084: ECHT! bassist FEDERICO PECORARO [Belgian Trap Jazz]

All the way from Brussels, Belgium - please welcome ECHT! bassist FEDERICO PECORARO to episode 084! An honor and privilege to connect across the world with a member of one of the most exhilarating bands I’ve had the good fortune of stumbling upon in many, many moons. An idiosyncratic quartet since 2017, ECHT! (Brusselier for ‘The Real Thing’) is remarkably adept at reverse engineering electronic music, a modus operandi of progressive-minded live instrumentation unleashed on a lava-like level beyond your wildest imagination. These brilliant lads blend a malevolent concoction of 'Belgian Trap Jazz' that oscillates through soundscapes of sonic revolution. On March 7, 2025 ECHT! will release their highly-anticipated third full-length LP Boilerism via the Sdban Ultra label.

• 00:00 - episode 084 preview
• 03:40 - The Upful Update
• 07:25 - introducing FEDERICO from ECHT!
• 13:30 - interview w/ Federico Pecoraro [72 min]
• 1:24:50 - afterglow > ViBE Junkie Jamz

Your humble narrator randomly discovered ECHT! via debut LP INWANE, during a lysergic intercontinental deep dive in early January 2022. In the interim three years, the band has been omnipresent in my ear goggles, and I’ve enthusiastically evangelized the mighty ECHT! everywhere I’ve set foot, copious festivals and dancefloors from coast to coast . Thanks to Seb at Sdban Ultra, I finally had the pleasure to conversate with ECHT! low-end technician Federico via the interwebs, 5pm in Brussels, 8am here in the East Bay. 

For over an hour, we unpack the bombastic unicorn magic that makes ECHT! tick tick boom! Including - but not limited to: new LP Boilerism; embryonic band origin story; the concept/execution of the ECHT! brand of kaleidoscopic sound art; four musicians moving as one organism; the Brussels sound/scene; influences/inspirations from J Dilla to Jonwayne, Skee Mask, Aphex Twin, and even D’Angelo(!); the challenging realities of touring internationally; bouncing back from injuries; programming a live set; their individual and collective creative process, keeping the music in constant evolution; sick side projects, and so much more.

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A **deep bow** of gratitude to Federico, the members of ECHT!, and Seb at the label, for making this mothership connection possible. Large Up all dearly beloveds for tuning in to *The Upful LIFE Podcast*. - bg

ViBE Junkie Jamz

ECHT!

1. Chris Dave & Daniel Crawford - “Takin Orders” > Ashley Morgan - “DOUBLESIZE” >

De La Soul - “The Bizness” (Brewmix vol.1, 2021)

2. “Charlier” - INWANE 2021

3.“Boilerbeek” - Boilerism 2025

 

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