Chris Eckman

The album "Soutak" which I produced and mixed for the Saharawi artist Aziza Brahim, reached #1 in March @ World Music Charts Europe.

             

A long interview in English at a Slovenian-based music website   http://www.rockobrobje.com/eckm_ie.html      

I wrote an essay for the new book "It's Not Only Rock And Roll: Sex, Drugs and the Philosophy of Rock" published in French and English by Intervalles Editions. Other contributors include: Wayne Coyne (Flaming Lips), Joey Burns (Calexico), John…

My new solo album "Harney County" hit the streets on December 6th. You can get it digitally @ iTunes, Amazon and emusic and physically in Europe through inderpendent record shops, Glitterhouse Records mailorder & others.
http://label.glitterhouse.com/releases.php?show=183
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I will be speaking at the Fountain Street Church in Grand Rapids Michigan on Sunday, November 17th. The lecture is entitled "Crossing Boundaries: Seeing the World Through Music" and I will focus on the music communities I have intersected with…

I gave a long interview about my experiences as a producer to the SAE Magazine published by the School of Audio Engineering. I teach part-time at their Ljubljana campus.
http://alumni.sae.edu/wp-content/magazin/2013_03/#/52

The lead-off track from my solo album "Harney County" is streaming on Soundcloud.
https://soundcloud.com/chriseckmanmusic/nothing-left-to-hate
   

The new album by the Saharan band Tamikrest is out on Glitterbeat Records. This is the third album I have produced and mixed for the band. Time Out (London) writes: "distorted blues rock and traditional Saharan music with a rare…

My new solo album "Harney County" will be released on December 6th by Glitterhouse Records. 
Read more about the album...
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This beautifully sleeved CD is out on July 1st via Fear of Speed. The music is excerpts of a soundtrack that I did for the Maja Weiss TV film: "Hidden Memories of Angela Vode". The instrumentation is a string trio…

The third Dirtmusic album "Troubles" is out on Glitterbeat Records. Recorded in Mali in September 2012 the album features sounds and voices from a wonderful cast of collaboraters: Ben Zabo & band, Samba Toure, Zoumana Tereta, Aminata Wassidje Traore and…

3/23/2013: Two projects that I worked on over the summer have Just been released: the My Buddy Moose album Shine! Shine! Shine! which I produced and mixed came out a month ago and has been getting amazing reviews in the…