ESG on Orange vinyl Orange vinyl from ESG is available for home delivery with Vinyl Records London, only £69 +P&P Repressed LP on Neon Orange Vinyl, includes download card. It feels like someone left the light on in the studio and it all just ran itself, there had been a funky human input earlier in the day but, by a Darwinian machineled kind of osmosis, the tracks recorded spent the wee small hours selfreducing and simplifying themselves. Marinated in music. I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil, said Truman Capote. Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, opined Leonardo da Vinci much earlier in proceedings. Yes, its the space around the object, what you leave out that makes what you leave in so important. ESG know this. Sure they can play the game but its the swagger of the groove and the minimal topping like an anticup cake that makes this unique New York sisterhood so appealing on Keep On Moving. Sampled on TV ads, lauded by critics and swooned over on the dancefloor, ESGs postpunk took out the grunge and polished the basics. Cut them open and less is more is written all the way through. Keep On Moving was released over ten years ago to much praise Q said it was even better than 2002s much loved Step Off. ESG had been sparring partners for PiL and early hip hop and four years after the Off, they were onto something new rhythm as core, reflective storylines about relationship management, sensuality and insanity gather around the bass fix but theyre much blurrier than the incessant beats. Inadvertently they unmask techno and glitch and leave out any kind of superfluous fluff. Its hard and temple throbbing. Turn it up. And keep moving. If there039s one tune which sums up ESG039s enduring lust for life, it039s the beautifullyjudged Black Flagearly techno crossover of the closing 039Gimme A Blast039. The Guardian 55 This album039s every percussive aspect has been honed to impart the maximum amount of pleasure. The Observer Despite their influence on younger bands you can hear LCD Soundsystem039s knobbly grooves on Insane, ESG still sound like nothing else. The GuardianRepressed LP on Neon Orange Vinyl. Come Away With ESG 35year anniversary release of the classic genrebusting debut album by the Bronx sisters ESG. The samplefriendly opus thats the inspiration for hiphop, house and post punk. Music that falls outside of the no wave, new wave and post punk library, its for the dance floor but its not funk, theres no horns, no driving organ its the opposite of Sly And The Family Stone but no less cool and no less groovy. A lasting document of their unique brand of minimal funk that would influence subsequent postpunk, hiphop, and dance music acts. Stripped down to the most basic of drumbeats and rudimentary bass lines, Come Away confirms the notion that the real rhythm is what happens between the beats. AllMusic This is 5 dub disco with a punk edge. Paste Uncut punkfunk straight off the streets of the South Bronx. Record Collector ESG are that rare thing Guardian Come Away with ESG sounds so shockingly current. Paste A musical snapshot of New York City at the beginning of the 03980s. AllmusicRepressed LP on Neon Orange Vinyl. ESG039s fusion of sweet soul and punk attitude with an intuitive understanding of dance music remains. The Guardian This is still funk with an alien otherworldliness the likes of which George Clinton never envisioned, stripped to its barest essentials for maximum impact. All Music ESG are as cool as ever. The Guardian Pumping their way out of the South Bronx of New York in the early 80s, this rhythm and dancepunk outfit made unforgettable funk that was also unusually rooted in postpunk. This powerhouse of raw and cutting edge music ultimately made them ahead of their time. ESG enjoyed success sharing stages with PiL and Gang Of Four and have been heavily sampled as many musicians including TLC, WuTang Clan, Beastie Boys and Liars.