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"When I first heard Chester French, I felt like I had stumbled upon two geniuses," says Pharrell Williams, who signed the duo to Star Trak / Interscope records in the Spring of 2007. "It's been a long time since I've heard a project teeming with this sort of musicality and originality," he continues. "You're going to watch history unfold with these guys. I feel it in my gut." A year ago, Pharrell's auspicious blessing was only a dream for D.A.

The Echo are an unsigned band based in Leeds England, tho also with a fan-base in Lincoln and Sheffield. Formed as a duo compromising Andy on lead vocal and guitar with Sam on piano, guitar and backing vocals in the early 2000s they have since expended into a 4 piece with the additiona of a full time drummer and bass-guitarist. Their sound would fit under the broad category of Indie, they make extensive use of Sam Wooding's piano in the songs giving them a somewhat distinctive sound.

Read more about The Echo on Last.fm.

“Beginning like a rock concert on the Klangers planet, before surging into an amped up, wiry rebirth of the same demonic soul that drove Young Knives to wear Victorian casual wear and (probably) smoke pipes in the comfort of their red velvet coated den, But with a more muscular physique - keep the name on your lips, I have a feeling you’ll be using it more frequently in the near future!” Subba-Culture (single of the week)