Esb (yann Tiersen/l. Laquerrière/t. Poli)
Esb
Finding time between their myriad other music projects in 2014 the trio finally have a short window to record the debut album. Convening at Tiersens studio, each member chooses two weapons from their analogue armoury and plugs in for ten days of intense, immersive, cosmic jamming. ARPs glide. Korgs drone. Moogs throb. Electricity breathes life into the strange, tangled melodies. Common influences swirl around. Michael Bundt t o Tim Hecker, Klaus Schulze to Fennesz, Popol Vuh to Loscil, Kraftwerk to Fuck Buttons, Delia Derbyshire to Grouper, Neu! t o Follakzoid. Accidents are appreciated. Unexpected meeting are welcome. Every track is composed on the fly and recorded in the moment. By turn danceable and sinister, human and alien the songs extend and warp, are allowed time to grow and to lead the musicians down unexpected roads. The finished songs giving a cracked, kaleidoscopic view of some exotic retro-futuristic world. Mixed in Rennes by Poli and mastered at Translab Studio in Paris by Chab.