World Of Echo (Limited Edition)

Arthur Russell

• Audio CD (November 9, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Audika Records
• ASIN: B00061J1XA
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David Stubbs/Melody Maker April 11, 1987
"World Of Echo" is an orbit of resonance, a giant, subterranean repository of Dub.

Product Description
Out of print for over fifteen years, Arthur Russell's most extraordinary work, "World Of Echo" is issued for the first time on CD by Audika Records with previously unreleased bonus material and a DVD of rare video filmed by Phill Niblock . Originally released on LP in 1986, "World Of Echo" is a deeply meditative and seductive work of awe-inspiring beauty, grace and passion. Arthur’s aim was to achieve what he calls "the most vivid rhythmic reality", with just cello, voice, and echoes. "In outer space you can’t take your drums-you take your mind".

The initial release of World of Echo is as a limited edition package including a DVD and a 24 page color booklet. Along with a remastered version of the original LP, the CD also features previously unreleased music from "Sketches From World Of Echo". The DVD contains rare footage of recordings from World of Echo that were later edited and developed for the original LP. Filmed and edited by Phill Niblock "Terrace Of Unintelligibility" is a completed video from 1986, while "Some Imaginary Far Away Type Things AKA Lost In The Meshes" is unedited rushes of Arthur in a spontaneous performance. In it’s early stages "World Of Echo" was originally conceived as a VHS video project between Arthur and Phill and the accompanying DVD of the two films is of that initial collaboration that later developed into the finished album in 1987.