quoted 2 lines And talking about classics: Has the NY electro ESG-UFO (1982) ever been>> And talking about classics: Has the NY electro ESG-UFO (1982) ever been
>> released on a comp?quoted 7 lines What is this, any record made before 1988 is considered "Electro" by default?>What is this, any record made before 1988 is considered "Electro" by default?
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>ESG - a family of sisters (and one brother) who were all around 16 or so at
>the time - made minimalist Funk. "UFO" is minimalist Funk. "Moody" is
>minimalist Funk. I've never seen that track on a compilation (but yes, I
>have heard it sampled a zillion times), but then I wouldn't have noticed -
>I have all the ESG records sitting in my closet somewhere :-)
i would say "moody" is right there at the beginning of house music too.
there is a fairly faithful cover version of UFO by unrest. it was on their
sub pop "factory" covers 7". Moody has been re-released and i believe
re-recorded by a few different people. bomb the bass covered it on their
second album. there was actually a cd released by ESG last year. it was
mostly live and had a couple of the older tracks tacked on the end. i
think moody and UFO were both on there. i think they've also turned up on
various "breaks" records.
ESG's album "come away" is not too bad either.
quoted 4 lines (Speaking of "labels, where have they gone" ... ESG's label was 99 Records,>(Speaking of "labels, where have they gone" ... ESG's label was 99 Records,
> run by Ed Bahlmann (sp?) in New York. The Bush Tetras were labelmates.
> I wonder what happened to Ed, the store - 99 Records was a store first - and
> his label ... )
don't forget liquid liquid too. they've been blatantly sampled even more
than esg. does anyone know whatever happened to them?
glen branca released an lp and a 7" too. great stuff as well although not
exactly idm/ambient.
david *+*