{"id":32134,"date":"2019-09-23T12:15:18","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T16:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=32134"},"modified":"2019-09-22T08:00:46","modified_gmt":"2019-09-22T12:00:46","slug":"1980s-vintage-synth-project-ekhodom-releases-debut-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=32134","title":{"rendered":"1980s vintage synth project Ekhodom releases debut album"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Montserrat House, the brand new record label helmed by&nbsp;Eric<strong> <\/strong>Hilton&nbsp;of&nbsp;Thievery Corporation, and&nbsp;Ekhodom&nbsp;have released the duo\u2019s self-titled debut album. Out now,&nbsp;\u2018Ekhodom\u2019 features Hilton and&nbsp;Gianmaria Conti, Thievery Corporation\u2019s longtime engineer, and was inspired by vintage, analog synthesizers, 1980s sci-fi soundtracks and electronic music from the time period coming out of Russia. Stream the album in full via Spotify&nbsp;<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/6YWLJrs3udyJj9XXhkLfwk?si=xWmddfUOSqqXYT-MfzwKzQ\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Transmission received at Montserrat House from quadrant EKX. Eric Hilton of Thievery Corporation, along with engineer Gianmaria Conti, have received a radio transmission broadcast from a previously unknown quadrant of the known universe. With the help of longtime collaborator Giovanni Condolini, they have traced the transmissions to a long-lost Russian-manned rocket that was sucked into a wormhole and crash-landed on planet Ekhodom. The transmissions tell the story of this newly discovered planet that is ruled by synthesizers. This is their story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/A1842DCF-5820-4635-B66B-5045B6EC40AA.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1024\" alt=\"Ekhodom Cover art\" class=\"wp-image-32135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/A1842DCF-5820-4635-B66B-5045B6EC40AA.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/A1842DCF-5820-4635-B66B-5045B6EC40AA.jpeg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/A1842DCF-5820-4635-B66B-5045B6EC40AA.jpeg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/A1842DCF-5820-4635-B66B-5045B6EC40AA.jpeg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/A1842DCF-5820-4635-B66B-5045B6EC40AA.jpeg?resize=144%2C144&amp;ssl=1 144w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/A1842DCF-5820-4635-B66B-5045B6EC40AA.jpeg?w=1240&amp;ssl=1 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2018Ekhodom\u2019 track listing<\/strong><br>Pribytiye<br>Kontakt<br>Sboi Sistemi<br>Drugaya Galaktika<br>Mashina Vremeni<br>Interlyudiya<br>Sputnik<br>Synthetika<br>Vera<br>Kapsula Mira<br>Daleko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Montserrat House, the brand new record label helmed by&nbsp;Eric Hilton&nbsp;of&nbsp;Thievery Corporation, and&nbsp;Ekhodom&nbsp;have released the duo\u2019s self-titled debut album. Out now,&nbsp;\u2018Ekhodom\u2019 features Hilton and&nbsp;Gianmaria Conti, Thievery <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=32134\" title=\"1980s vintage synth project Ekhodom releases debut album\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32135,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"On Culture Addicts: 1980s vintage synth project Ekhodom releases debut album","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[13,28,30],"tags":[8446,8448,8447],"class_list":["post-32134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electronic-music","category-music","category-new-release","tag-ekhodom","tag-synthesizer","tag-thievery-corporation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/A1842DCF-5820-4635-B66B-5045B6EC40AA.jpeg?fit=1240%2C1240&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-8mi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44556,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=44556","url_meta":{"origin":32134,"position":0},"title":"Floating in the Haze: Eric Hilton\u2019s\u00a0\u2018A Sky So Close\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"March 15, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Trip-hop heads, sink into this one.\u00a0Eric Hilton, best known as one half of\u00a0Thievery Corporation, is back with\u00a0\u2018A Sky So Close\u2019\u00a0\u2014 a lush, slow-burning album that feels less like a collection of songs and more like a late-night state of mind. 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