Echo Us

- Ethan / vocals; most instruments
- Andrew Greene / drums
- Aaron Bell / bass
- Teri Untalan / viola
- Raelyn Olson / harp Echo Us biography
Us outfit ECHO US is the creative vehicle of composer and multi-instrumentalist Ethan, and was founded late in 2000 - following the demise of his previous band Grayhaven.
Ethan had wanted to use the name already in 1999, but for contractual reasons that wasn't possible at this time. This due to Grayhaven being signed to Angular Records at this point in time. One year later he assembled a band named Echo Us though, who apart from being an active live unit also released two demo EPs - The Black in 2000 and The White in 2001. In the fall of 2001 that outfit fell apart though, and Echo Us was soon after reborn as a solo venture.
In 2002 Kai Kurosawa, who had been a aprt of the band project Echo Us, started working with Ethan in the making of a full length album. This collaboration ended when Ethan moved to Portland though, and he continued the creation of the album himself after this. And in 2005 the first full length production by Echo Us was issued, a self-titles affair issued on the Absolute Probability Recordings label.
Some time after this Echo Us was signed to legendary French label Musea Records, and following four years of development the sophomore effort The Tide Decides was issued by one of Musea's subsidiary labels - Musea Parallele. This effort was more of a sophisticated effort, involving several guest musicians. Musically it's a blend of electronic and acoustic music, incorporating a multitude of stylistic expressions. It is also a concept album, as well as a part of a greater conceptual theme. One of the reasons for the four year long production process of the album is that one more album in this cycle was recorded alongside this most recent effort, tentatively described by Ethan as a sister album of The Tide Decides. This forthcoming album is currently in production.