Art d'Ecco is the stage name of a Canadian

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singer and musician, based in

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. His music has been compared to

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, and

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. d'Ecco's birth name is not currently known to the public, but he has revealed that he was born in

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, Ontario and raised in

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. After working as a restaurant line cook in his teens, he began to look into music as a career, playing in the band Speed to Kill with Vancouver musician Jason Corbett. d'Ecco played in bands for a number of years without seeing much progress. Eventually his father offered to put him up at the family home in the

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where he would care for his grandmother, then ailing with

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. It was during this time of retreat that he wrote the songs that would make up his solo debut as Art d'Ecco, ''Day Fevers''. d'Ecco recorded this album solo with a piano and an iPhone. After releasing and touring with Day Fevers, d'Ecco began to experiment with his image, inspired by his fascination with artists that "look weird", citing

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and

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. By the time he released his second album, 2018's ''Trespasser'', his first release with

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, he had arrived at his signature look of

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wig and androgynous makeup. His promotion for the album included a set at the 2019

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festival. In 2021 d'Ecco released his third album, ''In Standard Definition'', which was recorded in analog on a 50-year-old console. It has been described as "a concept album about entertainment." As a follow-up d'Ecco released a cover single of

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's " That's Entertainment".

Album discography

* ''Day Fevers'' (Your Face Records, 2016) * ''Trespasser'' (Paper Bag Records, 2018) * ''In Standard Definition'' (Paper Bag Records, 2021) * ''After the Headrush'' (Paper Bag Records, 2022)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:D'ecco, Art Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian indie rock musicians Musicians from Ottawa Paper Bag Records artists