Hope you are all safe and well.

As many of you are probably already aware, today Bandcamp are once again waiving their usual fees for 24 hours to help support artists during this worrying time. We are lovingly referring to this as Bandcamp Friday!

On March 20th Bandcamp made the decision to waive their fees for the first ever Bandcamp Friday and music lovers around the world spent over $4.3 million on music and merch in one day; directly supporting artists and almost breaking the internet at the same time.

Today Bandcamp are repeating this brilliant gesture and have committed to doing the same on the first Friday of the month for at least the next three months. Yet another reason we love Bandcamp and continue to support them. It really is the best place to buy your music.

Now for the hard sell…

Since the last Bandcamp Friday I have released two new albums!! Yes you heard that right; not one, but two new albums!!

As my electronic solo alter-ego Monochrome Echo I released a collection of ambient works composed and recorded over the last six months over a two album set; The Forgetting and Timelapse.

Both of these releases are exclusively on Bandcamp. So if you haven’t got your copies yet today would be a particularly welcome time to top up your Monochrome Echo collection. I’m also offering 35% off the full back catalogue when you buy the full set.

I’ve already bought a few albums today safe in the knowledge that every penny I spend is going directly to the artists I love. It’s an excellent time to clear out that expanding wishlist!

So please do head over to https://monochromeecho.bandcamp.com and have a listen for yourself. And big thanks to everybody that already bought the albums and EPs. I’m very lucky to have some very dedicated supporters and it means a lot that people are out there enjoying this music.

Happy listening and happy Bandcamp Day!!

Simon

My brand new Monochrome Echo mini-album Timelapse is officially out now on Bandcamp.

This is the sister release to The Forgetting which came out a week ago and follows on directly where that album left off.

These are the first all-hardware recordings I’ve released, both albums being almost exclusively recorded on the Elektron Digitone and Analog Four. There is a smidge of Moog Sirin in there too. The album features artwork by the amazing Cristian Eres and Timelapse features the bonus track Hourglass with the digital download.

I really hope you enjoy this new music and thanks again for all your support. Special thanks to everyone who has already purchased their copy of The Forgetting and those of you that recently bought the full back catalogue. I’m currently offering a 35% discount for the full set which now includes five albums and three EPs.

You can check out Timelapse below.

Simon x

My brand new mini album as Monochrome Echo The Forgetting is officially out now on Bandcamp.

As I mentioned in my previous post this is the first of two ambient recordings that I’m putting out over the next two weeks.

These are the first all-hardware recordings I’ve released, both albums being almost exclusively recorded on the Elektron Digitone and Analog Four. There is a smidge of Moog Sirin in there too. The album features artwork by the amazing Cristian Eres and features the bonus track Tuvil with the digital download.

I really hope you enjoy this new music and thanks again for all your support.

You can check out the album below.

Simon x

Hope you are all staying safe and well in these strange times.

I’ve been using this unexpected wealth of home time to finally finish up the ambient project I started work on about six months ago.

Those of you that follow my work as Monochrome Echo will no doubt be aware that something has been brewing of late. I’ve been getting into the wonderful world of hardware synthesisers and sequencers, mainly through the use of some newly acquired Elektron gear. The Digitone in particular lends itself really well to ambient sounds so I decided to pair it up with my Analog Four and set about working on a complete album of ambient tracks. Now obviously this soon grew beyond the confines of a simple album so I’ve ended up splitting it into two EPs. Or mini-albums really seeing as though they’re both over 45 minutes long.

Since our son Ira was born I’ve been playing him ambient electronic music at night. The music of artists such as Steve Hauschildt, Jogging House, R Beny and  Polypores has such a calming effect at the end of the day and I wanted to write a collection of original tracks that would produce a similar feeling of peacefulness. That’s the story behind these releases and this is what I came up with.

The first instalment The Forgetting will be released tomorrow. There are six tracks plus a seventh bonus track included with the digital download. For the time being I’ll only be releasing these EPs on my Monochrome Echo Bandcamp, so now would be a good time to follow Monochrome Echo on Bandcamp so you get notified about the new releases!

The second instalment Timelapse will be released one week later on 10ty April. Seeing as Friday is now the new Monday for releasing new music I’ve decided to release these EPs on Thursdays. It’s always good to be different I find! Timelapse has an additional seven tracks with yet another bonus track for those of you that buy the digital download.

I’m incredibly fortunate to have the awesome Cristian Eres do the artwork for both of these EPs. And here it is for the first time… cue fanfare!

I’m very excited to share this new music with you. It’s a bit different to my previous releases as Monochrome Echo but I think you’ll like it. It’s music to chill out to which perhaps has become particularly pertinent given the current situation in the world right now.

Anyway I hope you enjoy all the new music as it comes out over the next couple of weeks. If you do, please tell your friends. And don’t forget to follow Monochrome Echo over on Bandcamp and sign up to the mailing list to get notified the minute the EPs come out.

Stay well and wash those hands.

Simon

As we all sit at home in these strange and uncertain times it’s been great to see so much positivity in the music world. Artists are live-streaming gigs and jams from home and several music software companies are doing great deals and freebies to help those artists make the best of this time of self-isolation.

Today the wonderful people at Bandcamp are waiving all their fees so all the money from all music you purchase today on Bandcamp goes straight to the artist.

Now it goes without saying that there is a plethora of awesome music out there right now and I’ve already bought a couple of albums this morning safe in the knowledge that I’m supporting those artists in as direct as way possible right now. I’ve posted link on my Monochrome Echo Twitter.

So today would be a most excellent time for you to purchase some Monochrome Echo records too! I’ve reinstated the 50% discount for anyone buying the complete back catalogue for the foreseeable future whilst all this chaos continues. You can find all my albums at https://monochromeecho.bandcamp.com.

Here’s the latest album Matrix Rebooting to give you a taster…

Stay safe and well folks.