When the world slipped into madness last month, the ESP Institute put most releases on the back-burner to await brighter days, but then we thought again; why not approach these odd circumstances the way we do most realities, positively and head-on? We’re committed to a community that builds new worlds — this is fundamental to our creative and spiritual relationship with Osaka-born, cosmos-straggling artist, Ground — and while temporarily we can’t physically congregate to uplift each other, its our responsibility as an institution to maintain a platform for prolific creative pioneers, our cherished cartographers of cognitive escape. 'Wakusei' is wonderfully confusing and disorienting music, a follow-up EP to 2018’s critically acclaimed album 'Sunizm', not created specifically for life under lockdown, but nonetheless aptly suited to help release angst, guide meditation, and assist in making this moment in history more interesting if not transcendental. Whereas 'Sunizm' relied on field recordings gathered from rainforests, percussions learned from imaginary ancient civilizations, and the somehow organic freneticism of a mission control meltdown, the aesthetic of 'Wakusei' reduces this abstract instrumentation one step further to a more base-level array of gurgling synth scraps, accelerating engine friction and static-bound phonetic mistakes, all scrubbed into dust by a Brillo pad of white noise. The cliché of “great art is born out of hard times” is not lost upon us — of course the world will look back to this turmoil and its residual contributions to culture — but we see today's art as an immediate coping mechanism, and artists like Ground helping to unlock and navigate internal utopias. We’re already indoors, let’s delve inside.

[ESP037] Wakusei

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Releases & Remixes on Ombra INTL, Dischi Autunno, Eskimo Records, Darkroom Dubs, Factor City, NEIN and more

Future:

29.08 Sahika, İstanbul
30.08 Riff, Ankara
06.09 Space Safari Festival, Belgium
11.09 Zorlu Psm, Istanbul 
20.09 Katerblau, Berlin 



Past 2024/2025

19.10 Romantica, Stuttgart
20.10 Ponyhof, Vienne
24.11 Sisyphos, Berlin
25.11 Renate, Berlin
03.12 Gizli Bahce
09.12 Riff, Ankara
22.12 Sendika Beyoglu
09.02 Banger Istanbul
10.02 Arkaoda Istanbul
17.02 Popstel
01.03 La Culottée Party, Paris
02.03 Hard Fist Party, Lyon
08.03 Minimüzikhol
22.03 Taproomx
23.03 Chillzone Antalya
12.04 Minimüzikhol
13.04 Flekk
17.04 Arkaoda
20.04 Kontra Plak Party
10.05 Riff, Ankara
31.05 Gizli Bahce
01.06 Arkaoda
08.06 Setup
15.06 Minimüzikhol
22.06 Flekk + Noh Extended
25.06 Zorlu Psm
18.07 Urban Spree, Berlin
20.07 Aeden, Berlin
25.07 Romantica Stuttgart
28.07 Sisyphos, Berlin
03.08 Tavern, Istanbul
16.08 Lifepark, Istanbul
28.08 Mono Afrodit, Çanakkale
31.08 Karaf, Alaçatı
13.09 Gizli Bahçe, Istanbul
20.09 Studio Zorlu PSM, Istanbul
04.10 Name Festival, France
17.10 ADE x Next Wave Acid Punx
25.10 Arkaoda, Istanbul
07.11 Frankhan, Istanbul
08.11 Muit, Karaköy
15.11 Zorlu Psm, Istanbul
28.11 Romantica, Stuttgart 
29.11 Blankwave Party, Frankfurt
30.11 Sisyphos, Berlin
20.12 Freedonia, Barcelona
21.12 Macera, Madrid
28.12 Gizli Bahçe, Istanbul
18.01 The Popstel, Istanbul
21.02 Les Yeux Orange Party, Paris
22.05 Romantica, Stuttgart
24.05 Bellatrix Party, Hamburg
30.05 Katerblau, Berlin
31.05 Sisyphos, Berlin

Leeds based club night, mix series and dance music community ✨

2024
February 2nd w/ Syd Minsky, Matthew Hum & residents
March 1st w/ Elliot Holt, Lawson, Ten Bob
March 22nd w/ Andrew Devine b2b Elliot Holt & Matt Long
May 17th w/ Elliot Holt b2b Lawson, Ellis Weeks, Ted Coyle
November 15th w/ Man Power + Elliot Holt

2023
September 29th w/ Optimo (Espacio) All Night Long
August 27th w/ Lovefingers, Kiara Scuro b2b Tia Cousins + more
April 14th w/ friends & family 
March 24th w/ Ethan McNamara, Roya Brehl, Elliot Holt, Lawson
February 17th w/ Antoine Kiim, Elliot Holt, Kaidun

2022
January 29th w/ John Talabot
April 9th w/ Ellie Stokes & Chez de Milo
September 23rd w/ Luca Lozano
November 18th w/ Craigie Knowes & Dream_E

2021
August 21st w/ Kiara Scuro, Bugs Groove, Ethan McNamara
October 9th w/ Roman Flügel, babyschön
November 13th w/ Man Power

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