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12.19.11 |
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Catalogue No : ESP012
Artist : Young Marco
Title : Nonono b/w Darwin In Bahia
Format : 12" Vinyl & Digital
Released : December 19 2011
Young marco is a gentleman from amsterdam. This is his first offering for the ESP institute. It makes us smile and we are sure you will smile too. With his head in the clouds, marco blends soaring melodies that harmonize beautifully over loop-de-loops of bass lines and bleeps. His warm analogue aesthetic invites us to his daydream, a place of innocence where we can do no wrong, dancing eyes-closed as the sun rises somewhere outside. This is pure feel good dance music, no gimmicks, no pretense, just right.
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11.21.11 |
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Catalogue No : ESP005B
Artist : Shocks
Title : II
Format : 12" Vinyl & Digital
Released : November 21 2011
Witness the second coming of this mysterious Italian producer with Shocks II, totally abandoning the conventions of dance music with three more astonishing tracks comprised of heavily layered sounds, tape loops, loose percussion and meandering guitars. In his post-modern approach, Shocks orchestrates a melding of sounds musical and non, beautiful in their a-tonal harmony, obliterating any linkage to original context and leading us on a road to nowhere.
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11.21.11 |
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Catalogue No : ESP007
Artist : Soft Rocks
Title : The Curse Of Soft Rocks
Format : Full-Length CD & Digital
Released : November 21 2011
After Years, this vinyl-wielding 4-piece originating from Brighton - the one and only Soft Rocks - have finally committed their collective wit to a slew of original tunes. Their debut album, The Curse of Soft Rocks is without-a-doubt a departure from the current musical climate. In an age where any laptop-savvy poseur can upload their bland nu-disco or faux Chi-house directly to a cesspool of digitally downloadable fodder, its more than refreshing to hear this cheeky bunch blending a mixed bag of instrumentation and obscure influences so recklessly.
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11.07.11 |
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Catalogue No : ESP010
Artist : Totebagz
Title : Toteally Techno Trone
Format : Limited Edition Mix CD
Released : November 11 2011
Jailbreak at the zoo! Totebagz is the collaboration between two of Melbourne's most daring minds, Jerky Perky aka Misha Hallenbach (Perks and Mini, Bamboo Musik) and the most excellent surfer/DJ Biscuit (Moonrocks). When they're not cycling the unknown regions, foraging the bush for "special" funghi or surfing the 50-year storm, they're oozing tweaked cardboard box techno. On this limited edition disc, the Totebagz pile blankets of synth upon deep-fried circuitry upon drum machines that have a mind of their own. This is what it sounds like when gremlins shack up inside your mixer.
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10.24.11 |
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Catalogue No : ESP007B
Artist : Soft Rocks
Title : Magic Milk
Format : 12" Vinyl & Digital
Released : October 24 2011
"Magic Milk" is an utterly sleazy weekend dancefloor monster serving as the second single in the series surrounding the Soft Rocks gang's imminent debut album. Guest vocals once again provided by San Francisco post-punk hero Jorge Socarras (vocalist of Indoor Life and songwriter for Patrick Cowley). Remix duties on side-b are provided this time by Washington DC's rising stars the Beautiful Swimmers. Their mid-tempo "Coconut Dub" takes the percussive nuances that are deep in the original and makes them centerpiece, surrounding it all with loose House instrumentation that oddly achieves a tropical vibe.
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10.10.11 |
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Catalogue No : ESP007A
Artist : Soft Rocks
Title : We Hunt Buffalo Now
Format : 12" Vinyl & Digital
Released : October 03 2011
"We Hunt Buffalo Now" is a punky dub monster serving as the first single in a series surrounding the imminent debut album, "The Curse of Soft Rocks". Guest vocals are provided by San Francisco post-punk hero Jorge Socarras (vocalist of Indoor Life and songwriter for Patrick Cowley). In case that wasn't enough, flip her over for the genius remix by Andrew Weatherall, a bonafide glam stomper that slaps you across the face with a fuzzy bassline and greaseball guitar chords. Pure class.
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07.18.11 |
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Catalogue No : ESP011
Artist : Cos/Mes & Chida
Title : 12 Inches for Japan I
Format : Limited Edition 12" (Red Vinyl)
Released : July 18 2011
In an effort to help our dear friends in Japan, ESP Institute presents part 1 in a ltd vinyl stash, all proceeds going to Japan relief efforts. Cos/Mes brings a triumphant theatrical vocal stomper on side A with Hey Yah and Ene label boss Chida drops a dark dubby pumper on the flip with Danca. Sure to fly off the shelves, ltd edition red vinyl, no repress, boom!
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03.28.11 |
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Catalogue No : ESP005A
Artist : Shocks
Title : I
Format : 12" Vinyl & Digital
Released : May 09 2011
Shocks is a project by northern Italian DJ/producer Wanmhope with his occasional partner-in-crime Max Dolphy. While fundamentally simple in approach, the dynamic maintains a deceivingly complex harmony and disharmony rendering a visceral, sometimes violent listening experience. Waves of feedback, distortion, frantic guitar noodling, vocal collage and field recordings soar like an ominous cloud over primitive, hedonistic rhythms. This, the first of two Shocks vinlys preceding the full-length, sets the tone, serving as your marinade before you're thrown to the lions.
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Lovefingers on the Air |
12.19.10 |
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Mix : Live on Noise In My Head (RRR Radio)
Artist : Lovefingers
Location : Melbourne, Australia
Format : Download (112mb)
Recorded : December 19 2010
More from the great Noise In My Head radio show on RRR Radio, Melbourne, Australia! Michael had Lovefingers on the air for a second time back in December of 2010. We've been a little tied up over here so we've just had time to post it now. Some of you may have already checked it out via our Soundcloud page, but if not you can peep the super mellow vibes here!
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Catalogue No : ESP004
Artist : Sea Power & Change
Title : s/t
Format : 12" Vinyl & Digital
Released : December 06 2010
Portuguese producer Tiago, a multi-talented musician and DJ with his attention split between many musical endeavors, makes his departure into yet another territory. Four melancholic songs, independent in mood yet collectively bring to life a beautifully vague array of contradictions. Tiago taps into our perverted subconscious, developing a cinematic approach by coupling tragic pianos with slow-motion basslines, slinky guitars against industrial drums and grandiose synthesizers over tropical percussion, all bathed in pornographic overtones.
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Cos/Mes on the Air |
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Mix : Live on Beats in Space (WNYU)
Artist : Cos/Mes
Location : New York City
Format : Stream or Download
Recorded : November 9 2010
Cos/Mes graced Tim Sweeney's Beats In Space radio show last Tuesday, expanding our minds even further. A couple cuts from the new album were thrown in the mix alongside heaps of killer new material. If you haven't picked up the latest Cos/Mes releases you're living a life unfulfilled. As for the radio show, Check it out here!
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10.22.10 |
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Catalogue No : ESP003
Artist : Cos/Mes
Title : Gozmez Land -Chaosexotica-
Format : Full Length CD
Released : September 20 2010
ESP Institute presents Gozmez Land -Chaosexotica-, the highly anticipated full-length album from Tokyo's Cos/Mes. This is truly something special, an exotic journey over eleven stunning tracks, beautifully constructed and holding their own individually while working as a gracefully paced album. Cos/Mes create a harmonious melting pot of contexts far beyond their contemporaries, shattering genres and leaving us happily lost. Pretense aside, this is one of the most important pieces of electronic music to emerge in ages. Artwork by ESP Institute's Mario Hugo.
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10.19.10 |
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Catalogue No : ESP003D
Artist : Cos/Mes
Title : Natural Lifespan
Format : 12" Vinyl & Digital
Released : October 19 2010
Here we have yet another vinyl release to supplement the highly anticipated Cos/Mes album. While the first three singles boasted massive A-sides backed with incredible remixes, this release contains two exquisite album cuts deserving their own slab of vinyl. Natural Lifespan (Acid Orchestra Mix) is a slice of pure bliss, a mid-tempo jam to which you can hug your friends as the sun rises. On the flip, I-Bizan (Build the Progressive Band) rides a stomping and tainted rhythm into a dark den of iniquity. Pass the lotion.
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In Memory |
10.20.10 |
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Rest In Peace : Ari Up
Ari was (still is) a HUGE influence on me and I will never forget her music. I was lucky enough to hang out and talk one night when was I first came to New York. Much love and respect, rest in peace. |
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Friends & Family |
10.01.10 |
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Artist : Mike Calvert
Purpose : Buchla Series 200 Anniversary
Format : Silkscreened Poster : 20"x30"
Price : $100 USD
An age-old friend to the ESP Institute, Mike Calvert, has recently designed and silkscreened these amazing commemorative posters for the 40th anniversary of Don Buchla's legendary 200 Series Electric Music Boxes. These large format posters are signed by both Don Buchla and Mike Calvert and are suitable for framing. You can purchase them from Don Buchla himself via his site and while you're there you should read about the new Series 200e, an updated version of the original Series 200 machines, but now fully Midi functional. Updated how, you ask? Still straight up analog synthesis, still programmed with knobs and switches and patchcords, same power supply voltages, same form factors... In fact, its completely interchangeable with 200 Series modules built in the 1970s. Get ready for some tweakin'!
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Catalogue No : ESP003C
Artist : Cos/Mes
Title : Chaosexotica b/w Welcome Stranger Dub
Format : 12" Vinyl & Digital
Released : September 20 2010
The third of four singles from the immenent Cos/Mes album, Chaosexotica is perhaps the most aggressive of the bunch. A pulsing sub-bass is met with a hypnotic Gamelon melody which, over time, morphs into a trance-inducing synth hook and is absolutely other worldly. On the flip, the Welcome Stranger AKA Thomas Bullock (Rub'n'Tug, Map Of Africa, Laughing Light of Plenty, etc etc) strips the track down to a primitive psychedelic masterpiece, a thirteen minute dubbed out abstraction, totally bonkers!
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Catalogue No : ESP003B
Artist : Cos/Mes
Title : Gozmez Land b/w TBD Remix
Format : 12" Vinyl & Digital
Released : September 20 2010
The second of four singles from the forthcoming album. Cos/Mes have carved their niche and this heavy offering further cements their place in a new era of dance music. The A-side, Gozmez Land, paints a stormy and treacherous image difficult to describe with words, imagine Fitzcarraldo being driven by an enchanting House rhythm as opposed to an Opera. The B-side, a remarkable remix by village idiots TBD, will tease you relentlessly before making you weap.
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Tote Bagz on the Air |
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Mix : Live on Noise In My Head (RRR Radio)
Artist : DJ Tote Bagz (aka Perks & Biscuit)
Location : Melbourne, Australia
Format : Download (102mb)
Recorded : August 8 2010
More from the great Noise In My Head radio show on RRR Radio, Melbourne, Australia! Michael recently aired a guest mix from ESP's Cos/Mes and is now back in your face with a guest mix from DJ Tote Bagz aka Misha of Perks and Mini with Biscuit of Moon Rocks. You can expect Techno sounds inna home-brewed style, full-on hypno rhythms, deep and dirty. This can serve as a preview to the upcoming double mix CD collabo between PAM and ESP, just in time for the holidaze! E-Toot E-Tote!
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Cos/Mes on the Air |
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Mix : Live on Noise In My Head (RRR Radio)
Artist : Cos/Mes
Location : Melbourne, Australia
Format : Download (91.2mb)
Recorded : July 20 2010
Our good friend Michael in Melbourne, who hosts the classy Noise In My Head radio show on RRR Radio, recently aired a guest mix from ESP's golden children Cos/Mes! Perfect listening for the Summer (northern hemisphere at least), an all around a heady affair, much like Flatic (one half Cos/Mes) amazing Soundmore Mix CD label. Do check it out! Ok, now off to the sea of tranquility!
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Mix : Live on Beats in Space (WNYU)
Artist : Lovefingers
Location : New York City
Format : Stream or Download
Recorded : July 26 2010
Lovefingers did a guest mix on Tim Sweeney's Beats in Space show last Tuesday. The set was dedicated to the new and upcoming ESP Institute releases, and it was quite an honour to follow Tim's the other guest, Kenji Takimi of Tokyo's legendary Crue-L records. In the mix you can hear the usual all-over-the-shop style we promote over here, including upcoming releases from Cos/Mes, Sea Power & Change (Tiago), a crazy TBD remix and Chee Shimizu's track from the recent Concentration - Vol I album. Check it out!
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Catalogue No : ESP002
Artist : ESP Institute
Title : Concentration - Volume I
Format : CD [mixed]
Released : July 19 2010
The first in a philanthropic, pedagogical series of compilations. Curated and programmed by Lovefingers, Concentration is a narrative blend of fifteen remixes, re-edits and obscurities contributed by our international family of collaborators including Abel, Alexis Le-Tan, Basso, Bumrocks, Chee Shimizu, Cos/Mes, Jonny Nash, Lee Douglas, Lexx, Lovefingers, Secret Circuit, Sesto Falconi, Tako and Tropical Jeremy. All proceeds from this series are donated to The Harmony Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to youth development through music study, practice and performance. Artwork by Mario Hugo.
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Stallions on the Air |
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Mix : Live on Romantic Collection (52 min)
Artist : The Stallions
Location : Moscow, Russian Federation
Format : Stream or Download (119mb)
Recorded : June 26 2010
The Stallions (Lee Douglas & Lovefingers) stopped by for a quick radio show before a fantastic evening at Moscow's Odyssey party at the lovely Club Solyanka. Please enjoy some of our favorite early evening sounds for the Summer. Spasiba!
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Date : June 24 2010, 6PM-9PM
Artist : Misha Hollenbach
Title : Pink/Brown Stool/Stool
Event : Opening & Book Release
Location : Ed. VARIE/SEEMS : 208 E 7th St, NYC
Born last century, based in Melbourne, Australia, Misha Hollenbach lives and works in many languages, times and places. Hollenbach is half of the brand Perks and Mini (P.A.M.) a multi-media excursion encompassing art, design, fashion and publishing. He's also part of The Changes music/art collective. Check out Misha's opening and book release in the East Village, Thursday June 24 from 6PM-9PM (and pick up the book, edition limited 250). Don't forget to keep an eye out for a double mix CD collaboration between PAM and ESP at the end of Summer!
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Date : June 11 2010
Event : Run With The Stallions
Special Guest : Hunee (Berlin)
Venue : subMercer
Location : 147 Mercer St, New York City
Join the Stallions (Lee Douglas & Lovefingers) for their monthly residency in New York City. This will be the last monthly of the Summer as subMercer is closing until Fall. For this special occasion we've brought in great friend and party DJ extraordinaire, Hunee. If you're unfamiliar with Hunee's tunes (shame on you) then check his releases on Internasjonal, Permanent Vacation and W.T. Records. Top notch!
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Catalogue No : ESP003A
Artist : Cos/Mes
Title : DFG (featuring Dr. Nishimura)
Format : 12" Vinyl & Digital
Released : June 01 2010
The first of four singles from their forthcoming album. The duo, hailing from the Tokyo underground, combine beautifully spacial and droning arrangements with tropical vibes on DFG (featuring Dr. Nishimura of Discossession/Crue-L). On the B side we have a deep relaxing remix of album cut Heavenly Trax by Sombrero Galaxy's own Jonny Nash, followed by an extended version of another album cut From Other Space. Keep your sights on ESP for three more mind bending Cos/Mes singles and the full-length album dropping in July.
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Our Debut Release |
03:01:10 |
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Catalogue No : ESP001
Artist : Sombrero Galaxy
Title : Journey To The Centre Of The Sun
Format : 12" Vinyl & Digital
Released : March 01 2010
Prepare to enter the Sombrero Galaxy, the collab-orative effort from Jonny Nash and Tako Reyenga. Journey To The Centre Of The Sun is a dive into a moody, visceral, ethereal headspace brought to life through shimmering synthesizers, swirling guitars and chugging basslines coupled with live percussion, clearly setting the bar higher than the bulk of contemporary electronic music. On the B side, The Stallions (Lovefingers and Lee Douglas) reinterpret the track with optimism, complimenting the original with a light and cloudy yet driving house version. Artwork by Mario Hugo.
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First Transmission |
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Mix : Golden Age (1 hr 4 min)
Artist : Lovefingers
Format : Download (89mb)
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