''Esoteric Escape'' is the debut

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rock and

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band

Keser Keser are a Scottish band from Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland. Keser are signed to UK indie label Alex Tronic Records, and have released three albums to date, '' Esoteric Escape'', '' Robo Ghost'' and Audeamus. The first two albums were reco ...

Overview

''Esoteric Escape'' was recorded in 2006 at the studio of

Alex Tronic Records Alex Tronic Records (ATR) is a record label based in Scotland who primarily release electronic music. Their current artists include Alex Tronic, ÅsA, Becki Bardot, Keser, Pockets of Resistance, Binary Zero, Iain Carnegie, Marvin Wilson, Ma ...

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, Scotland, and was produced by Paul Croan. The album features guitar-driven Electronic music and it is predominantly

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, with 3 exceptions, Lost for Days, In the Next Beginning and Frozen Fireworks. It consists mainly of

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and the use of various types of Drum Machine. When questioned about the influences for the sound created on ''Esoteric Escape'', the band have been quoted as saying

Track listing

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

Personnel

* Paul Croan -

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* Gavin Clark - Recorded "In the Next Beginning", "Rolling V2", and "Kontrol/Kaos" at Hidden Channel, Glasgow. * David Reid -

* Kevan Whitley -

, Programming * Geoff Allen - Mastering at CaVa Studios

Release history

''Esoteric Escape'' was released in various countries in 2006 via UK label

. The label's distribution includes Cargo Records for the UK and Arabesque for the rest of the world.

Notes

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