The Echoing Green (band) explained

The Echoing Green
Background:	group_or_band
Origin:	Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Genre:	Electronica, synthpop, dark wave
Years Active:	1992–present
Current Members:	Joey Belville Chrissy Jeter

The Echoing Green is an electronic music and synthpop band. It began as a duo between Joey Belville and Aaron Bowman in 1992, and has since released eleven major albums.

History

Belville, a devout Christian, created the band with a focus on faith and self-funding rather than having label. Their lyrics are infused with a strong element of faith and biblical themes. Christian artists also make occasional appearances. For instance, Riki Michele provided vocals on "Defend Your Joy", though she was uncredited for the part.^[1]

A remix of the song "Oxygen" from Hope Springs Eternal appeared on the Sci-Fi Channel's show First Wave.^[2]

On February 21, 2011, the band announced their completion of mastering on In Scarlet and Vile, which later went to release on March 11, 2011.^{[3] [4]}

Belville has produced and mixed other bands such as Leiahdorus and System22.^[5]

Discography

Studio albums

• Defend Your Joy (1994)
• Hope Springs Eternal (1997)
• The Echoing Green / The W's Split EP (1998)
• The Echoing Green (1998)
• Supernova (2000)
• Music from the Ocean Picture (2001)
• The Winter of Our Discontent (2003)
• In Scarlet and Vile (2011)

Remix albums

• Aurora 7.2 (1995)
• Science Fiction (1996) (re-issued in 2001)
• The Evergreen Annex - Remix Addendum (2002)

Live albums

• Glimmer of Hope (1999) (Recorded Live At TOM Fest '98)

Compilation albums

• Electronica (1998)
• Oceanaria v1.0 (2000)
• The Evergreen Collection (2002)
• Songs of Innocence and Experience - Hope and Science (2006 reissue of Hope Springs Eternal and Science Fiction)
• The Echoing Green - Violent Whispers- Songs & Secrets from The Echoing Green (Compilation, best-of album 2020)

Singles

• "If I Could..." (1999)
• "She's Gone Tragic" (2000)
• "Fall Awake" (2003)
• "The Story of Our Lives" (2004)
• "Suffer" (2007)
• "Sanctuary" (2008)

References

1. Book: Powell, Mark Allan . Mark Allan Powell . Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music . Hendrickson Publishers . 2002 . Peabody, Massachusetts . 978-1565636798 . 290–291 .
2. Macintosh . Dan . The Next Wave . 26–30 . January–February 2001 . 34 . . 1082-3980 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20020616121556/http://www.7ball.com/issues/01/34/echoing_green.html . June 16, 2002 .
3. Web site: mastering all done!... . Facebook . April 17, 2013.
4. Web site: Twitter . Twitter . April 17, 2013.
5. Web site: Joseph Belville Discography (Production) . Discogs . 2021-10-01.