Chicago based Stephen Hitchell dons many guises, producing as Soultek, Phase90 and Variant, as well as collaborating with Rod Modell as echospace and cv313. Hitchell (along with Modell) also runs the echospace [detroit] label, which earlier this year released his first solo album ‘The Seduction Of Silence’ under the Intrusion moniker. Stephen is a producer and engineer of minimized to maximized sounds, determined to open a new chapter in experimenation with synthesis and sound design. His vintage, warm, ethereal analog sound is produced and recorded onto reel to reel tape.