Echostar | ja

This is another project of Martha Schwendener, formerly of the lauded New York indie-electronic band Bowery Electric. The project debuted in 2003, with the release of Sola. Echostar creates a new space and sound for herself which is simultaneously lo-fi and hi-tech. Less break-beat driven than BE, "Sola" is a lush combination of breathy vocals, atmospheric sounds, and deep four-on-the-floor beats--an exercise in laptop soul that builds upon the soothing, spaced-out canvas of her previous band. In the mid-to-late '90s Bowery Electric straddled the divide between electronic music and indie rock, mainly by leavening the former with dollops of My...

Mandroid Echostar is a 6 piece progressive metal band from Guelph, Ontario. The band was formed in the summer of 2010 by bassist Adam Richards, guitarist Sam Pattison, and drummer Matt H-K. Over the course of the next year they filled out their line up with the addition of guitarist/keyboardist James Krul, guitarist Stephen Richards and vocalist Michael Ciccia. By the winter of 2011 Mandroid were finished writing their debut EP and were ready to record. They chose a studio close to home, Sundown Studios, owned and operated by Jordan Valeriote (Dead and Divine, Silverstein, Structures) who engineered, mixed and...