― jamie hill (le_buboroque), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 16:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 17:11 (seventeen years ago) link
Just a reminder to roll though this Saturday:
January 27, 2007Shirts and SkinsEscort + The RubHosted by Jelly NYC and ImposeCanal Room285 W Broadway NY, NY$10 or $8 with RSVP (rsvp@jellynyc.com)10PM - 4AM
Also, if you're still going at 4AM, there's an after-party at Love Club thatruns until 6AM w/ Darshan Jesrani, Citizen Kane and Special Guest DJ Spun
Finally, our new 12" drops next week:
Escort 003 -- A Bright New Life b/w All That She Is(includes Morgan Geist re-edit)Pre-order vinyl: http://www.turntablelab.com/vinyl/0/0/17448.htmlMP3 Purchase: http://www.traxsource.com/EscortMP3 Previews: http://www.weareescort.com/
http://www.myspace.com/weareescort
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 16:46 (seventeen years ago) link
does anyone ever go there? I went to see Morgan Geist dj there once and it was deader than dead. was I just there too early? (1AM)
― dmr (Renard), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 17:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― groovemaan (groove nihilist), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 18:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― tony conrad schnitzler (sanskrit), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 18:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― Disco Nihilist (mjt), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 19:18 (seventeen years ago) link
the B side of that is the jam, imo (Karawane)
― dmr (Renard), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 19:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― matt2 (matt2), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 19:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 24 January 2007 19:45 (seventeen years ago) link
Any word on whether theres an album in the works?
― le_buboroque (le_buboroque), Thursday, 25 January 2007 14:29 (seventeen years ago) link
Copypasta:
ESCRT003 -- A Bright New Life b/w All That She Is featuring Morgan Geist Edit (Vinyl: February 1, 2007)
A Bright New Life (“akarui seikatsu”) is the latest disco anthem from Brooklyn’s Escort. It’s a sardonic take on getting ahead, featuring Zena Kitt’s powerful lead vocals, a horn section led by Jon Natchez, strings by Caleb Burhans, and absolutely massive drums and percussion by Ernesto Abreau, Chauncey Yearwood, and Ben Herson. Features two additional edits for DJs, including one by Metro Area’s Morgan Geist. The flip, All That She Is, is synthesizer-driven, cinematic late-night disco. It’s quixotic falsetto refrain will delight and perplex listeners. Very enthusiastic support from Trevor Jackson, Ewan Pearson, Prince Language, and more! ...Escort Remixes in 2007
Look for Escort remixes of "It's All True" by Tracey Thorn (Virgin), "Seaside Weekend" by Antena (Permanent Vacation), and "French Girl" by Turbo Crystal (Tiny Sticks).
Anyone heard these yet?
― etc (esskay), Thursday, 25 January 2007 23:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― cookoo (brother loves dub), Thursday, 25 January 2007 23:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 26 January 2007 04:58 (seventeen years ago) link
GUH.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 26 January 2007 04:59 (seventeen years ago) link
anyway, yeah, it's a good night for music in NYC.
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 26 January 2007 05:17 (seventeen years ago) link
Hey all,
First, on behalf of the whole gang, wanted to say thanks to all of you whomade our show this weekend so much fun, especially the Rub and the rest ofthe folks behind Shirts and Skins!
Second, our new 12" ships today! Juno (http://www.juno.co.uk/) already hasit in the UK, and Turntable Lab(http://www.turntablelab.com/vinyl/0/0/17448.html) has it in the US. We'rereally excited for this one to drop. Traxsource (http://www.traxsource.com)has 320k mp3s for the digitally-inclined (iTunes shortly.)
Here's all the details with a fair amount of hype sprinkled in for goodmeasure:
Title: A Bright New Life b/w All That She Is 12²Label: Escort RecordsCat: ESCRT003 A. A Bright New Life (6:32) A Bright New Life Dub (6:32)B. All That She Is (4:45) A Bright New Life Morgan Geist Re-edit (5:19)
A Bright New Life (³akarui seikatsu²) is the latest disco anthem fromBrooklyn¹s Escort. It¹s a sardonic take on getting ahead, featuring ZenaKitt¹s powerful lead vocals, a horn section led by Jon Natchez, strings byCaleb Burhans, and absolutely massive drums and percussion by ErnestoAbreau, Chauncey Yearwood, and Ben Herson. Features two additional edits forDJs, including one by Metro Area¹s Morgan Geist. The flip, All That She Is,is synthesizer-driven, cinematic late-night disco. It¹s quixotic falsettorefrain will delight and perplex listeners. ³Amazing! Genuine, live, musical...Puts all to shame and really sets thestandard.² - Trevor Jackson
"Their best yet." - Prince Language
"The breathy detachment and defiant strength of Zena Kitt's rebel yawnembody this brilliant song's hopelessness about its own power, about art'scapacity to transcend drab reality, and its pessimism about escapism."- Pitchfork Media
"The songwriting¹s smart, the stylized diction is perfect, the instrumentalbuildups and breakdowns are taut, no note¹s out of place, no smirk¹s insight. Just awesome."- Stylus Magazine
"Flanked by blazing horns and lush string arrangements, singer Zena Kitt'slead vocals sound like a ghost haunting Studio 54." - The Washington Post(Jan 30)
Previews: http://www.weareescort.comhttp://myspace.com/weareescort
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― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 1 February 2007 16:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― mizzzell (mizzzell), Thursday, 1 February 2007 18:16 (seventeen years ago) link
Roxy Music-Love is the DrugKongas-Gimme Some LovingQueen Samantha-The LetterChilly-For Your Love
that last one got really popular last year and has been bootlegged/edited a few times, so should be easy to find.
as mentioned on noise board, I'm djing back there again, I think saturday Feb. 24th. Just me, alone again. I'm gonna pull out more post-punk and mix with the disco.
Thanks for coming and glad you liked.
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 1 February 2007 18:28 (seventeen years ago) link
All Through the Night music video Muppet-mania!
― BleepBot, Friday, 20 July 2007 19:45 (sixteen years ago) link
i love all thru the night.
― s1ocki, Friday, 20 July 2007 19:56 (sixteen years ago) link
WOW THIS VIDEO!!!
― s1ocki, Friday, 20 July 2007 19:59 (sixteen years ago) link
i love the muppets!!
and the editing is amazing!!
are muppet edits the new disco edits?
― s1ocki, Friday, 20 July 2007 20:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Ok this is now officially single of the year. Maybe it's because I've been up for 24 hours but I actually started to choke up at this video. There may not be a better evocation of what's it like to dance to disco in a club, the overwhelming feeling of being thrown amongst layers of colorful strangers and lights. On a roller rink somewhere, Debbie Deb is proud.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Friday, 20 July 2007 20:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Let's not go nuts now.
― Michael F Gill, Friday, 20 July 2007 21:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Dr. Teeth synched up perfectly with "When you wanna sex me..." made me completely lose my shit.
― Telephone thing, Saturday, 21 July 2007 01:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Get some sleep Kevin, this isn't even the best Escort single of the year.
― Display Name, Saturday, 21 July 2007 02:41 (sixteen years ago) link
this is even better than that clip of lenoard nimoy sync'd up with 'pay to cum' by bad brains!
i don't think i've heard a bad escort track yet. anyone caught them live?
― haitch, Saturday, 21 July 2007 04:24 (sixteen years ago) link
but just what is the best escort single? I'd vote for Love in Indigo for dayz. And frankly, a lot of their tracks don't get me incredibly moist, just slightly damp (examples: all through the night, bright new life).
― Romeo Jones, Sunday, 22 July 2007 02:29 (sixteen years ago) link
I would say that Starlight, Love In Indigo, and Bright New Life are all better than All Through The Night. All Through The Night is probably my least favorite track of theirs. I just hope the album is as good as the first three singles.
― Display Name, Sunday, 22 July 2007 02:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Came in here to ask whatever happened to these guys only to find it hadn't been as long as I thought. Still, though, we haven't had anything Escort-related (except that Drums od Death remix/edit) in what FEELS like ages, so: does anyone know what they're up to?
― Telephone thing, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 16:02 (fourteen years ago) link
They recently remixed Zombi for Throne of Blood.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 16:05 (fourteen years ago) link
...and I just realized I have that right here on my ipod. Damn you, Escort, and your deceptive productivity!
― Telephone thing, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 16:11 (fourteen years ago) link
I played Bight New Life at a gig this weekend and I was wondering the same thing about them. They had such a great string of records and things seem to have dried up. When are they going to start dropping records again?
― Enter nothing in the dialog and click 'OK' (Display Name), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 17:01 (fourteen years ago) link
I feel like a lot of people missed out on the 12" that Dan Balis of Escort did with Darshan Jesrani of Metro Area. Together they recorded as Arcade Lover. It's a damn good record:
http://mog.com/fistula_spume/blog/144839
― uncannydan, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 18:29 (fourteen years ago) link
Arcade Lovers (plural), I mean.
― uncannydan, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 18:30 (fourteen years ago) link
hey guys, rememebr escort?
― tbh-a soarin' (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 30 June 2009 18:31 (fourteen years ago) link
oooh yeaaaah
― uncannydan, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 18:33 (fourteen years ago) link
I heard 'Bright New Life' on a Balearic Mike mix & just assumed it was an obscure track from the past or re-edit, couldn't believe people were making tracks like that in '07 when I found out it was current, great track
― vain_bowers, Wednesday, 1 July 2009 08:08 (fourteen years ago) link
new single out in October: www.weareescort.com
― whee, Friday, 10 September 2010 01:46 (thirteen years ago) link
There are remixes from Greg Wilson and Ewan Pearson, but I'm digging the 12" mix the most.
At least three "Where did they lift/adapt that from?" moments, which is about average for them.
― Andy K, Monday, 13 September 2010 14:30 (thirteen years ago) link
It is good to see they are still at it.
― srsly dudes pastiche aesthetic + amiable nihilism (Display Name), Monday, 13 September 2010 21:51 (thirteen years ago) link
really dig this
― J0rdan S., Friday, 17 September 2010 05:54 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ErZHhjYr-Uhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pyB6W8jEWM
― you cant see me markers (deej), Friday, 17 September 2010 12:02 (thirteen years ago) link
nice mash up i guess haw
i think its actually a pretty well done pastiche, but the cocaine thing is kinda offputting to me in the way omar's been talking abt in the mexico thread on ile -- not that im saying hed find it the same way, but repurposing those dillinger lyrics for hipster-disco club nights, ehhh
― you cant see me markers (deej), Friday, 17 September 2010 12:04 (thirteen years ago) link
i dunno i mean i still think its well done just saying
― you cant see me markers (deej), Friday, 17 September 2010 12:05 (thirteen years ago) link
just heard this. I think I like the Dillinger song too much to really get into it.
― dmr, Monday, 27 September 2010 01:40 (thirteen years ago) link
"this" and "it" meaning Cocaine Blues by Escort
― dmr, Monday, 27 September 2010 01:43 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah im sorta the same except re: people's choice
― HOW I FOLD MY BANDANA (deej), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 05:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Finally came around to listening to this - fantastic, though in addition to the Dillinger and People's Choice lifts, it nicks the intro from Kid Creole's Annie, I'm Not Your Daddy ... oh well, I'm a fan of Alcazar so I can't complain. Anyone know if they still have an album planned?
― etc, Wednesday, 13 July 2011 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
Funny you should ask!
ESCORT "S/T"out November 15th, 20111. Chameleon2. Cocaine Blues3. Make Me Over4. A Sailboat In The Moonlight5. Why oh Why6. Starlight7. Bright New Life8. All Through The Night9. Indigo10. All That She Is11. Karawane
out November 15th, 2011
1. Chameleon
2. Cocaine Blues
3. Make Me Over
4. A Sailboat In The Moonlight
5. Why oh Why
6. Starlight
7. Bright New Life
8. All Through The Night
9. Indigo
10. All That She Is
11. Karawane
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
Lal lah lah! No idea why they re-recorded "Bright New Life" & "All Through The Night" with breathier, less strident vocals though. Inferior to the originals.
― Jedmond, Friday, 4 November 2011 03:31 (twelve years ago) link
"Chameleon" is dope as hell though!
― mikebee (BATTAGS), Tuesday, 8 November 2011 00:51 (twelve years ago) link
Tonight Friday November 18Escort Album Release Dance Party With DJ Sets from:EscortDarshan Jesrani (Metro Area)Prince Language $511:30PM-4AM Cameo Gallery ( behind the Lovin' Cup Cafe)93 North 6th Street (between Berry & Wythe)Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
― mizzell, Friday, 18 November 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
well, the woman who sang on all those early singles left a few years back, so it makes sense to re-record them with the person who is now the lead singer, does it not?
― beta blog, Saturday, 19 November 2011 01:12 (twelve years ago) link
I'm just glad to see they kept "Karawane," that was fucking awesome.
― muus lääv? :D muus dut :( (Telephone thing), Saturday, 19 November 2011 01:35 (twelve years ago) link
Zena Kitt left?
Anyway it's almost summer here and so the album's being very good to me. It's just a bit frustrating that the album features inferior takes because the whole point of Escort is their mindbogglingly great execution.
― Jedmond, Saturday, 19 November 2011 01:45 (twelve years ago) link
Hello.
http://www.brooklynbowl.com/event/102635/
(This is of particular interest since I'll actually be in New York that very weekend for EMP.)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
And what the heck, I'm in and I know at least one other ILXor who is now as well.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
ooh that looks fun
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
Damn straight. Come down for the weekend or something!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 13 March 2012 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
Would love to see these guys but I guess they won't be doing many international tours with that 17-piece line-up...
― Doch! (seandalai), Tuesday, 13 March 2012 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/366364/Screenshots/t.png
ayo, just saw these dudes live and free at an outdoor concert at the mtl jazz festival. it was crazy! like 50,000 people in the audience, no way they've ever played a show that big. and they were loving it (and the singer spoke very fluent french! she was awesome in ever other way too). they played, in addition to their hits, 'there but for the grace of god,' 'miss broadway,' some gino soccio and even 'le cactus' by jacques dutronc. so good!
― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Wednesday, 4 July 2012 04:33 (eleven years ago) link
oh and there were fireworks and a giant disco ball
― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Wednesday, 4 July 2012 04:34 (eleven years ago) link
sounds awesome
― mizzell, Wednesday, 4 July 2012 05:04 (eleven years ago) link
it was!
― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Wednesday, 4 July 2012 05:06 (eleven years ago) link
now they're saying 100,000 ppl were there. so cray
― funny-skrillex-bee_132455836669.gif (s1ocki), Wednesday, 4 July 2012 17:36 (eleven years ago) link
bummed i missed this, my roommate went & said it was wild
― carly rae (flopson), Wednesday, 4 July 2012 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/17647-escort-animal-nature/
― just sayin, Sunday, 30 August 2015 04:25 (eight years ago) link
a little generic sounding... but really like it
― skip, Sunday, 30 August 2015 18:21 (eight years ago) link
First Listen: Escort, Animal Nature
― Lust, etc. (Sanpaku), Friday, 23 October 2015 03:41 (eight years ago) link
Thoughts on the new album? I am getting an MFSB backing band vibe.
― skip, Monday, 11 January 2016 05:00 (eight years ago) link