Recently Kenneth stepped out of the club and is now working full time with his labels, gigs and Echocord shows. Kenneth began to DJ in the late ‘90s in some of the key European places gaining a reputation for his unique style and refined taste, fueled by his broad knowledge of the underground dance music. Kenneth is also one half of Pattern Repeat with Dennis Bog. The pair release on their eponymously entitled label and excel at crafting moody, textured and widescreen techno sounds that draw on years of dub culture.

Christiansen’s ability and motif to run the label and the strong bonds created with talented artists involved in the label over time, like Mikkel Metal, Deadbeat, Luke Hess, Roberto Clementi, Brendon Moeller, Fluxion, and many more, inspired him to broaden the label by creating a sub-label, Echocord Colour, in 2008. The label was founded with the aim of releasing the numerous demos he had been receiving on another platform where dance floor music is the theme. The sub-label has also developed its own sound character, as Christiansen says that it “has always been a label for the more techno orientated materials, more for the floor. It can be harder and more experimental, and today it still is.” The next step is seeing the birth of another Echocord sub-label, Echo Echo, that launches in May 2018.

More than a decade after starting his label and sub-label—there have been almost 100 EPs and LPs that have constantly updated and revisited the techno and dub template and have very much contributed to the careers of those that release on it. “The music profile from the first releases up to now changed a bit. The sound is a bit broader, can be with vocals, sometimes more powerful for the dance floor etc.. Many more artists are now releasing on the label, so of course it’s a ‘bigger’ label now. With the sub-labels, it has grown into a big family over the years,” revealed Christiansen on how Echochord has progressed over the years.

Echochord has a long list of planned releases for this year, “On Echocord the next release will be by Mikkel Metal, a mini album to be released in May, after that album, one by Idealist and Silent Harbour AKA Conforce are planned. On the Echocord Colour label, a new EP by Albert Van Abbe is coming up. On the new sub-label Echo Echo, the first four releases are also planned, including Grad_U, Orbite, Alex Bau and Brendon Moeller. Finally, we have a new Pattern Repeat EP to be released soon as well.”

For this occasion, Kenneth Christiansen did a 1-hour mix consisting of new and old material released on Echocord and the sub-labels.

Tracklist

01. Tomas Rubeck – The Blueprint

02. Mikkel Metal – Bregnan

03. Mike Dehnert – Limite (Sascha Rydell Remix)

04. Fluxion – Eruption

05. Onmutu Mechanics – Phosphor (Norman Nodge Remix)

06. Echologist – Buzz Factory

07. Nick Höppner – Seaweed (Deadbeat’s Fireweed Mix)

08. Stephen Brown – Sandtext

09. Mikkel Metal – Retro

10. Resoe – Redlightsareflashin

11. Mikkel Metal – All Over