Echo Collective’s debut album of original material is out on October30. “The See Within” connects their past with the present, absorbingthe experience of collaboration to feed their own inventive beauty. “Wespent the last eight years creating music with amazing people, andlearning so much,” says Leiter. “And when you write your own music,you can’t help but bring those people with you.”In only a few years, Brussels-based Echo Collective have forged anenviable reputation in the post-classical world: sought out for theirinstrumental and arranging expertise by icons such as A WingedVictory For The Sullen and the late Jóhann Jóhannsson, or lendingtheir interpretative intuition to genres as diverse as alt.rock, synth-popand accomplishments as a springboard to a new, illuminating vision.From brief, singular themes to lengthier, shifting and questing episodes,this masterclass in composition, expression and techniquebridges intimacy and grandeur in line with the most rewarding ofpost-classical works.

“The See Within” is scored and composed for violin, viola, cello, harpand, in its first appearance on an album recording, the magneticresonator piano (MRP). “All sounds are acoustic, and produced in realtime,” explain co-founders Margaret Hermant (violin, harp) and NeilLeiter (viola). “No processing or post-production other than reverb.The acoustic element is Echo Collective’s identity. A natural sound.”It’s there in the name Echo Collective. “We’re a collective, with ourroots in classical music and structure, but we are, in a sense, ashadow of that world, or an echo, whilst projecting a future sound,”says Leiter. That sound has already debuted with ‘Wistful Breath’ –recorded after the album – appearing on 7K!’s recent compilationString Layers. But “The See Within” is where Echo Collective’s enviablereputation will enter a new dimension: not only trusted accomplicesand expert interpreters but visionary composers, looking within toproject a new chapter in the ongoing development of post-classicalmusic.

• 1. Inflection Point
• 2. The See Within
• 3. From Last Night's Rain
• 4. The Witching Hour
• 5. Glitch
• 6. Unknown Gates
• 7. Respire
• 8. First Brightening