Jazz Articles about EchoTest

EchoTest: From Two Balconies

by Geno Thackara
March 21, 2017

When is a bass duo not a bass duo? For Julie Slick and Marco Machera, the general answer is “whenever we want." Technically they're both electric bassists foremost, but that's far from the only tool in their box. The bottom end was prominent when they first joined forces on Fourth Dementia (self-produced, 2014), but already there was a noticeable emphasis on bending their strings to make guitar and synth sounds too. When they adopted the band name EchoTest with Le ...