Out with the Rabbit... In with the Dragon!

Update: The download has been disabled as of January 10, 2012, but streaming will be left available indefinitely. :)

Happy New Year!

Forget prophecies of destruction! For those of you who don't know, 2012 marks the Chinese Year of the Dragon (), a symbol of great success and new beginnings. In celebration of this auspicious year we would like to share a free download of one of our completely new and fresh tracks with you, our fans. The song, "Back-alley Lounge," is open to everyone from now until January 10, 2012. (Feel free to spread the love by forwarding the link to this blog post.)

Here's a streaming widget just to give you a taste...

Back-alley Lounge by massa takemoto

So what are you waiting for? Just click on the nengajo (New Year's card) below to start the download. And while you're at it, feel free to let us know what you'd like to see here on the Echolocation blog in the coming year by voting in the poll on the top right-hand corner of the page. 

Happy 2012, and thanks for your continuing support!

Peace and Love,
Massa & Tetsuroh

Happy Holidays from Echolocation!

Happy Holidays!

Echolocation would like to thank all our fans for a terrific year, and we wish you good tidings. To celebrate the Holiday Season, we have a few specials this December, including a CD Baby Christmas Sale on digital downloads and a New Year Clearance special on our physical CD, Beauty in an Empty Glass.

Additionally, we'll again be offering a free track download via SoundCloud at the end of December, this time in celebration of 2012, the Chinese Year of the Dragon. Stay tuned for updates! 

Out with the old, in with the new:

Echolocation is looking forward to the year of the Dragon, and we're keeping our fingers crossed for a new release. But before we can do that, we need to clear away some of our old inventory and save up for CD pressing expenses!

In other words, our 2011 physical album will be on sale at CD Baby until the end of the year: $7.99 → $5.99

Christmas Special:

And since we're in a giving mood, we're also marking down all digital downloads through CD Baby until Christmas Day!

• Full album: $5.50  → $2.99
• Individual track downloads: $1.50 → $0.99

Peace and Love,
Tetsuroh & Massa

Special News Release: Early Morning Breaks Vol. 3 now available!

EMB Vol. 3 cover art

We promised you an update, and here it is! Massa and Tetsuroh are excited to share the news with you that our track "Frosted Glass" is officially released on Early Morning Breaks Vol. 3 and is now available for download, along with the rest of the album, as of July 24. We just received our copy in the mail a few days ago and had the chance to preview it in its entirety... Massa has had it playing for the past two days, and we're absolutely nowhere near tired of hearing it.

The Nuts and Bolts

This double CD compilation album features tracks by various artists, including Chris Coco, Eddie Thoneick, Erick Morillo, Paul Kalkbrenner, Bent, Gregor Salto, and Wax Poetic featuring Norah Jones. Oh, and Echolocation, too. :D

And as a side note, both the physical album and the Juno download have advantages over one another. For instance, Juno features the full-length, unmixed tracks. This makes for extra listening time, but without the smoothly mixed transitions on the CDs. Additionally, there are some tracks that cannot be downloaded separately from the full album, but downloading the whole thing gives you two bonus continuous DJ Mixes that are not available with the CDs: Early Morning Breaks Vol 3 Session One and Session Two (about an hour and 15 minutes each of chilled listening pleasure).

Our First Impression

While they're both catchy, Vol 3 is a bit smoother than its predecessor, Vol. 2, which had songs with more progression. It's (obviously) a lot longer than 2 as well, but - despite it's length - has a smooth, long-mix feeling with subtle changes to take you on a cool, relaxed ride without wearing you out... And kudos to Peacelounge for releasing this compilation in July - it's a great summer chillout album.

Expect to see another Insider Review sometime in the coming months, where we'll spotlight some of the upcoming, lesser-known talent to be found here. In the meantime, check out this promo video for EMB Vol 3 from Planet Radio.