Art d'Ecco//Rayon//Neilson Family

Adding substance to immaculate style, Art d’Ecco’s latest creation, In Standard

Definition, commands attention with every turn. Like channel surfing on an old

television set, watching grainy black and white movies or flickering slideshows

starring a cross section of humanity, each all-analogue vignette holds up a mirror

to pop culture and explores the curiosity of entertainment. Lyrically blurring fact

and fiction, it swaggers from the glory days of La La Land’s golden age to today’s

obsession with celebrity and its hold over us all.

Joining forces with producer/engineer Colin Stewart (Black Mountain, New

Pornographers, Destroyer) in ocean-side studio The Hive, In Standard Definition

sees d’Ecco packing his heftiest punch yet. Through Stewart’s vintage set up, a

decoupage of authentic sounds was recorded to 2-inch tape on a 50-year-old

console, forming a musical reflection of the era it evokes.