Benjamin Joel Esser, known mononymously as Esser, is an English singer, songwriter and producer. He is from

Chelmsford Chelmsford () is a city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. It is the county town of Essex and one of three cities in the county, along with Southend-on-Sea and Colchester. It is located north-east of London a ...

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...

and was formerly a drummer for the band Ladyfuzz. His debut album, ''Braveface'', was released in the UK in May 2009 via

Transgressive Records Transgressive Records is an independent record label based in London, formed in 2004. Its founders, Tim Dellow and Toby L, first met at a Bloc Party gig organised by Toby's Rockfeedback website. The label's debut release was "1am" by the Subwa ...

; Esser promoted the record as a support act for the

Kaiser Chiefs Kaiser Chiefs are an English indie rock band from Leeds who formed in 2000 as Parva, releasing one studio album, ''22'', in 2003, before renaming and establishing themselves in their current name that same year. Since their formation the band h ...

' UK arena tour and also on his own tour, joined by a live band that included his brother. He released an EP, ''Enmity'', in 2012, taking influence from

Krautrock Krautrock (also called , German for ) is a broad genre of experimental rock Experimental rock, also called avant-rock, is a subgenre of rock music that pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique or which experiments ...

groups such as

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and

Harmonia In Greek mythology, Harmonia (; grc, Ἁρμονία / harmoˈnia/, "harmony", "agreement") is the immortal goddess of harmony and concord. Her Roman counterpart is Concordia. Her Greek opposite is Eris, whose Roman counterpart is Discord ...

. Esser attended

Great Baddow High School Great Baddow High School is a comprehensive secondary school in Chelmsford, Essex, England. It is a sports college with academy status and with science as a second specialism. It draws its students from primary schools in the Chelmsford area. H ...

. Uniformed students from the school appeared in the video of his single ''Headlock''.

Discography

*''Braveface'' (2009) *''Enmity'' (2012)

Singles

*"I Love You" (2008) *"Satisfied" (2008) *"Work It Out" (2009) *"Headlock" (2009) *"Enmity" (2012)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Esser Year of birth uncertain Living people 21st-century English singers English electronic musicians English pop singers English record producers English male singer-songwriters Musicians from Essex People from Chelmsford 21st-century British male singers Year of birth missing (living people)