Echo Party

Echo Party is a mixtape by American hip hop musician Edan. It was released via Five Day Weekend on November 23, 2009.[1] It peaked at number 98 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[2]

Echo Party
Mixtape by
Edan
ReleasedNovember 23, 2009 (2009-11-23)
Studio5L Studios, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
GenreHip hop
Length28:59
LabelFive Day Weekend
ProducerEdan
Edan chronology
Beauty and the Beat
(2005)		 Echo Party
(2009)		 Humble Pi
(2018)
Vinyl edition
Example of the vinyl cover

Production

Edan was given access to the Traffic Entertainment Group vault of old school hip hop to create the album, resulting in a single 29-minute track two years later.[3] It was recorded using tape echo, guitar, and kazoo, among other instruments.[4]

Release

Echo Party was released on CD and vinyl.[5] The vinyl release comes in a white sleeve, each with unique stencil and stamp artwork handmade by Edan, and is limited to 1000 copies.[5]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic71/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
The A.V. ClubB+[8]
BBCfavorable[1]
The Phoenix[9]
Pitchfork6.8/10[3]
PopMatters[10]
Spin5/10[11]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Echo Party received an average score of 71, based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6]

Rick Anderson of AllMusic said, "you'll hear vintage hip-hop basslines, 808 beats, and exuberant '80s-style rapping interspersed with weirdness like chopped-up Latin rhythms and shout-outs to New York boroughs and zodiac signs."[7] Adam Kennedy of BBC called it "a production album over mere mixtape, one for the breakdancers, as well as appreciators of both forward-thinking and back-in-the-day craft."[1] Nate Patrin of Pitchfork commented that "if you've ever wanted to hear classic cuts from the dawn of hip hop turned into hallucinogenic setpieces that knock and clang like glitched-up King Tubby, Echo Party should justify whatever the hell it is Edan's been doing with his time over the past four years."[3]

Dave Segal of The Stranger included it on the "2009's Top Overlooked Releases" list.[12]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Echo Party"28:59

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

  • Edan – recording, mixing, concept, art direction, design
  • Mark Donahue – mastering
  • Trevor "Karma" Gendron – layout
  • Matt Welch – executive production

Charts
Chart (2009) Peak
position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[2] 98

References
  1. Kennedy, Adam (2009). "Edan - Echo Party - Review". BBC. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  2. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums: Week of December 5, 2009". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 20, 2021. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  3. Patrin, Nate (December 1, 2009). "Edan: Echo Party". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  4. Tardio, Andres (October 27, 2009). "Edan's Album Features Hand Drawn Covers To LP Version". HipHopDX. Archived from the original on March 16, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  5. Hughes, Josiah (October 28, 2009). "Edan Returns with New Limited LP". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  6. "Echo Party by Edan". Metacritic. Archived from the original on November 23, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  7. Anderson, Rick. "Echo Party - Edan". AllMusic. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  8. Rabin, Nathan (December 1, 2009). "Edan: Echo Party". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on November 23, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  9. Faraone, Chris (November 10, 2009). "Edan | Echo Party". The Phoenix. Archived from the original on October 31, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  10. Martin, Andrew (January 14, 2010). "Edan: Echo Party". PopMatters. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  11. Reeves, Mosi (November 17, 2009). "Review: Edan, 'Echo Party'". Spin. Archived from the original on April 18, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  12. Segal, Dave (December 24, 2009). "Data Breaker - 2009's Top Overlooked Releases". The Stranger. Archived from the original on May 9, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
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