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Go It Alone...

About Me

ESK - Electronic Sam Kitson. Self taught multi-instrumentalist and music obsessive. Sam hails from Scarborough - a beautiful seaside town on the north east coast of England with a thriving music scene. Sam played an important role in the development of the Scarborough scene and later went on to perform with bands in Newcastle-upon-Tyne where he lived for 5 years. Esk was created late 2006, when after years of collaboration in many different bands playing many different styles, the opportunity to collaborate disappeared. Sam took what he had - a laptop, a MIDI keyboard, a bass, and a passion for music.Sam's first release for Summer Rain Recordings is the EP 'Instrumental Inception' featuring the tracks - 'Esk', 'Audio Out', 'Synthesis' and 'One Note Up'. The tracks on the EP represent early works created late 2006 and early 2007 - which is reflected by the title of the EP. The sound is a blend of electro beats, haunting pianos, rhodes organ, and atmospheric synths. Esk's sound is inspired by the landscapes around him - the ocean, the forest, and the sky. As esk, Sam continues to evolve, learn, create and share.My EP came out on the 19th November - the picture of the cover is a link to iTunes where you can download it. The song names for Synthesis and One Note Up have been mixed up though. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/7/2006
Band Members: Sam Kitson
Influences: Album Leaf, Jeniferever, Deftones, Ryan Adams, Cursive, Faith No More, Foo Fighters, Interpol, QOTSA, Jeff Buckley, Minus the Bear, The National, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, Tool, VAST.... (many many more)
Sounds Like: Album Leaf, Massive Attack, Lamb...
Record Label: Summer Rain Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

EP Release!!!

Hello Everybody Some of you may already be aware that I inked a deal with Summer Rain Recordings and they will be releasing my first EP 'Instrumental Inception' for download on the 19th November 2007....
Posted by esk on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 01:14:00 PST

Plans...

Hello True to the subject - here are my plans for esk: At present, I'm snowed under with 'work' so not much is happening. I have a track (esk7!!) almost finished with sketchy guitar on it - it needs b...
Posted by esk on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:10:00 PST

Pics and Writer's Block

Hi Today (12th Jan) my old friend and very talented artist Pat Burke (Letter From A Friend) did me the honour of taking my picture. We went to the beach and got some nice shots of me sitting on rocks ...
Posted by esk on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 03:42:00 PST