ESA

英国节奏噪音团
 　ESA全称是Electronic Substance Abuse（电物质滥用），主创是来自英国的Jamie Blacker，项目成立于2003年。其实最早J Blacker主要活动在英国极端金属圈。之所以后来转向工业噪音，是因为被一次节奏噪音演出深深吸引了。退出极端金属界后，他决定自己创作发展出一种独特的电子工业风格。经过了3年的磨练，终于在2006年初于美国电子工业厂Hive Records发行了自己的'Devotion Discipline and Denial'，一张充满黑暗，窒息，粗糙，性诱导的专辑。其实ESA最早出现在Hive合辑里的曲目还和Converter 比较像，非常噪音化的节奏噪音，但等到自己专辑面世时，元素已经很丰富了。
ESA (Electronic Substance Abuse) is Jamie Blacker!
ESA was born at the beginning in 2002 in order to cross the threshold from one form of independent extreme music to another. Jamie Blacker up until this point had been writing music semi-professionally for years in various Black and Death Metal bands, working alongside and touring with acts throughout the UK.
Having decided to experiment in Dark Electronica in order to experience a different genre. ESA began to gain European and US notoriety for powerful live shows complete with live guitars, live beats and various surprise guest vocalist appearances. Coupled with a venomous and violent debut album 'Devotion Discipline and Denial' on premier American label 'Hive Records', slowly ESA had begun to claim it's own territory...
ESA's sound is always a hard one to pin down. Taking influences initially from predominantly European Rhythmical noise acts, the overall structures have developed and integrated countless influences from the broad spectrum of alternative and extreme music. The tone of ESA is harsh and oppressive, dripping with destructive and corroded grooves whilst still emanating sub conscious melodies and a strong sense of Spirituality. ESA's compositions are undoubtedly threatening and offensive floor stomping club tunes but also twist and churn enough to warrant more attentive listening.
Now on Tympanik Audio based in Chicago, the 3rd ESA album has just been released and confidently promises to cause a stir in scene and crosses new boundries. Managing to somehow bridge the gap between the lovingly lapped up industrial anthems of today and the jet black opressiveness of ESA's new forward thinking sound. 'The Sea & the Silence' is out now via the Tympanik website and many other respected distribution sites.