Over 4 critically acclaimed albums, Canada's Eccodek has become renowned as a leader in the world of global fusion. With a 2009 Juno nomination, multiple Canadian Music Awards, releases on Buddha Bar, Six Degrees, White Swan Records, their dubwise mix of African, South Asian, Turkish and island sounds, artfully layered over monster grooves is a festival favourite. Leader Andrew McPherson's extensive production background (Vieux Farka Touré, Deva Premal, Stephen Fearing, Kiran Ahluwalia, Jane Siberry…) makes every Eccodek release a travelogue of texture, groove and blissed out melodies. Eccodek releases its 4th album, Remixtasy, in September 2011, featuring remixes by world fusion pioneers like Transglobal Underground, Adham Shaikh, Dubmatix, Syriana, Jef Stott, EarthRise SoundSystem and more.
With Remixtasy, Eccodek invites a tastemaker's list of remixers and producers to reimagine tracks from the Canadian global fusion band's first 3 releases. Putting Canada on the map with their forward thinking blend of dub, funk, tribalism and cinematic electronica, Eccodek flips the script on its signature sound by turning a pack of musical alchemists loose on tracks from More Africa in Us, Voices Have Eyes and the Juno-nominated Shivaboom. This sprawling, 14-track opus moves from dub, funk, techno, reggae, lo-fi electro to Middle-Eastern, Afrobeat, Rockers, Asian Massive and beyond. Trailblazers like Transglobal Underground, Six Degrees' Jef Stott, Dubmatix, EarthRise SoundSystem, Real World's Syriana and Adham Shaikh rub shoulders with fresh sounds from Sub Swara's Sharmaji, Four80East, Delhi 2 Dublin's TSpoon and Rise Ashen. Eccodek mainman Andrew McPherson even works up 2 radical redubs from the first album - an Afrobeat throwdown and a sensuous Steppers dub odyssey.
Over a 10 year career, Eccodek has performed in London, England's Trafalgar Square before 5,000 people, appeared on Buddha Bar 9, hit #2 on CMJ's New World Chart and represented Canada in National Geographic's GeoRemix project, joining Karsh Kale, Bombay Dub Orchestra, Nortec Collective and Antibalas. Eccodek has collaborated with an extensive list of artists. With Remixtasy, the band the Boston Globe and ABC News has compared to Thievery Corporation, Gaudi and beyond, steps confidently back onto the world stage.
