{"id":6448,"date":"2017-03-10T06:07:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T06:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/03\/10\/echotest-feat-bass-virtuoso-julie-slick-to-release-new-concept-album-from-two-balconies\/"},"modified":"2017-03-10T06:07:42","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T06:07:42","slug":"echotest-feat-bass-virtuoso-julie-slick-to-release-new-concept-album-from-two-balconies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2017\/03\/10\/echotest-feat-bass-virtuoso-julie-slick-to-release-new-concept-album-from-two-balconies\/","title":{"rendered":"EchoTest Feat. Bass Virtuoso Julie Slick To Release New Concept Album \u201cFrom Two Balconies\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"


Bassists Julie Slick (Adrian Belew Power Trio, Crimson ProjeKct) and Marco Machera are proudly presenting a new EchoTest album, exploring new heights in this bassist collaboration with their third release: \u201cFrom Two Balconies\u201d. Displaying an even higher production value, a new member (drummer Alessandro Inolti), many more guests (Pat Mastelotto, Tim Motzer, Ali Wadsworth, Ian Gray, Greg Rosen, and Sarah Anderson), the record is a departure from the heavily instrumental and bass-dominated \u201cFourth Dementia\u201d (2014) and \u201cLe Fil Rouge\u201d (2015). It features lead vocals on 7 out of 10 tracks – Marco takes this role on a few songs, but he also shares this job with Mike Visser (Imaginary Tricks) and Claire Wadsworth. The result is a modern-sounding, yet classic record that defies genres, showcasing music that is truly progressive in nature. Featuring artwork by the legendary Derek Riggs.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom two Balconies’ chronicles a contemporary tragedy, the resulting resonance of characters in a tempestuous tormented limbo.\u201d – Julie Slick<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not what you would expect from EchoTest after an album like ‘Le Fil Rouge’. There’s obviously a common thread in all of our music – but we naturally set new goals and redefine ourselves with every new effort.\u201d – Marco Machera<\/p>\n

Julie Slick is a virtuoso bassist and composer known for her wide array of unique tones and substantial melodic invention. Throughout her career, she has developed a distinctive voice through international performances and recording with acclaimed first class musicians in both the progressive rock and jazz communities (with the Adrian Belew Power Trio, Crimson ProjeKct, EchoTest, R_M_S, Motzer Slick Ti, PAPER CAT, and Springs).<\/p>\n

Says Julie, \u201cWe originally had the idea to use the title after Marco explained to me the Italian expression ‘Fuori come un balcone’, which means ‘out like a balcony’ or ‘you’re crazy!’ We tend to get in this manic, highly productive, highly hilarious place when are together, so this seemed to suit our third release… but then the album was written during a very in-limbo, purgatorial period in my life, and I actually still live nowhere, so the music has this feeling, this sense of being strewn out quite literally between two balconies.\u201d<\/p>\n

EchoTest are:<\/p>\n

Julie Slick – bass VI, drum programs
Marco Machera – bass V, vocals
Alessandro Inolti – drums<\/p>\n

Featuring:<\/p>\n

Pat Mastelotto – drums (track 3, 5)
Tim Motzer – guitar (tracks 1, 3, 5, 10)
Ian Gray – trombone (track 1, 6)
Greg Rosen – trumpet (track 1, 6)
Zach Lopresti – guitar (track 1)
Mike Visser – vocals (tracks 1, 2, 6), guitar (track 8)
Ali Wadsworth – vocals (tracks 3, 6, 8, 10)
Sarah \u201cflossy\u201d Anderson – violin (track 6)
Claire Wadsworth – vocals, piano (track 8)
Gary Slick – vocals (track 9)<\/p>\n

Produced by EchoTest and mixed by Todd Mecaughey at Cambridge Sound studios in Philadelphia<\/p>\n

To purchase EchoTest’s \u201cFrom Two Balconies\u201d: https:\/\/julieslick.bandcamp.co m\/album\/from-two-balconies<\/p>\n

Videos:
EchoTest Official Music Video for \u201cSupercell\u201d:
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch? v=bq7ShX_M6uY&feature=youtu.be<\/p>\n

EchoTest \u201cThe Plight\u201d Album Release 2k17 (New live video featuring four different venues from the tour):
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch? v=2-G5H3rL2n0&feature=youtu.be<\/p>\n

For more information:
Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/slick machera\/<\/p>\n

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Source: http:\/\/julieslick.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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