Echo Party

Edan was given access to the Traffic Entertainment Group vault of old school hip-hop to create the album, resulting in a single 29-minute track two years later.^[3] It was recorded using tape echo, guitar, and kazoo, among other instruments.^[4]

Echo Party was released on CD and vinyl.^[5] The vinyl release comes in a white sleeve, each with unique stencil and stamp artwork handmade by Edan, and is limited to 1000 copies.^[5]

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Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	71/100[6]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
The A.V. Club	B+[8]
BBC	favorable[1]
The Phoenix	[9]
Pitchfork	6.8/10[3]
PopMatters	[10]
Spin	5/10[11]

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At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Echo Party received an average score of 71, based on 10 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[6]

Rick Anderson of AllMusic said, "you'll hear vintage hip-hop basslines, 808 beats, and exuberant '80s-style rapping interspersed with weirdness like chopped-up Latin rhythms and shout-outs to New York boroughs and zodiac signs."^[7] Adam Kennedy of BBC called it "a production album over mere mixtape, one for the breakdancers, as well as appreciators of both forward-thinking and back-in-the-day craft."^[1] Nate Patrin of Pitchfork commented that "if you've ever wanted to hear classic cuts from the dawn of hip-hop turned into hallucinogenic setpieces that knock and clang like glitched-up King Tubby, Echo Party should justify whatever the hell it is Edan's been doing with his time over the past four years."^[3]

Dave Segal of The Stranger included it on the "2009's Top Overlooked Releases" list.^[12]

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Edan – recording, mixing, concept, art direction, design
• Mark Donahue – mastering
• Trevor "Karma" Gendron – layout
• Matt Welch – executive production