Biography

Echo Image is a Norwegian synthpop band from Fredrikstad. The band started in 1997 when Pål Magnus Rybom and Jon-Ivar Berg started experimenting with electronic music. Berg left the group to focus on his music project Biozide, but later that year Fredrik Hansen joined and Echo Image was officially formed with Trine Bilet joining towards the end of the year providing backing vocals and synthesizers. In 1998, they recorded the “Walkout” EP, which was sold locally through a punk/prog label called Kvarts Musikk. Their musical style didn't really suit Kvarts, so in 2000 they signed to US synthpop label A Different Drum. The 2000 single “Need To Be Proud” was mixed by Apoptygma Berzerk`s Stephan Groth, who introduced them to the Norwegian label Hard:Drive. After releasing “Compuphonic” simultaneously on ADD and the now defunct Bloodline in Europe, they signed with Hard:Drive and released the “Endless Day” EP. Echo Image accompanied Apoptygma Berzerk on the Harmonizer tour in 2002. The 2001 Single “Skulk” was also featured in the dancing games Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX 2[1] and Dance Dance Revolution ULTRAMIX 4[2] (Konami Remix), both for the XBOX video-game system. After 20 years, Pål Magnus Rybom decided to revive the band, and in 2021 Echo Image returned with a new single called “Walk my Mind”.