Echoes

by Fire! Orchestra

Echoes cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 14 April 2023
  • Label: Stratford Ct.
  • Country: Sweden
  • Length: 1:50:06
  • Community rating: 3.81/5 from 9 ratings

Artists on this release: Niklas Barnö, Per Åke Holmlander, Daniel Gahrton, Mariam Wallentin, Amalie Stalheim, Lars Göran Ulander, Goran Kajfes, Andreas Röysum, Alberto Pinton, Alex Zethson, Joe McPhee, Maria Bertel, Sten Sandell, Mette Rasmussen, David Sandström, Susana Santos Silva, My Hellgren, Niklas Fite, Kjell Nordeson, Per “Texas” Johansson, Heida Mobeck, Mats Lindström, Thomas Öberg, Christer Bothén, Signe Krunderup Emmeluth, Juan Romero, Tobias Wiklund, Anna Lindal, Anna Högberg, Martin Hederos, Mats Äleklint, Reine Fiske, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Mats Gustafsson, Josefin Runsteen, Johan Berthling, Andreas Werliin, Julia Strzalek, Elsa Bergman, Dror Feiler, Isak Hedtjärn

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Assembled with a 43-piece ensemble, Fire! Orchestra’s ‘Echoes’ is a monumental double album that balances immense scale with surprising melodicism and nuance. The work is built around seven expansive, groove-centered pieces that blend symphonic free-jazz with progressive rock and global folk traditions, creating a cinematic sound anchored by a persistent rhythm section and a featured string quartet. While moments of volcanic, full-ensemble improvisation are present, the album's detailed production highlights a dynamic range that moves from textured, atmospheric passages and vocal features to explosive, high-energy instrumental statements.

Genres

Descriptors: syncopated, ritualistic, fusion, spirituality, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. ECHOES: I see your eye, part 1 (09:46)
  2. ECHOES: Forest without shadows (12:09)
  3. ECHOES: To gather it all. Once. (15:46)
  4. Sliding whisper of pain (03:48)
  5. ECHOES: Lost eyes in dying hand (13:57)
  6. Welcoming you. Drinking your dream. (03:34)
  7. ECHOES: A lost farewell (14:29)
  8. Nothing astray. All falling. (04:16)
  9. In those veins. A silvernet. (03:40)
  10. ECHOES: Cala Boca Menino (10:49)
  11. Double loneliness (02:08)
  12. Respirations (02:32)
  13. Not yet born. The blind courage of life. (05:47)
  14. ECHOES: I see your eye, part 2 (07:25)

Credits

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