Featuring Theo Travis - Sonic synesthesia: ambient/jazz/improvisation/electronica with teeth

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TRACKS:

1. the salty sun [10:26]

2. new zoology (part 1 & 2) [15:31]

3. flutes that multiply [8:09]

4. crystal contractions [10:03]

5. sponges of glass [7:55]

6. blind snails sniﬃng in pairs [8:01]

7. constellation of birds [7:56]

CREDITS:

Daniel Biro: keyboards

Adrian Newton: beats

Rob Palmer: guitar/octaver/loops

Theo Travis: sax/flute/loops

All music by Echo Engine

Recorded live at Soundcellar on 20th march 2025

Recording and editing: Adrian Newton

Mastering: Daniel Biro

Image: Daniel Biro

Produced by Echo Engine

The Echo Engine outfit, featuring special guest Theo Travis, return with collection of original spontaneous instrumental compositions taken from a live performance at Bournemouth’s Soundcellar venue in March 2025.

The regular trio of Daniel Biro (keyboards), Rob Palmer (guitar) and Adrian Newton (beats) is augmented with the magnificent Theo Travis (Soft Machine, David Gilmour, Steven Wilson) on sax and flute. As on their previous two albums Windjammer (also with Travis) and Be Here Now, Echo Engine oﬀer an intricate and emotionally charged cornucopia of layered exploratory sounds, loops, grooves and melodies, that defy the notion that everything was improvised during the concert with no prior rehearsals.

Reacting to and making space for each other, the musicians fuse into continuously evolving electro-textures while also allowing for individual solos and instrumental dialogues.

The track titles were inspired by Dadaist poet Tristan Tzara’s stream of consciousness word associations that somehow reflect Echo Engine’s in-the-moment and out-of-the-box musical inventions.

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