
Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
After the weary Lustra, Echobelly found themselves on the receiving end of negative press, corrupt accountants, and the frustrations of starting out on their own independent record label. But all is well in the unwell for the band's fourth album, with Sonya Aurora Madan sounding as progressively paranoid as ever -- in "Ondine," she sings "But this is the plastic age/The quiet rage is damned and civilised"; in "Digit," "There's no disease, the human race is digital/Pacified by fluoride, genetically modified" -- and the undercooked production catching and redirecting her stark rhymes without undermining their meaning. In fact, the open-aired, twilight hum that co-producer Ben Hillier creates goes some way to expand what was once Echobelly's unobstructed angst. "Kali Yuga" is exclamatory yet by no means overbearing. There's a relaxed hope in normally melancholic lines like "I'm dying, give me symphonies," with sketched out sonics recalling those summertime nights of pensive stargazing when a cold soda and the right tune could make you believe that no matter how tempting or attractive a sense of futility may be, it's lazy and destructive, and probably a religion for poets lacking imagination. In a sense, Echobelly are more bleak than ever before but with considerable more confidence. They've managed to ignore their ill fortune and suffer through the hecklers, and have -- in the best possible way -- given listeners a 54-minute soundtrack for the paper bag scene in American Beauty.
© Dean Carlson /TiVo
You are currently listening to samples.
Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.
Listen to this playlist and more than 100 million songs with our unlimited streaming plans.
From 12.49€/month
Echobelly, MainArtist - Sonya Madan, Composer, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Ben Hillier, Producer - Glenn Johansson, Composer, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Harmonica - Simon Robinson, Bass Guitar - BUCKS MUSIC GROUP LTD, MusicPublisher - Ken Campbell, Keyboards - Andy Henderson, Drums
(C) 2001 Fauve Music (P) 2001 Fauve Music
Echobelly, MainArtist - Sonya Madan, Composer, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Ben Hillier, Producer - Glenn Johansson, Composer, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Harmonica - Simon Robinson, Bass Guitar - BUCKS MUSIC GROUP LTD, MusicPublisher - Ken Campbell, Keyboards - Andy Henderson, Drums
(C) 2001 Fauve Music (P) 2001 Fauve Music
Echobelly, MainArtist - Sonya Madan, Composer, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Ben Hillier, Producer - Glenn Johansson, Composer, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Harmonica - Simon Robinson, Bass Guitar - BUCKS MUSIC GROUP LTD, MusicPublisher - Ken Campbell, Keyboards - Andy Henderson, Drums
(C) 2001 Fauve Music (P) 2001 Fauve Music
Echobelly, MainArtist - Sonya Madan, Composer, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Ben Hillier, Producer - Glenn Johansson, Composer, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Harmonica - Simon Robinson, Bass Guitar - BUCKS MUSIC GROUP LTD, MusicPublisher - Ken Campbell, Keyboards - Andy Henderson, Drums
(C) 2001 Fauve Music (P) 2001 Fauve Music
Echobelly, MainArtist - Sonya Madan, Composer, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Ben Hillier, Producer - Glenn Johansson, Composer, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Harmonica - Simon Robinson, Bass Guitar - BUCKS MUSIC GROUP LTD, MusicPublisher - Ken Campbell, Keyboards - Andy Henderson, Drums
(C) 2001 Fauve Music (P) 2001 Fauve Music
Echobelly, MainArtist - Sonya Madan, Composer, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Ben Hillier, Producer - Glenn Johansson, Composer, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Harmonica - Simon Robinson, Bass Guitar - BUCKS MUSIC GROUP LTD, MusicPublisher - Ken Campbell, Keyboards - Andy Henderson, Drums
(C) 2001 Fauve Music (P) 2001 Fauve Music
Echobelly, MainArtist - Sonya Madan, Composer, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Ben Hillier, Producer - Glenn Johansson, Composer, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Harmonica - Simon Robinson, Bass Guitar - BUCKS MUSIC GROUP LTD, MusicPublisher - Ken Campbell, Keyboards - Andy Henderson, Drums
(C) 2001 Fauve Music (P) 2001 Fauve Music
Echobelly, MainArtist - Sonya Madan, Composer, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Ben Hillier, Producer - Glenn Johansson, Composer, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Harmonica - Simon Robinson, Bass Guitar - BUCKS MUSIC GROUP LTD, MusicPublisher - Ken Campbell, Keyboards - Andy Henderson, Drums
(C) 2001 Fauve Music (P) 2001 Fauve Music
Echobelly, MainArtist - Sonya Madan, Composer, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Ben Hillier, Producer - Glenn Johansson, Composer, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Harmonica - Simon Robinson, Bass Guitar - BUCKS MUSIC GROUP LTD, MusicPublisher - Ken Campbell, Keyboards - Andy Henderson, Drums
(C) 2001 Fauve Music (P) 2001 Fauve Music
Echobelly, MainArtist - Sonya Madan, Composer, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Ben Hillier, Producer - Glenn Johansson, Composer, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Harmonica - Simon Robinson, Bass Guitar - BUCKS MUSIC GROUP LTD, MusicPublisher - Ken Campbell, Keyboards - Andy Henderson, Drums
(C) 2001 Fauve Music (P) 2001 Fauve Music
Echobelly, MainArtist - Sonya Madan, Composer, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Ben Hillier, Producer - Glenn Johansson, Composer, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Harmonica - Simon Robinson, Bass Guitar - BUCKS MUSIC GROUP LTD, MusicPublisher - Ken Campbell, Keyboards - Andy Henderson, Drums
(C) 2001 Fauve Music (P) 2001 Fauve Music
Album review
After the weary Lustra, Echobelly found themselves on the receiving end of negative press, corrupt accountants, and the frustrations of starting out on their own independent record label. But all is well in the unwell for the band's fourth album, with Sonya Aurora Madan sounding as progressively paranoid as ever -- in "Ondine," she sings "But this is the plastic age/The quiet rage is damned and civilised"; in "Digit," "There's no disease, the human race is digital/Pacified by fluoride, genetically modified" -- and the undercooked production catching and redirecting her stark rhymes without undermining their meaning. In fact, the open-aired, twilight hum that co-producer Ben Hillier creates goes some way to expand what was once Echobelly's unobstructed angst. "Kali Yuga" is exclamatory yet by no means overbearing. There's a relaxed hope in normally melancholic lines like "I'm dying, give me symphonies," with sketched out sonics recalling those summertime nights of pensive stargazing when a cold soda and the right tune could make you believe that no matter how tempting or attractive a sense of futility may be, it's lazy and destructive, and probably a religion for poets lacking imagination. In a sense, Echobelly are more bleak than ever before but with considerable more confidence. They've managed to ignore their ill fortune and suffer through the hecklers, and have -- in the best possible way -- given listeners a 54-minute soundtrack for the paper bag scene in American Beauty.
© Dean Carlson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:54:12
- Main artists: Echobelly
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: High Head Recordings
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
(C) 2001 Fauve Music (P) 2001 Fauve Music
Improve album information
Why buy on Qobuz...
-
Stream or download your music
Buy an album or an individual track. Or listen to our entire catalogue with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions.
-
Zero DRM
The downloaded files belong to you, without any usage limit. You can download them as many times as you like.
-
Choose the format best suited for you
Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF...) depending on your needs.
-
Listen to your purchases on our apps
Download the Qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go.