Eco

Wolves Eco

If it feels like Eco has fallen somewhat release-quiet of late, well it's not without good reason. Until a few years ago a veritable dynamo, no trance season was quite complete without a complement of his singles. As quixotically beautiful as their titles were intriguingly cryptic & enigmatic, 'The Light In Your Eyes Went Out', 'Walkabout', 'A Million Sounds, A Thousand Smiles', 'Staring At The Sea' and dozens of others came to rank amongst trance's most imaginative and esoteric. Most albums have 'a story', but perhaps not to quite the same degree as Eco's 'Wolves'. Dealing with (as the New Jersey-ite puts it) 'a child who is no longer satisfied with the time & place he finds himself in and decides to embrace wilderness', it is, in part, an allegory of his disillusionment. Moreover though it's a concerted attempt to confront it and improve it. Musically, the album tracks the arc of the 'Wolves' novella. Reading at roughly the same pace as it (pause-free) plays, its titles, music and lyrics, in effect, 'illustrate' the book. Using the wolf motif, it deals with the highs, lows, and varying trials and tribulations the boy faces. In doing so, it provides a rarely - if ever before - experienced adjunct to a music album. While the story is personal to Marcello, it's also one that will very likely resonate with fans within the scene.