Ensemble Economique

Ensemble Economique is the solo project of Brian Pyle, an experimental musician from Humboldt County in northern California. Its records move between dark drone, echo-laden psychedelia and a slow, gothic kind of synth pop. Pyle took the name from Los Ensemble Economique, a freeform underground music show he hosted on the local station KHSU. He is also one half of the duo Starving Weirdos. Ensemble Economique began with At the Foot of Nameless Roads, released by Digitalis in 2008. Later albums include Standing Still, Facing Forward (2010), Psychical and Crossing the Pass, By Torchlight.