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ESKA | English Skies
Please stay tuned for announcements on debut EP release
and live dates for 2013
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Upcoming Events
- London, UK
- London, UK
- Kingston Upon Thames, UK
- London, UK
- Glasgow, UK
- London, UK
- Sete, France
- Tisno, Croatia
- Kent, UK
- Manchester, UK
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Live
- 6th March
ESKA @ Singer & The Song, The Islington, London
23rd March
ESKA Headline Show @ The Albany, Deptford, London
7th April
ESKA @ Acoustic Sundays, St. Peter's Church, De Beauvoir, London
14th April
ESKA @ Voice ~ 1st Instrument, Vocal Workshop & performance, Charlie Wright's, London
27th May
ESKA @ Jazz in the round, Cockpit, Marylebone, London
7th July
ESKA (DJ) @ Charlie Wrights, London
14th July
Sydenham Arts Festival
more dates to be announced shortly...
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Sets
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Favorites
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Tweets
- Download listings for @GoldsmithsUoL PUREGOLD MUSIC FESTIVAL 2013: http://t.co/pAjvFApflH running May-July
- RT @kimberlyanneiam: Counting down the days until @ESKAonline @lucy_cait play @TheAlbanySE8 THIS Saturday + @ChillPillUK's big gig Thursday
- Yeeeeah, me too! Haha ;) RT @marcwithasee: rehearsal with the lovely @ESKAonline today many tunes to learn! :)
- #SELondon Xx RT @jackprideaux: @ESKAonline live @ The Albany THIS SATURDAY. (25th)! Get your tickets:… http://t.co/fm7Q30omi2
- EXCITED! RT @chrisphilips: Honoured 2 guest host & DJ next Monday for @jeznelson w/ @ESKAonline live + more! #JITR http://t.co/VdOE2XmM39
- RT @jackprideaux: The wonder that is @ESKAonline is headlining @TheAlbanySE8 THIS SATURDAY (25th) Don't miss it! Tix: http://t.co/3wefFRUlCv
- Thanks Kev :) RT @hereandnowrecor: @kevbeadle @niaandrews @HiatusKaiyote @Soundsignature @ESKAonline @lauramvula @inkswel Cheers Kev...
- Hey hey Abwa :)) That was a great dressing up gig :)) RT @sewuese: Ever-fresh @ESKAonline http://t.co/JC010K9E63
- RT @kevbeadle: This weeks show http://t.co/5l5srPJiMj @HereAndNowRecor @niaandrews @HiatusKaiyote @Soundsignature @ESKAonline @lauramvula...
- LOVEHEART :) RT @djsassyj: @ESKAonline, @AndrewAshong, @Soundsignature & Tony Allen!!! ♥♥♥WILDHEART♥♥♥
- Thank U :) RT @jonolivermusic: @zero7official "the road f/@ESKAonline" on last night's #TheMainIngredient @EVRadio > http://t.co/s3YS9sBLi1
- Thnx 4 coming out RT @paulsimongill: @ESKAonline my wife described listening 2 U as "bathing in auditory sunshine".Thnx 4 an amazing night!
- VERY EXCITED! RT @kimberlyanneiam: Counting down the days until @ESKAonline and @lucy_cait play @TheAlbanySE8 this Saturday ...
- Thanks to my band for such a brill rehearsal #AndyHamill @marcWithasee @JoeSethNewman + Thanks @TheAlbanySE8 for having such lovely staff Xx
- @fiizumi thanks for asking. Hope you're well :) #GatekeeperEP is getting mastered next Thursday - more updates shortly :))
- Exciting Upd8s next month RT @fiizumi: @ESKAonline I check I-tunes every week 4 English Skies- what shall I look out 4 next, live/recorded?
- RT @peteeverett RT @CORNERSTONEfun: RT @eskaonline: RT @paulsimongill Oxford ppl need 2 go 2 this "@ESKAonline: gig TONIGHT @CORNERSTONEfun
- So so excited! RT @lesgensvaljean RT @AmShenz: @ESKAonline @ @gnaouafestival [Morroco juin 2013] CANT WAIT https://t.co/qnoUd4rn5p
- Thanks for listening :) RT @SpaceyBlak A new favorite: BOUNDARIES (rehearsal) by @eskaonline http://t.co/4s6Rl4v4FC on #SoundCloud
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Biog
ARTIST | COMPOSER | PRODUCER
Zimbabwe-born and London-raised composer ESKA comes from a rich musical background. As a vocalist, her legendary virtuosity has attracted the attentions of a host of acclaimed artists – the likes of Tony Allen and David Sylvian, to name a few. Her vocal arrangements have credits on 3 Mercury-nominated albums. For her solo project, she chose to work alongside one of her most recent collaborators, artist-producer Matthew Herbert. As a conductor, ESKA has led a 150-voice choir for Bobby McFerrin and is Music Director for Goldsmiths Vocal Ensemble (University of London) who have performed with Matthew Herbert’s Big Band and alongside ESKA on her full length debut of English Skies at Queen Elizabeth Hall.
ESKA is a voice already heard by millions, but until now it’s not arrived at the opportunity to shine in a space of its master’s own making. She’s taken her time for good reason: this is music that walks a fine tightrope, the slightest breath enough to unsettle the serenity it so effortlessly conjures. Though her boisterous performances of the past decorated the output of Zero 7, Matthew Herbert and The Cinematic Orchestra to great effect, here the emphasis is on tranquillity over tumult. Settle back, sink into it; surface when you’re ready, take your time.
But don’t mistake ESKA for an artist with chill-out intentions, clichéd as such a route is – her music wears its experimental tendencies on its sleeve, and proudly so. Equally, although blessed with a powerful voice, easily on a par with any chart-topping diva you’d care to mention, she doesn’t belt it out for the sake of doing so. Instead, ESKA uses her vocals in intriguing ways, layering them to form new levels in the instrumentation, complementing self-penned compositions and arrangements laid-down by means both conventional and absolutely not, invention and expression always paramount in her mind. Lyrics drift in and out of focus, meaning dissolving and ambiguity every bit as essential to the overall message as direct narratives.
If you’re after a hook to hang this music on, with its nuanced structure and inquisitive playing, the best available is perhaps that of folk. But ESKA is unlikely to be confused with traditional purveyors of the genre past or present, her assemblage of myriad elements leading to motifs that point the way forward rather than retreating into the past. Just as her friends and sometime musical partners The Invisible merged styles from across the spectrum to arrive at their Mercury-nominated sound, ESKA’s ear is tuned to composition comprised of constituent pieces that only ever complement one another. That they come from across the sonic spectrum is a moot point when the seamlessly structured end product is processed. The joins are conspicuous by their absence, scrutiny derailed by the inherent beauty on show.
Throughout her career ESKA has attracted the attentions of a host of acclaimed artists, many of whom she has later worked with – the likes of Tony Allen and David Sylvian do not associate themselves with any old vocalist who passes their creative windows. Now, though, ESKA is the one throwing the shutters open, looking out onto the world through her own eyes. That she likes what she sees is indubitable; and that all and sundry will be seduced by the sounds she brings with her, equally unequivocal.
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