A founding member of such groundbreaking bands as Hiss Golden Messenger and The Court & Spark, Scott Hirsch has spent much of the past half-decade gradually growing an acclaimed solo canon, staking his own visionary, deeply personal approach towards traditional American studio craft and songwriting. Hailed by the Chicago Reader as “an album of kaleidoscopic range and beauty that encompasses his varied interests,” 2016’s BLUE RIDER SONGS prompted Pitchfork to enthuse, “It’s taken a long time for (Hirsch) to let out his voice – a cool, soulful thing filled with deep reverence for his source material, if some cynicism about the myths it’s spun…On BLUE RIDER SONGS, Hirsch debunks the idea that redemption is ever a cakewalk, and finds something more truthful and lasting in the pursuit of accepting responsibility.”
Hirsch followed up two years later with LOST TIME BEHIND THE MOON, praised by Sungenre as “a genre-defying blend of all things Americana, showcasing Hirsch’s innate songwriting ability…a mixture of country, blues, folk-rock and psychedelic which come together to create something wholly different from the separate parts. It is moving and contemplative, bold and adventurous, whilst also delicate and sensitive.” LOST TIME BEHIND THE MOON “answers the question of what we might have gotten if Lou Reed had headed for Tulsa instead of Long Island when he bolted from the Velvet Underground,” declared MAGNET, while Pitchfork wrote, “There’s a new confidence here…These songs suggest that Hirsch has reached a destination, at least with his music: that he has arrived at a place where he is able to harness these sounds and allusions to convey the particulars of his wanderlust.” “LOST TIME BEHIND THE MOON bristles and broods,” raved Raven Sings The Blues, “and in the end is a salve and solace to lost souls…Hirsch’s vision of country elegance and barbiturate boogie hangs heavy on the diaphragm, groovin’, and singin’ in the same breath.”
Echo Magic founder Scott Hirsch is a sound designer, editor and mixer for film and video, a musician, and a Grammy® nominated audio engineer. As a sound designer and mixer for film and video, Scott’s selected credits include films by Rick Alverson, Jonathan Caouette, Bruce Thierry Cheung, Andrew Neel, Sam Fleischner, Braden King, and Kelly Reichardt.
Musically, Scott produces, engineers, writes, and plays multiple instruments as a solo artist and with artists Hiss Golden Messenger, William Tyler, Mikael Jorgensen, Orpheo McCord and Daniel Rossen.Scott engineered and mixed the album “Follow The Music” by folk music legend Alice Gerrard which was nominated in 2015 for a Grammy® in the “Best Folk Album” category. Scott attained his masters degree in music technology from New York University, where he concentrated his studies on 3D and spatial audio for film, focusing his research on the field of Ambisonics. He is an adjunct professor at NYU’s Music Technology department.
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