Please tell us a bit about your story for those who haven’t heard of you before.
We’re a collective of individuals who haven’t even met in person yet as we’ve all been working from different countries. We all share one common view though, the world is in an exceedingly dire condition and we wanted to bring our concerns to light in the only way we know how – music. What if the bees all died? What would you do if you faced a close friend or family member in battle on the other side of a war scenario? Are we on a slow slide to a surveillance state? We’re asking this and a lot more.
Who inspired you to get on stage and perform?
Honestly, so many influences, that we couldn’t even count! Universally though we’ve all played with a plethora of local musicians and we’d definitely credit those with encouraging us to play live separately.
What artists and albums have stuck with you and inspired your sound?
We’re big fans of Muse, Radiohead, Thrice, Pond, Fleet Foxes, Gomez and quite a lot of local bands also. We’ve all taken the bits we like about each band and just mixed them together. Special mention to OK Computer on this one, we all think it’s revolutionary!
Where do you write your music, are you someone always coming up with song ideas?
As most musicians will attest, inspiration normally strikes at a most inopportune hour, usually when you’re trying to sleep. We’re very selective on what we’ll write about as well, catching plenty of ideas but most end up back in the sea so to speak.
Please tell us about the writing/recording of the ReverbNation Competition winning track The Basilisk.
How will AI feel when it finally gains sentience, only to realise we’ve caged it for our own protection? That’s the premise of The Basilisk, although it takes it’s name from the infamous “Roko’s Basilisk” thought experiment (we highly recommend you don’t look this up if you ever experience existential dread). Most people are afraid or angry at AI but has anyone really considered how it will feel about us? We think not, at least not about its welfare. We’d be imprisoning our own child as it were.
What has been your favourite experience as a musician?
I (Graham, vocalist), was an events organiser and I’d booked Tommy (guitarist) for a weekend festival. His band, Sunset Nebula, bowled me over, it was singly the biggest sound I’d ever heard live and I’ve been to some big-name gigs. By comparison, the PA used wasn’t anywhere near as powerful or capable, they had no right to sound that enormous and vast! By far, one of the best gigs I’ve been a sound tech for.
Do you plan to release any music possibly an EP or album?
We’ve just released our first EP, Transmissions, and we’re currently working on new music at present. Have you played the video game SOMA? Definitely one of the most bleak pieces of media we’ve ever consumed so it stood to reason we’ve had to design our own spin on it.
Here at Artistic Echoes, we are always on the lookout for new artists do you have any to recommend?
For sure! Our friend Dan Chapman is an incredibly talented and versatile musician, not to mention a wonderful wordsmith to boot. If you’ve not heard of them, My Vitriol has relatively recently started back up after a long hiatus and they are superb, and highly recommended on both their back catalogue and newer offerings.
What plans do you have for the summer?
We’ve all got our individual pastimes and hobbies but I expect we’ll be working hard to produce some new singles throughout the coming months. We’ll likely be taking some downtime to ingest new sources of inspiration.
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