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ESKA | English Skies
A collection of songs by ESKA
ENGLISH SKIES LIVE AT RIGHT ABOUT NOW FESTIVAL
MC THEATER, AMSTERDAM
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Live
- ENGLISH SKIES
RIGHT ABOUT NOW FESTIVAL
May 19th 2012
ENGLISH SKIES
ESKA headling at NEST COLLECTIVE
May 30th 2012
Nest Collective at The Old Queen's Head
London, UK
THE INVISIBLE's ALBUM LAUNCH, 'RISPAH'
KWESACHU, ESKA & CHARLEMAYNE BONES (Do!!You!!, NTS Radio) DJ SETS
May 31st 2012 (INVITE ONLY)
Pulse Films, 17 Hanbury St, off Commercial St, E16QLESKA in Morocco with Soweto Kinch
June 18th 2012
A week of music-making with one of ESKA's favourite artists alongside phenomenal Moroccan Gnawa musicians
Theatre de la Mer, Sete, France
ENGLISH SKIES
ESKA duo with Stefan Wedam
July 20th 2012, OneTaste Main Stage
Soundwave Croatia July 19-23rd 2012
Tisno, Croatia
ESKA DJ SET alongside Eric Lau & Ghost Poet
Put Me On It
July 20th 2012, Evening Beach Party
Soundwave Croatia
Tisno, Croatia
ESKA DJ SET
OneTaste
July 22nd 2012, Boat Party
Soundwave Croatia
Tisno, Croatia
July 28th 2012
Cambridge Folk Festival
The Den, Cambridge
SING 2012
August 12-19th, 2012
Stadtsteinach, Bavaria, Germany
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Tweets
- Beatboxers battling victoriously with Westminster Police http://t.co/OobDoO52. VICTORY!
- LISTEN TO: Latest single from @rowdysuperstar 'LOOK INTO THE LIGHTS' http://t.co/wEYySfWZ - OUT ON MONDAY 21st May. HOTNESS!
- WATCH: Fresh creations from THE ENERGY @nelizabethmusic & dan axtell - http://t.co/L364L8l6 'Coming Home' (I love this)
- @nelizabethmusic thanks 4 dan's info @DanAxtell dude, thought this might make you smile. stick with the clip dudes! http://t.co/81lo62se
- @nelizabethmusic what's dan's twitter? i can't imagine he's up on that anyhow lol
- RT @nelizabethmusic: @ESKAonline thankU so much 4 posting our vid Eski!We ur Rhodes![i <3 what ur doing with it.makes me wanna jam widju :)]
- RT @beas1ly: S!NG with me & @ESKAonline @rogermhanson in Germany this summer! http://t.co/zAj2fsno #choir #vocal #song #fun #laughs [YES! x]
- @TANYAAUCLAIR how you doin tanya? :))
- RT @bellaspinks: Stupid exams. Can't we go back 2 when only @goldensemble @ESKAonline & @AliceAliceGrant were important?[wishing well hun x]
- Various Artists @ St Stephen's Church, London on 2nd June 2012 - Bushstock Festival http://t.co/LUhsl4gR
- RIP Donna Summer http://t.co/U2dPZtOg love, peace & strength to her family. Xx
- RT @alicealicegrant: @JackPrideaux excellent! Look out for your dog chopped in half dreams. [and if you EVER dream about me, lemme know! :)]
- Getting ready 2 take #EnglishSkies to Amsterdam, MC Theater's #RightAboutNow Festival Amsterdam Sat 19 May http://t.co/WeVRxE8w
- WATCH @ESKAonline Council Chamber Sessions, 'To Be Remembered' @mullarkeybass @jferraretto filmed by @enterthekeep http://t.co/qMd7vhQT
- RT @d0you: @ESKAonline @blackcabsession @NTSlive I LOVE YOUUUUUUUUU!!! [goin back2back @Invisible3 'Rispah' Album Launch 31 May. Woop!]
- RT @blackcabsession: Yo tune in2 NTS for Charlie Bones 'Do You' show.Best music on the radio hands down.[@d0you @NTSlive best wake up music]
- Tick tock tick the clock goes...5 DAYS TO GO! @rowdysuperstar Single release 'LOOK INTO THE LIGHTS' http://t.co/tCdEiF1G Enjoy!
- RT @kiarasaderodrig: @OhSoKool now following @ESKAonline! [my blog http://t.co/cx64Hp5M & music http://t.co/lxB9CYrZ x]
- RT @ohsokool: @KiaraSadeRodrig as you will find out, @ESKAonline is dope [hope you're well, geezer :) thanks 4 the big-up]
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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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