Dots Will Echo is an indie rock group from Ridgewood, New Jersey. The band consists of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Nick Berry and drummer Kurt Biroc.

History

Musician

William Ackerman William Ackerman (born November 16, 1949) is an American guitarist and record producer who founded Windham Hill Records. Career Early years Ackerman was born in Palo Alto, California. His adoptive father was a professor of English at Stanfor ...

produced and released Dots Will Echo's first official album ''Dots Will Echo'' in 1991 on

High Street Records High Street Records was a subsidiary label of Windham Hill Records from about 1990 to 1997. Notable acts who recorded for the label include John Gorka, Pierce Pettis, Patty Larkin, The Subdudes, Downy Mildew, and Dots Will Echo. Several singer-song ...

. The album sold 10,000 copies. In 1996, the group independently released their second album ''Get Your Hands Off My Modem, You Weasel''. In 2001, lead singer Nick Berry appeared on William Ackerman's

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nominated album ''Hearing Voices''. He played guitar and lent background vocals for the song "Fear Not Mary" with Ugandan-American musician Samite. On July 24, 2012, Dots Will Echo released a double-length album entitled Drunk Is The New Sober/Stupid Is The New Dumb on the

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label.

Discography

* 1991: ''Dots Will Echo'' * 1996: ''Get Your Hands Off My Modem, You Weasel'' * 2000: "Black Folks, White Folks" (single) * 2012: ''Drunk Is the New Sober/Stupid Is the New Dumb'' Appearances * 1992: "The Good Little Children", from ''Legacy II: A Collection of Singer–Songwriters'' * 1999: '"Help! Gerard Cosloy Is Chasing Me With an Axe!", from ''Music for Listening To'' * 2008: "Tell Me Today", from ''A Few Uneven Rhymes – A Tribute to Winter Hours''

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* {{Authority control Asthmatic Kitty artists Indie rock musical groups from New Jersey Musical groups established in 1991