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ECPE

Enrichment Center Percussion Ensemble

About Me

Discography:
'Nomos' On Fiddler's Galaxy
Sarah Johnson
Albany Records, 2000
"might as well be for electronics, the use of the instruments is so sonically interesting"
New Music Box
"what makes this CD really special...inspired"
3 stars
Dr. Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide
"delicate...unfailingly attractive"
American Record Guide
'Three Pieces' Microearth Records 2005
With guests Morgan Kraft, Erich Hubner, and Joel Lambdin
"the project is noble, virtuous, and capable of inflicting great genius on tobacco country... the opening 'Parallax' marks promising artistic heights"
3 1/2 stars
Dr. Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide
"mesmerizing" and "hypnotically lush music"
"the band layers soundscape upon soundscape, leaving me sifting through each listen, finding new and gorgeous elements to discover"
GoTriad
18,000 Watts is Better than None
WUAG live compilation
With ECPE's 'Wintersong'
'Ten Songs' Microearth 2008
"Ten Songs is a well conceived and very well executed album that rewards multiple listens."
"so varied that it's like listening to a chameleon...We've all heard music like this before, but not quite like this."
Sepiachord.com
"...achieves more and more after each and every listen. Another travel through the album reveals more layers to the seemingly unending attention to detail that has been paid to many different aspects of ECPE’s music...The harmony and technical quality of Ten Songs is an achievement indeed."
Southeast Performer, June 2008
"an overall eclectic and rich sound...perfect background music to dream or fantasy"
"a great (mostly instrumental) set of music that should have found a spot on The Life Aquatic soundtrack"
Yes! Weekly
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/4/2006
Band Website: microearth.com/ecpe
Band Members: (in alphabetical order) Aaron Bachelder- guitar and percussion, Marcie Haley- drums, Meredith Lamy- vibraphone and percussion, Walker Lewis, Jr.- marimba and percussion, Jonathon Lindsay- piano and percussion, Andrew Schumaker- keyboards and percussion, Valarie Williams- glockenspiel and percussion
Past members: Debbie Davidson, Cecelia Henry, Angela Murphy

Influences: everything
Sounds Like:


Record Label: Microearth Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Article in Shuffle 3

This just out last week or so, written by Eric Shepherd Martin:As a band name, the Enrichment Center Percussion Ensemble is the most accurate- and potentially distracting- for its members.With the exc...
Posted by ECPE on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:53:00 PST

The Enrichment Center

I've been asked for more info about our parent organization, the Enrichment Center. Here is the official blurb:Founded in 1983, The Enrichment Center is an arts-based, not-for-profit organization that...
Posted by ECPE on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:02:00 PST

History of the ECPE

The Enrichment Center Percussion Ensemble was formed in 1997 by its director, multi-instrumentalist and composer Aaron Bachelder, from interested students at the Enrichment Center in Winston-Salem, NC...
Posted by ECPE on Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:10:00 PST

New Review in Southeast Performer

Here's a new review from the June issue of Southeast Performer Magazine. Good thing he put the record on a second time, huh?At first listen, the Enrichment Center Percussion Ensemble's third album, Te...
Posted by ECPE on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:24:00 PST

Review in Yes Weekly

Note to the reader: We've had some confusion about the release date.Here's the review:ECPE - Ten SongsWinston-Salem's Enrichment Center Percussion Ensemble released an album on Tuesday with a little m...
Posted by ECPE on Thu, 15 May 2008 09:51:00 PST

New review from Sepiachord

This from Sepiachord.com:Artist: ECPECD: "Ten Songs"Label: Microearth Records--Ten Songs" by ECPE (the Enrichment Center Percussion Ensemble) is a disarmingly charming CD.The bulk of the songs are a w...
Posted by ECPE on Thu, 15 May 2008 09:45:00 PST

New article in Yes! Weekly

Here it is: home : tunes : -triad music scene5/13/2008 10:12:00 AM Email this article " Print this article Winston-Salem's ECPE making some great noiseby Heather MacIntyreMusic WriterThe Enrichment C...
Posted by ECPE on Thu, 15 May 2008 09:43:00 PST

release party

Thank you to everyone who came out to the release party Friday night, it was a blast.The official release for those of you in the rest of the world is May 6th, so look for it to be available then. Mea...
Posted by ECPE on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:19:00 PST

CD Release postponed

Hey everybody. We've had to postpone our CD release and the release party to a later, as yet unknown date. Sorry! Keep checking back, I'll let you know when it'll happen.
Posted by ECPE on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:14:00 PST

new record mixed!

Hey ECPE fans! I just got back from mixing the new record out at the Fidelitorium with Mitch Easter (along with producer Erich Hubner and Microearth head Morgan Kraft) and it sounds fantastic. Mitch w...
Posted by ECPE on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:00:00 PST