HIP HOP & RNB 35
ISSUE 88 / 20016
INTERVIEW
ECHOES
London songstress Echoes has steadily been gaining critical acclaim, like being named Q Magazine’s ‘Best of May, thanks
to her powerful blend of R&B, electronica and soul. We caught up with her amidst the release of her new single ‘Blue
Deep’ to find out what else she’s got in store for us this summer
Christina Dean | Guestlist
Hi Echoes, how’s it going? Ready
for the summer?
Yes! It’s when London comes
alive.
What’s the story behind the
name Echoes?
I really believe that everything
we do echoes forward, and our
life today is the residual echo of
everything that has gone before.
We are all echoes.
We’ve only just discovered you
and your music so give us a bit of
background – how did you first
start out?
After music school (which was a
waste of time) I bounced around
from group to group, until I realised I wanted to go solo. Then
I bounced between different
collabs, different sounds until it
clicked into place.
Your music incorporates elements of R&B, soul, electronica,
and ambient. How do you describe your sound?
That’s pretty accurate actually!
Your new single ‘Blue Deep’ is
beautiful. What was the inspiration behind the track?
Any situation that you know is no
good for you, but the current, the
tide keeps pulling you back in.
The passion and the pain become
a bit addictive.
The video is also very striking –
how did the visual concept come
about?
I sat down with the incredible
animator Matt Oakley and explained that I envisaged something hypnotic, fluid and sensual.
The power of the water versus the
inevitability of the sinking stone.
By chance he has really similar
music taste to me so he just got
it straight away. It was so much
fun to see it take shape, we’d send
each other ideas but also just ran-
dom underground songs that we
think the other would love. It was
really organic.
as much as possible - I’m really
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