{{Short description|Brussels-based ensemble}} '''Echo Collective''' are a Brussels-based orchestral ensemble, founded by '''Neil Leiter''' and '''Margaret Hermant''', working in the post-classical world. Echo Collective make interpretations of genres as diverse as alt.rock, synth-pop and black metal, and also create their own original music.
The ensemble was created when Margaret Hermant and Neil Leiter collaborated with Adam Wiltzie and Dustin O'Halloran's A Winged Victory For The Sullen. The American-born Leiter was introduced to Wiltzie by their mutual friend, the composer and musician Caroline Shaw.
''Echo Collective Plays Amnesiac'' (2018) is a re-working of the Radiohead album ''Amnesiac''.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2022-01-28|title=Spill Album Review: Echo Collective – Echo Collective Plays Amnesiac|url=https://spillmagazine.com/spill-album-review-echo-collective-echo-collective-plays-amnesiac/|date=30 March 2018|website=The Spill Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first1=Eamon|last1=Sweeney|access-date=2022-01-28|title=Everything in a new place: The art of reimagining Radiohead|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/everything-in-a-new-place-the-art-of-reimagining-radiohead-1.3854621|newspaper=The Irish Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2022-01-28|title=Echo Collective Pays a Glorious Homage to Radiohead's 'Amnesiac'|url=https://www.popmatters.com/echo-collective-radiohead-amnesiac-2553897033.html|date=29 March 2018|website=PopMatters}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2022-01-28|title=Echo Collective's Take On 'I Might Be Wrong' Is Truly Stunning|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/echo-collectives-take-on-i-might-be-wrong-is-truly-stunning|website=Clash Magazine|date=15 March 2018 }}</ref> They collaborated with Erasure to create a classical reworking of the album ''World Be Gone'', entitled ''World Beyond'' and recorded in Brussels in November 2017, featuring seven of their performers including Margaret Hermant on violin and harp, Neil Leiter on viola, Thomas Engelin on cello, Jaroslaw Mroz on double bass, Gart de Cart on piano and Antoine Dandoy on vibraphone and Glockenspiel.<ref name="LM">{{cite web|url=https://lexermusic.com/erasure-world-beyond-cd-album|title=Erasure - World Beyond - (CD Album)}}</ref>
''12 Conversations with Thilo Heinzmann'' (2019) is an album of reworked music by Jóhann Jóhannsson, in line with Jóhannsson's wishes. The suite is inspired by the work of the German abstract painter Thilo Heinzmann.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2022-01-28|title=Jóhann Jóhannsson: 12 Conversations With Thilo Heinzmann|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/johann-johannsson-12-conversations-with-thilo-heinzmann/|website=Pitchfork}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2022-01-28|title=John Lewis's contemporary album of the month: Jóhann Jóhannsson: 12 Conversations with Thilo Heinzmann |url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/13/johann-johannsson-echo-collective-12-conversations-with-thilo-heinzmann-review|date=13 September 2019|website=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2022-01-28|title=Echo Collective: Jóhann Jóhannsson's '12 Conversations with Thilo Heinzmann|url=https://www.barbican.org.uk/digital-programmes/echo-collective-johann-johannssons-12-conversations-with-thilo-heinzmann|website=Barbican|date=31 January 2020 }}</ref>
''The Sea Within'' (2020) is an album of Echo Collective's original music.<ref>27 October 2020 http://7k.k7.com/echo-collective-the-see-within/</ref>
==Discography== ===Albums=== *''Echo Collective Plays Amnesiac'' (2018) *''12 Conversations with Thilo Heinzmann'' (Deustche Grammophon, 2019) – music by Jóhann Jóhannsson *''The Sea Within'' (7K!, 2020)
===Contributions to albums=== *''Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss.'' (2019) by Maps<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2022-01-28|title=Maps – 'Colours. Reflect. Time. Loss' review|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/maps-colours-reflect-time-loss-review-2485444|date=8 May 2019|website=NME}}</ref>
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Category:Belgian classical music groups Category:Contemporary classical music ensembles