Esoteric Escape

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Esoteric Escape
Esoteric Escape cover
Studio album by Keser
Released August 2006
Recorded Alex Tronic Records Studio, Edinburgh, Scotland
Genre Post-rock, Electronic music
Length 60:15
Label Alex Tronic Records
Producer Paul Croan
Professional reviews

Daily Record UK Review of Album Esoteric Escape

Esoteric Escape is the debut studio album by Scottish post-rock and Electronic music band Keser.

Contents

[edit] Overview

Esoteric Escape was recorded in 2006 at the studio of Alex Tronic Records in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was produced by Paul Croan. The album features guitar-driven Electronic music and it is predominately instrumental, with 3 exceptions, Lost for Days, In the Next Beginning and Frozen Fireworks. It consists mainly of Guitar, Bass, Keyboards and the use of various types of Drum Machine.

When questioned about his influences for the sound created on Esoteric Escape, Keser guitarist Kevan Whitley has said:

“ I've always been a big fan of guitar bands and more recently electronic music artists. It seemed natural for 'post rock' to progress further into various different routes and mixing it with electronic music has achieved an interesting cross-over. The plan from the outset was to create reflective, futuristic music with a balance of analogue and digital sounds... .[1] ”

[edit] Album title

The story of the album title was explained as :

“ It's about striving to achieve truth about our lives, escaping the mysticism of why we are all here, why anything is here and seeing a bigger perspective. It was a theme of many of the songs so it was an apt summation. I am surprised that there is not a lot of focus on this in general when it is easily the single most important thing.

[2]

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[edit] Track listing

  1. "FM Rocker" – 4:14
  2. "4_Cycles" - 5:06
  3. "Lost for Days" - 6:37
  4. "Page 20" - 2:50
  5. "In the Next Beginning" - 6:06
  6. " Rolling V2" - 4:57
  7. "Teach" - 4:21
  8. "Frozen Fireworks" - 5:51
  9. "Destination:Destiny" - 5:34
  10. "Page 21 (Reasons to Believe) - 6:09
  11. "We are Closed on Every Tuesday" - 2:44
  12. "Kontrol/Kaos" - 5:41

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Release history

Esoteric Escape was released in various countries in 2006 via UK label Alex Tronic Records. The label's distribution includes Cargo Records for the UK and Arabesque for the rest of the world.

Country Release date Record label Format Catalogue number
UK/Europe August 2006 Alex Tronic Records CD ATRCD022

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Boring Machines Disturbs Sleep website magazine Interview with Keser, 2006
  2. ^ Boring Machines Disturbs Sleep website magazine Interview with Keser, 2006