Reverse echo

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Reverse echo or reverb is a slightly unusual sound effect created as the result of recording an echo or delayed signal of an audio recording whilst being played backwards. The original recording is then played forwards accompanied by the recording of the echo or delayed signal which is now in reverse.

The effect is also commonly used in film, often on the vocal recordings especially in Horror movies. The swelling effect is often used to create tension and intensity, but can also be used for more subtle atmospheric effect.

Guitarist Jimmy Page lays claim to the invention of this effect and used it in the bridge of the Led Zeppelin song "Whole Lotta Love".

[edit] Other songs utilising this effect

• "Arise" by Sepultura on the album Arise
• "Even Flow" by Pearl Jam on the album Ten
• "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails on the album The Downward Spiral
• "Let My Love Open the Door" by Pete Townshend on the album Empty Glass
• "Mutilated Lips" by Ween on the album The Mollusk
• "Silverfuck" by Smashing Pumpkins on the album Siamese Dream
• "Dun Ringill" by Jethro Tull on the album Stormwatch
• "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins on the album Face Value
• "H." by Tool on the album Ænima
• "The Pot" by Tool on the album 10,000 Days
• "Strip My Mind" by Red Hot Chili Peppers on the album Stadium Arcadium

Also widely used by Kevin Shields In My Bloody Valentine