A remix of my song "All My Sundays," by Liam Shachar features on Oakenfolds new album, check it out!! :)
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CELINA MURPHY HOT PRESS- "..The Heart That Knows Desire’ is a perfect nugget of experimental pop fueled by one of the most interesting new voices I’ve heard all year".
CULTURE N.IRELAND - "A one man fantasy island of wondrously divergent music."
THE IRISH TIMES - "Gribbin has come up with some more subtle brilliance"****(4 stars).
GARY LIGHTBODY - "..One of the most extraordinary voices i have heard in a long time".
FRANCIS JONES, BBC - "Gribbin's voice,let off the leash, is extraordinary, soaring and dipping on eddies of emotion..he has proven he is the possessor of a fearsome, restless musical imagination."
SUBBA CULTURE - "His Beautiful, empowered voice acts as a melodious gel cementing together the relative parts into cohesive and totally accessible tunes."
1 Joe echo’s song ‘On All My Sundays’ features on the Number 1 Dance album by Oakenfold ‘Perfecto Vegas’.. Its currently number 1 on the USA Itunes and Amazon dance charts
2 He has opened shows with The Script, James Morrison, Snow Patrol and Franz Ferdinand.
3 Joe Echo has produced the soundtrack for Philip Ridley’s new movie ‘Heartless’ (starring Jim Sturgess). He sings on seven of the songs in the movie.
4 Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol is quoted saying “Ciaran (Joe Echo) has one of the most extraordinary voices I’ve heard in a long time” and invited him to sing backing vocals on four tracks on their number 1 album ‘Eyes Open’.
5 Joe Echo has been writing and recording with Paul Oakenfold, Armin van Burren, Groove Armada, Deadmau5 amongst others.
6 Joe echo will be performing at many festivals this year including Oxegen, Glasgowbury and Indiependance.
7 Joe echo has recorded five songs with The Verve, Blur, The Feeling producer Chris Potter.
8 The debut Joe Echo Album is well under way and will be released early 2010
9 Two Joe Echo songs will appear in the new movie ‘Wild Target’ starring Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt. The soundtrack for this movie will be released by Sony Records
10 So why the name Joe Echo? His real name is Ciaran Gribbin “ I wanted to reinvent myself. Joe was my Grandfathers name, and I write all my songs on an old EKO guitar. So Joe echo was born!”
Glad you like. Likewise love the voice and songs man. Great to link up like that. No doubt be seeing u around soon. Let me know if you ever fancy a remix/ collab. Good luck with the upcoming deals etc!
joe your voice is unreal in that george jones slot!! jeepers i wouldnt believe it was live only i no it was!! flawless vocals!! smooth as a nice warm hot choclate!!
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Same to you Ciaran. Congrats on the Madonna single, I didnt realise you co-wrote it until I read it here! Your own stuff is sounding brill too. Hopefully I'll catch a gig of yours soon. Take it easy! :)
Anytime junior! and if the writers block ever sets in on the lyrical front theres allways a a few crates full bursting out of the cupboards at our place.. I'm realy chuffed for ye..surely 'getting a number one on billboard without actualy ever officialy releasing a song' counts as a world record in it's own right too?? Love n respect M
Hi Ciaran, you are the bess kness, the dogs B......... Be carefull of the MAN eater the Lady M. Do not forget you are the singer with some fantastic voice and a man of words. Come on Ciaran back to what you love singing. We love you Paul & Margaret
