Member Since: 11/18/2006
Band Website: esthema.com
Band Members: Current Line-up:
Andy Milas, guitar
Bruno Esrubilsky, drums
Ignacio Long, bass
Onur Dilisen, violin
Tery Lemanis, oud/bouzouki
Bass on Apart From The Rest was played by Jack Mason
Drums on Apart From The Rest were played by Carl Sorensen
Influences: Many different artists and styles of music have influenced Esthema's sound. To name a few...
Styles of Music: Progressive Rock/Metal, Jazz (Fusion, Latin), New Age, Greek, Turkish
Artists: Al DiMeola World Sinfonia, Avishai Cohen, John Zorn, Garrison Fewell, Pat Metheny, Anouar Brahem, Simon Shaheen, Laco Tayfa, Takim, Iasis, Strunz and Farah, Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Ara Dinkjian, Loreena McKennitt, George Winston, Shadowfax, Jim Matheos (Fates Warning), Porcupine Tree, Gordian Knot, Tool, Countless of Greek and Turkish composers and musicians, both past and present
Sounds Like: Who have reviewers compared Esthema to...
"reminded me a good bit of Shakti, John McLaughlin's acoustic World music band"
— TAXI, The World's Leading Independent A&R Company
"The Middle Eastern influence is especially enticing and in parts it reminds me of Jaz Coleman and Anne Dudley"
—Rob Forbes, Leicester Bangs
"It’s a perfect combination of Middle Eastern/East European folk music and American jazz, like an amped-up Loreena McKennitt without vocals"
—Jamie Anderson, Indie-Music.com, April 2008
If you ask us (Esthema), we feel that our sound is a combination of all our influences - Jazz, Fusion, Progressive Rock, Metal, Greek/Turkish, New Age, etc...Some of those artists are Al DiMeola World Sinfonia, Laco Tayfa, Strunz and Farah, Avishai Cohen, John Zorn Bar Kokhba, Simon Shaheen, Takim, Anouar Brahem (with drums), Jim Matheos Solo, etc....
We would love to hear what you think.
Type of Label: Indie