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Echo Dek
Electronic · 1997 · 9 tracks

Echo Dek

Primal Scream

A murky, bass-heavy deconstruction of Vanishing Point. Adrian Sherwood strips the rock anthems into skeletal, reverb-drenched urban dub.

October 27, 1997 · Creation Records

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Echo Dek is the sound of Primal Scream being disassembled and submerged in a sensory deprivation tank. While its parent album, Vanishing Point, was already a cinematic and moody affair, this collaboration with dub visionary Adrian Sherwood pushes the material into a state of total abstraction. It feels like wandering through a familiar neighborhood that has been transformed by a thick, impenetrable fog: the landmarks are still there, but their shapes are distorted and their distances are impossible to judge.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks
01
Living Dub (Long Life Adrian Sherwood remix)
5:31
02
Duffed Up
3:09
03
Revolutionary
5:20
04
JU-87
5:47
05
Kowalski (Adrian Sherwood dub)
5:01
06
Vanishing Dub
4:52
07
Last Train
6:22
08
Wise Blood
5:15
09
Dub in Vain
3:10
Moments Worth Listening For
The moment in 'Living Dub' where the drums completely vanish, leaving only a cavernous, pulsating bassline and a ghostly vocal fragment.
The rhythmic interplay of the metallic snare hits on 'Last Train' as they spiral into infinite tape-delay feedback loops.
The sudden appearance of a dry, unprocessed guitar lick that cuts through the murky atmosphere of 'If They Move' before being swallowed by reverb.
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Echo Dek sound next to the rest of Primal Scream's catalogue?

Reverb Heavy+2.7σ

The production is built around reverb heavy than this artist usually allows.

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