This is our contribution to a charity compilation of electronic music, raising money & awareness for Médecins Sans Frontières.
 
Médecins Sans Frontières - also known as ‘Doctors Without Borders’ - is an impartial, independent, and neutral organisation that provide medical and humanitarian aid wherever needed, across the globe.

With the current civil war in Syria, much of the media focus has been on the political aspects, often forgetting the tens of thousands of victims and refugees.  Médecins Sans Frontières, and their volunteers, are still on the ground in the region providing aid.

It is available on a 'pay what you choose' basis - you can download for free or any amount you decide at http://balkanvinyl.bandcamp.com, and we will donate here (and claim gift aid) on your behalf or you can go to http://www.justgiving.com/musicsansfrontiers and donate directly (and also leave a message if you wish).
 
All profits go directly to MSF. All of the artists have contributed their music for free.
Although Balkan Vinyl usually concentrate on physical releases, this compilation is entirely digital to ensure as much money as possible goes to charity.

Music Sans Frontiers (English spelling of ‘Frontiers’ deliberate) was chosen as the name, as the compilation does not stick to one genre of music (unlike the ‘Acid Relief’ compilation in 2011, which focussed mainly on TB303-led music) and instead we asked the artists to contribute tracks with no restrictions on style.

Tact Switch

This is the lead single from the FORM | FUNCTION EP released on 17th Feb via Just Music.

The EP includes a remix from Arkist plus the tracks 'Sub Ray' and 'Test Exposure'.

For full details on this and to pre-order our new album 'Origin' head across to the Just Music site: http://www.justmusic.co.uk/artists/echaskech/

We hope you enjoy the tune!

Form | Function

Buy the Album

The next single from our album 'Origin'. Out on an EP via Just Music in July with some cracking remixes that have been picking up plays on BBC 6 Music - something that always brings a smile to our faces...so great to get support from our favourite music station :-)

Check out the video for the single here: http://www.thefourohfive.com/tv/echaskech-sovereign-system-140  

Look out for a bandcamp release soon featuring mastered versions of  runners up from the our recent remix competition too!

Sovereign System Just Music EP remix details follow:

Sovereign System (submerse Remix)

Featuring the superb remix by submerse, an esteemed producer with a distinct and recognisable sound that traverses beats, instrumental hip-hop and electronica. Amidst a plenitude of productions, submerse has seen support emerge from influential media titans such as Pitchfork, FACT Magazine, XLR8R, BBC and has played prestigious events such as Sonar Sound Tokyo, Low End Theory and Boiler Room.

Sovereign System (Krimson Remix)

The second remix of Sovereign System comes courtesy of Krimson, the winner of Echaskech’s recent remix competition. A French, self-taught producer and multi-instrumentalist with a penchant for classes house sounds, Krimson recently had his independent release ‘Hot-shot’ featured on Diplo and Friends on BBC Radio1 Xtra, resulting in a deal with L.A. based label Perfect Driver, for a release date sometime summer 2014.

Telomere (Magic Panda Remix)

Magic Panda, aka Jamie Robson, is a lo-fi electronic music producer from the distant and mystic hinterland of Norfolk, UK, specialising in melancholic, ethereal soundscapes and uplifting fairy tale anthems. 2011-13 has seen Magic Panda developing his live set up and enjoying high profile support slots with the likes of Luke Abbott, Ricardo Tobar, The Portico Quartet, Mount Kimbie and DMX Krew as well as playing his own shows in Madrid, Holland and Belgium.

Voyager (Seyr Remix)

The final EP track is another remix, this time of album track “Voyager” and coming from Seyr, a new electronic duo hailing from the south of England. The pair have been working on their first collection of tracks entitled “Nights Without.”







Origin

Sovereign System

A little mix to showcase a few tracks we love alongside releases from our Sovereign System EP & Sovereign Sequence (remixes) EP.

Sovereign System EP:

http://www.justmusic.co.uk/store/TAOS055/echaskech-sovereign-system-ep/

Sovereign Sequence EP:

https://echaskech.bandcamp.com/

Check out the Sovereign System video here: http://vimeo.com/99830626

Marsen Jules - Beautyfear VII (Echaskech Edit)
Ø - Otava
Echaskech - Sovereign System (submerse Remix)
Christoph Berg - Interlude
Donnato Dozzy & Neul - Aqua 2
Deepchord - Lotus Leaves
Plaster - Alight to Earth
Good Weather For An Airstrike - Theta Waves
Glitterbug - Far Far Light
Kassem Mosse - Untitled
Stl - Silent State
Echaskech -  Form | Function (Xspance Remix)



Sovereign Sequence Mix

Jettison towards the North Star with this sci-fi remix selection of ‘Polaris’, a track taken from Octavcat’s album KP Index (VLSI18).

Thailand’s Chalo steps up to twist space & time.

Get it all here:

https://octavcat.bandcamp.com/album/polaris-ep
https://octavcat.bandcamp.com/album/kp-index



Polaris composed and produced by Octavcat
Mastered by Crimson Sun Audio

Additional Space Travel:

Chalo : www.instagram.com/chal0909/
NeuteK : www.facebook.com/neutekmusic
Echaskech : www.instagram.com/echaskechband/
BUNKR: www.instagram.com/bunkr303/

Octavcat - Polaris (Chalo Sci - Fi Remix)

Part of a truly monstrous compilation in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support - this track is one of 255!! Including contributions from FSOL, Autechre, Arovane, Plaid, Orbital and many many more. Just £12 or more bags you all the tracks from the touched bandcamp link below.

We teamed up with XSPANCE to provide a slow motion new version of Sovereign System. Enjoy the compilation!

https://touched.bandcamp.com/album/touched-two



Echaskech Vs XSPANCE - Sovereign System

A brand new Echaskech track donated in aid of Nepal quake victims. But this only works if you follow the link below and donate. In return, a fantastic album including Mark Broom, B12, Luke Vibert, Hrdvsion, White Lodge and Posthuman.

https://balkanvinyl.bandcamp.com/album/mountain-electrics

Echaskech - Overnight Sleeper

30 minutes of 303 infused goodness in the mix - we pulled this together for Posthuman and their I LOVE ACID radio show on SUB.FM. 

You can check out the full show over on Mixcloud: 

https://www.mixcloud.com/ILoveAcidRadio/i-love-acid-radio-dec-3rd-2015-with-posthuman-echaskech/

ILA RADIO Echaskech Mix

From the EP 'Certainty of Tides' available at bandcamp:

https://echaskech.bandcamp.com/album/certainty-of-tides-ep

Certainty of Tides EP

Kochan

Echaskech - Kochan

Taken from from the EP 'Certainty of Tides' - available now at bandcamp:

echaskech.bandcamp.com/album/certainty-of-tides-ep

Certainty of Tides

Equal Eye

Equal Eye - Certainty Of Tides EP

Goldierocks and The British Council were kind enough to let us loose with a mix on their Selector After Dark show - featuring some of our favourite current tracks. Hope you enjoy it!

More on The Selector here: 

https://www.facebook.com/SelectorRadio.BritishCouncil/

Tracklisting:

Chris Carter - Moonlight - NDB Remix (Optimo Music)
Sordid Sound System - Dub Masquerade (Invisible Inc)
33.10.3402 - Syg (Second Circle)
Diamondstein - Conversations (Dream Catalogue)
Mikron - Out of Body (Central Processing Unit)
Roman Flugel - Stuffy (Dial)
Dorisburgh - Cirkla (Hivern Discs)
Etch - Untitled Hardcore #2 (Sneaker Social Club)
Echaskech - Kochan (Bandcamp release)
 

Goldierocks Mix

Passionate words delivered by, and used with kind permission of, Cristopher7 and his vlog here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC71LM1_54Kg229jCZ99h8_A
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Echaskech - The Knowledge

Releases January 27, 2017 

https://echaskech.bandcamp.com/album/twich-ep

Mastering: Christopher Leary at Melograf Mastering melograf.com 

Artwork : Natalie Nicklin

Twich EP

Emperor's New Clones - Twich EP

Shatterproof

Redeploy

Paper Scissors

Scanners

Telomere

Ash Fallen

The Calm

Sovereign System (submerse Remix)

Metic

Recorded live on Sept 11th 2017 supporting James Yuill


VLSI Records
Just Music

Echaskech Live @ Sebright Arms 2017

Composed for the Cities and Memory project, this piece is based around field recordings made from a walk deep into the ancient forests of Yakushima, Japan. 

The project requests field recordings of a particular place, then a reimagined version of those field recordings in any style you wish. In this instance the recordings capture nature and bird calls from the lush subtropical forest alongside the sound of our car tyres beating a path down from the mountainous forest.

For the reimagined piece shards of electronic modulations mimic the bird calls but also convey a sense of the impressive intensity of natural growth and activity in the forest. Lore has it that the Japanese believed the gods lived in this forest - something easy to imagine when you are there. Brooding pads and an otherworldly melody are added in attempt to convey this.  Modern electronics are juxtaposed with the ancient reality of the forest - similar to the sound of the car against the natural forest sounds and a reminder that whilst modernity has encroached upon and destroyed such habitats, the two can also live in side by side.

https://citiesandmemory.com/

"Cities and Memory is a global field recording & sound art project that presents both the present reality of a place, but also its imagined, alternative counterpart – remixing the world, one sound at at time."

Echaskech - Gods of Yakushima

A clip from our remix of Max Coopers' Chaotisch Serie - out on Traum,  Nov 17th 2010 as part 2 of the Expressions EP alongside cracking work from Max, Ryan Davies, Maetrik and Mark Marzenit...http://www.maxcooper.net/

Max Cooper - Chaotisch Serie (Echaskech Mix) - Clip

Some 15 years or so ago we produced drum and bass under the ill advised name of 'Juicy Boot' (don't ask - still no idea). We plugged away at making a melodic style of d&b that was big at the time. Our set up sat in the corner of a flat on Cally Road, then a garage in Hackney. It consisted of old hifi speakers, a Kawai K4 synth, a Novation bass station and a PC running Cakewalk with zero plug ins. Having cobbled a few tunes together that we thought would BLOW BUKEM'S MIND, we touted them anywhere we could from doorstepping Fabio at Kiss FM to hand him a DAT to responding to ads in Loot. Eventually a nice chap called Martin got in touch saying he wanted to release our stuff on his 'Straight and Narrow' imprint. A white label was pressed up and the rest wasn't history - although we did hear our tunes played out on pirates and got to DJ alongside a few d&b luminaries along the way....good times!   

Digging into the Echaskech vinyl vaults the other day revealed the long forgotten vinyl.....this is from the B side of that release complete with comments added for your amusement and entertainment....

Juicy Boot - B2

A promo for The Initiation Well Remixed - out now on VLSI Records.

Artwork by https://magictorch.com/

Mastered by Loz Grover: https://www.facebook.com/crimsonsunaudio/

For the full tracks and to buy please head to bandcamp:

https://bunkr-music.bandcamp.com/album/the-initiation-well-remixed

Tracklist:

1. For The Birds (Digitonal OTNS Mix)@digitonal
2. Solitary Drift (Fujiya & Miyagi Remix)@Fujiya&Miyagi
3. Solar Wings (Octavcat Remix)@octavcat
4. Left For Dust (preston.outatime remix)
5. The Initiation Well (Jonathan Krisp Remix)@jonathankrisp
6. East Of Eden (Lextron Remix)
7. Docking Procedure (Infinite Scale Remix)@infinitescale
8. Left For Dust (Echaskech Remix)

BUNKR released his debut album The Initiation Well earlier in 2019 on the VLSI label. 

Operating on the hazy peripherals of 'dance' music utilizing the familiar concepts and components of techno, electronica and ambient BUNKR enslaved dust-coated synthesizers, dilapidated drum machines and rusted FX boxes to produce “a brilliantly diverse collection of nine finely-crafted electronic opuses” (Furtherdot.com).

And now, thanks to a bunch of like-minded sonic explorers, we make another journey into the depths of the fabled Initiation Well with eight remixes which seek to uncover the purpose behind this mythical place.

BUNKR - The Initiation Well Remixed Promo

Available on The Ambient Zone compilation on Just Music via the link below and all the usual digital outlets!

http://www.justmusic.co.uk/store/TAO050/various-artists-the-ambient-zone-just-music-cafe-vol-4/

The Ambient Zone Just Music Cafe Vol 4

Little Rays

DOWNLOAD NOW

Available as part of an excellent compilation from The Centrifuge including tracks from Mathew Collings, Roel Funcken, Rival Consoles, BJ Cole vs Myoptik and many more.

Go here, name your price and grab it!

http://thecentrifuge.bandcamp.com/album/cf501-moments-of-inertia-compilation

And check out other Centrifuge goodness here:

http://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk

Echaskech - Dehisce

A more drone than usual ambient piece from us for Sequence 2 compilation. Part of a series of huge, high quality free compilations from the Futuresequence blog and netlabel:

http://futuresequence.bandcamp.com/album/sequence2

Check out more Futuresequence here:

http://futuresequence.bandcamp.com/

and here:

http://futuresequence.com/

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