In 2006, the musical landscape was very different; there was no streaming, “shazam" was a word used by magicians, and "all-access” was not granted to the general public. Social media, as we know it, was in its infancy and today’s constant digital feed of interruptions, notifications, refreshes and “likes” didn't yet exist. Those with a thirst for the overlooked regions of the record store had to quench themselves in the climes of the online world's music blogs, and while that digital community was surely expanding, NYC’s www.lovefingers.org was something different. Not a blog but a daily unfolding mix — no opinions, reviews, or backstories were coupled with the music, no full albums or submissions from the outside — it was a mysterious watering hole in the burgeoning digital desert where rogue tracks from Wally Badarou rubbed shoulders with those of Holger Czukay, the drama of Sylvester juxtaposed with the quirkiness of Hosono, and countless other coveted artists’ unearthed gems melted in one pot, a digital space where $1 thrift store scores could easily breathe the same dusty air as cosmic holy grails, oddball psychedelics and proto-electronica b-sides comfortably cohabited with $300 private-press folk rarities. With 1 track per day, Andrew “Lovefingers” Hogge created a truly democratic and educated selection of music for our aural pleasure, and labelled them ‘Fingertracks' (numbered 001-999).

The community around Lovefingers’ site was a call-to-action, gathering analogous minds and inviting them all to the same party, and on New Years Day 2010, after 999 Fingertracks and a plethora of (now classic) mixes, the site made a final post stating, “That's all folks!” The collective energy pivoted into the ESP Institute, a record label and art platform to champion new artists who emerged from this foundational community and as a catalyst to push the musical dialogue forward. Now, as the ESP Institute approaches its 10-year anniversary, we revisit the significant role www.lovefingers.org played in shaping where we are today.

'Fingertracks Vol : 1' is a snapshot of aural delights that were on offer to those of the leftfield persuasion, all who discovered the site and tuned-in for their daily shot of sonics proper — a lovingly selected handful of records that re-introduce the story of Andrew’s most influential and essential music resource. The track list is classic Lovefingers, an insight into the free-flowing nature of the daily Fingertracks, context-free but connected through creative threads and energies — lo-fi loner jams brush up alongside sleazed-out Italo powerhouses, Greek new age obscurities tussle against overlooked Hawkwind-related cuts — nuggets that may be more known to the heads now, but whose initial excavation can be accredited to Lovefingers’ site, and are essential to its story nonetheless. Rumor has it that this is merely the first volume in a series, so as it turns out, and gladly so, “That’s not all folks!”

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2024.2025
11.05// Ohbe (After Party) - Nantes
16.05// Menzal X Saul, 44 tours - Nantes
17.05// Café Mancuso - Bordeaux
23.05// Bistrot de la Poste W/Julien Tiné - St Brieuc
24.05// Safe Place w/Julien Tiné - Nantes
25.05// Lieu Unique W/Julien Tiné - Nantes
26.05// Les Petits Bateaux w/Julien Tiné - Rennes
31.05// Mostä x Estuary Tapes, Dj Set! W/Tabensi - Nantes
01.06// Open Air, La Chaumière - Nantes
23.06// Goûters Electroniques, Nantes
12.07// Voyage Voyage, Nantes
13.07//  Zaw, Nantes
07.09// Faune, Nantes
14.09// Roller Disco, Nantes
21.09// Melato, Paris (Reporté)
10.10// 303, Nantes
11.10// Café Mancuso, Bordeaux
12.10//Motto, Bordeaux
27.10//A La Dérive W/ Julien Tiné & Chilly Jay, Lab, Nantes
27.10//Disquaire Nantes, Lab
10.11// Voiceless Session, Nantes
30.11// Voyage Voyage, Nantes 
06.12//Café Hourrah, St Nazaire (Estuary Tapes Exhibition!
26.12//Bras De Fer, Nantes
24.01//La Cité Fertile, Pantin
06.02// Lieu Unique, Nantes
15.06// @Days W/ Suze Ijo & Atemi, Nantes
03.10// Au Bon Coin, Nantes
04.10//Voyage Voyage, Nantes
29.11// Point Ephémère, Paris -/ Menzal Psychedelic Experience

2026
02.01// tba

& more to Come!



2023
30.03// Mirage, Hanoi
12.05// Hanoi Underground Movement, Dj Set;Live from their studios! Hanoi
20.05// Mantra, Talisman, Hanoi
27.05// Kali, Hanoi
18.06// La Chaumière, Nantes
21;06//  Fête De La Musique, Nantes! Bouffay
14.07// La Cabane De Port Jean, Carquefou!
15.07// Tabarnak, Nantes!
18.07// Radio Nova // La Grande Tournée D'Eté // St Malo!
20.07// 303, Nantes
22.07// Café Mancuso, Bordeaux
11.08// Safe Place, Nantes
12.08// Les Roger Bontemps, Dinan
01.09// Bras De Fer, Nantes
07.09// La Chaumière, Nantes (AFROLAB AFTER LIVE)
15.09// Ohm Town, Nantes
16.09// Banana Derby, Mauves Sur Loire
05.10// Bras De Fer, Nantes
08.10// Aora Open Air, Nantes
13.10// Bande Originale, Nantes
27.10// Café Mancuso, Bordeaux
31.10// 303, Nantes
23.11// Estuary Tapes Release Party, Décadense, Nantes

2021.2022
11.09// 2nd Room Warehouse, Nantes
17.09// Féerie Impérative W/Superboom, Les Ecuries Mellinet, Nantes
23.09// Think Forward,, Cité Des Congrès, Pornichet
16.10// Paradise, 2nd Room Warehouse, Nantes
30.10// Mascarade, Le Ferrailleur, Nantes
27.11//2nd room Warehouse, Nantes
04.12// Café Mancuso, Bordeaux
17.12// 303, Nantes
12.02// Café Mancuso, Bordeaux
19;02// Banana Derby, Pôle Etudiant, Nantes
27:02// 303, Nantes
04.03// Wonder, Warehouse, Nantes
06.05// Spaziale, Co2, Nantes
10.06// Ouverture La Cabane De Port Jean, Carquef City Gang!
17.06// On fête la musique! Café Sur Cour, Nantes
18.06// Club Cantine W/LEBÖ, La Cantine Du Voyage, Nantes
21.06// Fête de la musique, In Town, Nantes, W/ Spaziale, Place Du Bouffay & Big City Life
24.06//Bras de Fer W/Aimé, Nantes
25.06// Les Roger Bontemps W/Barney, Phil X, Dinan
02.07// Le Rond Point All Night Long, Nantes
09/07// Café Mancuso, Bordeaux
16.08// A bruis Clos, Private Place, Normandy
10.09// Le Nom De La Rose Journey! Chez Camille & Leon W/ Barney & Pgil X
25.09// Les Nantais
01.10.// Café Mancuso, Bordeaux
16.10// 303, Sunday Session!
21.10//Decadanse W/ Julien Tiné, Barney & Phil X, Nantes
26.10// Safe Place, Nantes
27.10//Café Mancuso, Bordeaux
28.10// Bras De Fer, Nantes
25.11// Mirage, Hanoi
24.12// Kali, Hanoi

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