There are at least twelve artists using the name Echo.

There is
… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least twelve artists using the name Echo.

There is
- a Taiwanese indie pop band (回聲樂團);
- a China Mainland pop band (see below);
- a Swiss folk band with the name written as 'eCHo';
- an electronic group from the United States (see below);
- a Japanese hardcore band;
- a French electronic producer, (see below);
- a Hungarian pop band from the 70s;
-shoegaze indie artist with an album titled “adjust”
- a guitar-based 5-piece from Bad Segeberg in Germany (who recorded the three 'demo' tracks here);
- a hip hop group from Poland;
- a metal band from Israel and also an alternative rapper from Israel
- a Drum & Bass producer and DJ from the U.S.A. (San Francisco).
- a Romanian Progressive Rock group.

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The Chinese Mainland pop band, echo, started their career as indie band in Wuhan, and released the debut album "Echo" in 2007. The theme song from 'New Shanghai (新上海滩)' - 歌未央 (ge1 wei2 yang1, The Song not Ended) hits the public and makes them first known.

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Echo, a project from producers/multi instrumentalists JOY ASKEW & TAKUYA NAKAMURA, a seductive fusion of tradicional vocal jazz and downtempo electronic grooves.

On their eponymous debut, the New York duo puts a mesmerizing stamp on carefully-chosen jazz standards, as well as captivating originals. Echo was born from NYC's live drum & bass scene. Askew initially discovered Nakamura playing trumpet and keyboards at the SoHo nightclub Shine's popular party "Prohibited Beatz". The rotating live line-up of DJs, MCs, and diverse musicians inspired Askew instantly, because it reminded her of one of her biggest influences: Miles Davis' late-'60s electric period (In A Silent Way, Bitches Brew).

"At Shine I was seeing jazz re-emerging in a fresh way, because there's so much more technology to play with, and so many different directions you can go in, with drum and bass rhythms, and all the possibilities offered by electronics."

Askew and Nakamura began to collaborate. One afternoon at Askew's apartment, Nakamura played her a new track he'd been working on. "It was this great, bubbly rhythm," she recalls, and it inspired her to start singing the Cole Porter standard "I've Got You Under My Skin." The two seemingly disparate components fit hand-in-glove, and "within 20 minutes, we'd almost recorded the whole thing." By marrying the relaxed rhythmic undercurrents and cutting-edge production techniques with more-traditional songwriting, the pair had hit upon a unique direction for Echo.

One of the album's most affecting (and revealing) tracks is the moody, sensually rhythmic "Secret Self," inspired by Askew's long-standing love of Beat Generation authors like Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and Jack Kerouac. In fact, the specific impetus, according to the singer, was listening to the excerpt "Jazz of the Beat Generation" from the CD "Jack Kerouac Reads On The Road".

Besides his current work with live drum and bass act Nerve and neo-soul outfit Organic Grooves, Takuya Nakamura has played with such jazz notables as flugelhorn great Clark Terry, drummer/arranger Bob Moses, and saxophonist Ravi Coltrane.

Taken from Echo's website
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ECHO was born in France during the year of 1971 and in the 1990's he played with several pop bands as both a bassist and a guitarist, however he always felt slightly frustrated that somehow he could not quite express himself fully. So three years ago he shut himself in a room and began the journey in nurturing his craft, where he developed into the outstanding musical producer that we see today.

Myspace gave ECHO the opportunity to gain exposure and within four months, he had obtained world wide air play and interest from record companies in the U.S, Germany and of course his native France.

Can also be found on last.fm as Echo (Fr) & Echo Armando, although officially it's just 'Echo'.

Oh My Life
Echo Lyrics

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Oh how the times have changes us
Sure and now uncertain
Men not devils have claimed us
Purity deserting
God's one miracle
Lost in circles

All my all my life

Revolves around
Laughter and crying
As my life turns
Round and round

Cannon fire burning
On the hillside
You and I are side by side
Listen
Tin soldiers playing our tune

All my all my life
Revolves around
Laughter and crying
As my life turns
Round and round

Songs for life's lost lovers
Bitter sweet their healing
Their prayers prayed under covers
Need not kneeling
God's one miracle
Moves in circles

All my all my life
Revolves around
Laughter and crying
As my life turns
Round and round

All my all my life
Revolves around
Laughter and crying

As my life turns
Round and round

Overall Meaning

The first verse of Echo And The Bunnymen's song "All My Life" speaks to the changes and uncertainties that come with the passage of time. The weight of these changes is conveyed through the shift from "purity" to something much darker as men "claim" what is theirs. The phrase "God's one miracle lost in circles" could be interpreted as a commentary on the cyclical nature of life – that we seem to be forever moving in circles, search for something that we have lost.

The chorus of "All My Life" speaks to the idea that a life is full of highs and lows – laughter and crying – and that these ups and downs continue to shape us as people. The repetition of the phrase "round and round" drives home the point that the events of our lives are forever looping back on themselves, shaping and defining us in new ways.

The second verse continues the idea of the cyclical nature of things, using the metaphor of "tin soldiers playing our tune" to show how we are all following a certain path, even if we're not aware of it. The chorus returns with the idea of a life full of laughter and tears, and the final verse speaks to the bittersweet nature of loss and healing, suggesting that even difficult moments can bring about a kind of miracle.

Line by Line Meaning

Oh how the times have changes us
We have undergone significant changes over time

Sure and now uncertain
We were once sure, but now we are unsure

Men not devils have claimed us
We have been claimed by men and not by devils

Purity deserting
Purity has left us behind

God's one miracle
There is only one miracle from God

Lost in circles
We are lost in cycles of repeating events

All my all my life
My entire life

Revolves around
Centers on

Laughter and crying
Joy and sorrow

As my life turns
As my life progresses

Round and round
In a continuous cycle