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| 1. Tropic Of Unicorn . .1:56 2. Four Three. . . . . .4:02 3. The Time. . . . . . .3:54 4. Sunshine Briefly. . .2:04 5. Elizabethland . . . .1:34 6. The Quiet Ambient . .4:18 7. Song Of The See . . .3:37 8. Mexicola. . . . . . .5:26 9. Ghost Dirt. . . . . .3:38 10. Whistle . . . . . . .3:52 11. Echo Other. . . . . .5:32 12. Endless Highway . . .5:20 |
Conceived in 2000 as an experimental music outlet for Martin Kennedy, All India Radio has steadily evolved by combining genres such as ambient, lo-fi, world music, post-rock and electronic without being a slave to any one.
Often described as ‘cinematic,’ All India Radio play gentle downtempo pop songs that utilise piano, strings and samples and sits somewhere between Portishead, Massive Attack & Brian Eno. The band has been nominated for an Australian Music Industry ARIA Award, signed to legendary Chicago label Minty Fresh, toured the USA and worked with Australian music legends The Church's Steve Kilbey (who wrote the magical 'Under The Milky Way' rediscovered by the world in the hit movie 'Donnie Darko') and Graham Lee (The Triffids, KLF). They are also heavily involved in soundtrack work writing for US TV series One Tree Hill, Michael Moore’s hit film Sicko, Bondi Rescue, Canal Road and SBS TV’s Passionate Apprentices.
Here’s one to seek out. All India Radio are a Melbourne outfit that have been around for ages quietly making some of the most interesting and assured music in this city...The End Or Near could be Melbourne’s Unfinished Sympathy or Sour Times, it’s that good ~ Melbourne Magazine
Australian ambient pop outfit All India Radio make a bid for wider recognition in the Northern Hemisphere with their third album, signing with the estimable Chicago-based indie Minty Fresh. That's the only noticeable change on Echo Other, however: otherwise, this is a whole lot more of the same, and that's a good thing. Sounding like a mellower version of Boards of Canada, All India Radio (basically, multi-instrumentalist Martin Kennedy plus occasional guests) specialize in the dreamiest kind of dream pop, all floating sustained keyboard chords and downtempo beats, accented with folky acoustic and twangy, Ennio Morricone-style electric guitars and, rarely, female vocals mixed well into the background. (Indeed, the vocals on this album are a good example of Phil Spector's famous dictum that some instruments should be felt but not heard.) The 12 resulting tracks are that rarity: chillout music that actually rewards closer inspection. ~ by Stewart Mason, AMG
'Echo Other' is All India Radio's fourth studio album and the first since their warmly received and ARIA nominated 2003 self titled album. 'Echo Other' was produced by sound designer Byron Scullin whose previous credits include David Bridie (Not Drowning Waving), David Sylvian, High Pass Filter, Snog, Biftek, Music Vs Physics and the Wolf Creek soundtrack. This is the first time All India Radio have used an outside producer and Byron has created a spectacular sonic soundscape, blending the best elements of the band’s ambient sounds, textures and samples with the energy of traditional drums, bass, guitar overlayed with a smattering of ghostly voices.
Drawing similarities to Boards of Canada, All India Radio deliver a powerful edge as spectacular ambience takes over leaving only the Australian masterminds who collaborated on this album and your mind to perceive what it may. Echo Other is undeniably one of the most elegantly laid out and ethereal albums of the year. ~ Adapt magazine
They’re one Sophia Coppola film soundtrack away from being the next big thing on the softer side of electronica. The music is beautiful and organic with enough depth to keep coming back for multiple listening sessions...it’s a delicate and intriguing piece of work ~ Wonka Vision magazine
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