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The Echoing Green

The Echoing Green is a poem by William Blake published in Songs of Innocence in 1789. The poem talks about merry sounds and images which accompany the children playing outdoors. Then, an old man happily remembers when he enjoyed playing with his friends during his own childhood...

 is also a poem by William Blake

William Blake

William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age...

.

The Echoing Green is an electronica

Electronica

Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...

/synthpop

Synthpop

Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...

 band. It began as a duo between Joey Belville and Aaron Bowman in 1992, and has since released eleven major albums.

While founder Belville is a devout Christian

Christian

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, it is difficult to apply the same label to the band itself. While the lyrics are at times clearly infused with a strong element of faith, they are not specifically based around praise. Christian artists also make occasional appearances. For instance, Riki Michele

Riki Michele

Adam Again chanteuse Riki Michele is a female Christian alternative music artist. She has also recorded four eclectic solo records....

 provided vocals on "Defend Your Joy", though she was uncredited for the part.

A remix of the song "Oxygen" from Hope Springs Eternal appeared on the Sci-Fi Channel

Sci Fi Channel (United States)

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's show First Wave.

On February 21, 2011, the band announced their completion of mastering on a new album, details of which will be released to the public shortly. Digital and physical versions will be released through iTunes

ITunes

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 and A Different Drum

A Different Drum

A Different Drum is an independent record label and online store based in the US state of Utah, specializing in synthpop and related genres...

, respectively.

Studio albums

• Defend Your Joy (1994)
• Hope Springs Eternal (1997)
• The Echoing Green / The W's Split EP
  The Echoing Green / The W's Split EP
  The Echoing Green / The W's Split EP is an EP released in 1998 by Five Minute Walk. The Echoing Green's songs are album versions from The Echoing Green, while The W's' songs are rough cuts of songs from Fourth from the Last.-The W's:# "Bad"...
  
  (1998)
• The Echoing Green (1998)
• Supernova
  Supernova (The Echoing Green album)
  Supernova is the name of an album by The Echoing Green. It primarily features brand-new material, along with a few reworked tracks from previous recordings.-Track listing:# "Supernova" – 5:26...
  
  (2000)
• Music from the Ocean Picture (2001)
• The Winter of Our Discontent
  The Winter of Our Discontent (album)
  The Winter of Our Discontent is the name of an album by The Echoing Green, originally released on April 14, 2003, on A Different Drum. The album was released to Europe with a slightly different track listing in 2004 through Infacted Recordings, and through BEC Recordings on December 14, 2004, with...
  
  (2003)
• In Scarlet and Vile
  In Scarlet and Vile
  In Scarlet and Vile is an album by The Echoing Green released on March 11, 2011, on A Different Drum.- Track listing :# "Heaven "# "Revenge"# "Flame"# "The Huntress"# "Let's Go!"# "Dead Hearts"# "Crybaby"# "Suffer"...
  
  (2011)

Remix albums

• Aurora 7.2 (1995)
• Science Fiction (1996) (re-issued in 2001)
• The Evergreen Annex - Remix Addendum
  The Evergreen Annex - Remix Addendum
  The Evergreen Annex - Remix Addendum is the name of an EP by The Echoing Green, released as a companion to their "greatest hits" album The Evergreen Collection While The Evergreen Collection features various songs from 1994-2000, including a second CD containing remixes from other synthpop and...
  
  (2002)

Compilation albums

• Electronica (1998)
• Oceanaria v1.0 (2000)
• The Evergreen Collection (2002)
• Songs of Innocence and Experience - Hope and Science (2006 reissue of Hope Springs Eternal and Science Fiction)

Singles

• If I Could... (1999)
• She's Gone Tragic (2000)
• Fall Awake
  Fall Awake
  Fall Awake is the name of a maxi single by The Echoing Green. It features the title song, taken from the following album The Winter of Our Discontent, with remixes of the same, and the band's version of the traditional Christmas song "Little Drummer Boy," and remixes of this tune...
  
  (2003)
• The Story of Our Lives
  The Story of Our Lives
  The Story of Our Lives is the name of a maxi single by The Echoing Green, released in June 2004 on A Different Drum. This single does not feature the original version of the song as found on the album The Winter of Our Discontent, but instead features an "Epic" version which includes an extended...
  
  (2004)
• Suffer (2007)
• Sanctuary (2008)

External links

• Official web site
• Myspace web site
• Fan site with extensive links