This beautiful rework comes from one of the most prolific artists in the scene today, Coppice Hallifax. A new player in the echospace domain but one who's no stranger to this sound, he's released 100's of albums over the span of 15 years. We believe his music is built from the same purist analog frame of thought and continues in spirit. He plays

This beautiful rework comes from one of the most prolific artists in the scene today, Coppice Hallifax. A new player in the echospace domain but one who's no stranger to this sound, he's released 100's of albums over the span of 15 years. We believe his music is built from the same purist analog frame of thought and continues in spirit. He plays variant's "element zero" into an ocean of analog bliss, dubbed out into a shadowy sonic world all its own. For those of you who adored the obscure Chain Reaction releases, this is most certainly an immense trip for the heads and one you need to take!

Artist's thoughts on the reworking of [element zero]:

"On the specifics of what I used to do it: Peavey 24ch mixer using all six aux sends, including Pioneer spring reverb, Alesis Quadraverb, Boss RC20, Moog ring mod, BBE Two Timer analog delay and Ibanez Phase Modulator. These were also routed into their own input channels, so feedback was happening in parts, and then I was running excerpts and FFT processed loops of Element Zero into the mixer independently via a prepared four track cassette, which on its own aux send was using a Danelectro Reel Echo unit. Beyond even that, the looping chord I built from the Echoes In Space library was coming off a prepared tape loop on my Roberts 450A reel to reel, running split outputs through a Behringer Ultrashift, Moog low pass filter and a Moog MIDI MuRF/Boss SL20." -Coppice Hallifax

w + p by variant. reshaped and remixed by brian grainger as coppice halifax. mastered by stephen hitchell in echospace.

This beautiful rework comes from one of the most prolific artists in the scene today, Coppice Hallifax. After years of communication and in-depth discussions on the greater expanse of analog gear, we came to a similar conclusion, Brian's music is certainly built from the same analogue fabric and continues so in spirit with this beautiful replay on

This beautiful rework comes from one of the most prolific artists in the scene today, Coppice Hallifax. After years of communication and in-depth discussions on the greater expanse of analog gear, we came to a similar conclusion, Brian's music is certainly built from the same analogue fabric and continues so in spirit with this beautiful replay on variant's productions. He plays variant's "element six" along with sound sources from the ever-expansive "echospace in space" sound library into an ocean of analog soul, dubbed out into a shadowy rich sonic world of his very own. For those of you who adored those obscure Chain Reaction releases, this is most certainly an immense near 70 minute trip you need to take! One for the heads...

A closer look into the production process of Coppice Halifax:

Lights down, amps on, dozens of LEDs flickering across a six-foot worktop. Cool Autumn air whipping at the walls outside the studio, burnt leaves and cinnamon smoke fill the purple dusk. Prepared Element Six tape loops via reel to reel and Tascam four track at the ready, alongside 12 & 32-bit Akai & Korg samplers and some one-shots from the Echoes In Space library loaded into a Volca. A single original input signal, a two-note sub bass sequence coming off a monophonic Korg analog synthesizer, to anchor the sub-marine in the cosmic abyss of FX and white noise. Tape loop source routed through multiple pitch shifters, gates and resonant filters (Moog LPF & MIDI MuRF, Akai Variwah, Digitech Synth Wah), carried on waves of analog and digital delays (Quadraverb, BBE, Boss RV-3, Danelectro, Ibanez, Synthrotek, Nady) and finally channeled through the parametric veins of the Peavey "King Stevie" FX2x24.

written & produced by variant. sound designs and additional modular developments culled from the "echoes in space" sound library. restructured & recorded by coppice halifax at the white pillar workshop. analog tape conversions and mastering conducted in the new echospace lab, ann arbor, michigan. (c) + (p) echospace [detroit]