EchoDroides is a collaboration between Chicago natives Frank De La Mora & Trancid (Miguel Martin). Their sound is synthpop with a flavor of Italo and NuDisco and all around sexiness. Their music’s influences come largely from geniuses like Giorgio Moroder, Vince Clarke, Alexander Robotnik and Telex and the Telescopic EP carries on that classic sound infused with modern Nu Disco elements.
The two have been good friends for a long time, both being involved in the music scene for many years in their respective ways. Frank is an accomplished musician & songwriter, having played keyboards on Platinum recording artist, Disturbed’s debut album and heading a couple of bands, Echonine & The Guardians. Miguel is a DJ having traveled all over the country and various spots around the world as part of Dark Wave Disco and performed at Lollapalooza in 2009. He has played alongside countless artists such as Primal Scream, Ladytron, Felix Da Housecat, Cut Copy and many more throughout the years.
Frank and Miguel had always talked about working together on music, but their conflicting schedules prevented it from happening. Finally in the spring of 2011 they were able to get together and started working on some remixes for California’s “The New Division” and Chicago’s “Comasoft”. After the remix project they decided to take a crack at their first original production. The end result was a completed EP, titled Telescopic, which was picked up by Hot Dog Records and drops online on March 7th.
