- country:Belgium
- style(s):Electronic, Afro Jazz
- label:W.E.R.F. RECORDS
- type:Solo
- gender:female
- instrumentation:electronic, percussion
- artist posted by:Aubergine Artist Management
Line up
- Esinam Dogbatse (Flute, vocals, synths, percussion, loops)
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With her highly anticipated first full album, multi-instrumentalist ESINAM invites us on a cosmic journey, a trip
towards horizons coloured with sounds and influences that reach as far as the eye can see.
Built on futurist flute sounds, elaborate rhythms and sensitive melodies, ‘Shapes in Twilights
of Infinity’ unfolds like a dreamlike path into an unparalleled musical universe.
This record finds a balance between the acoustic and electronic, between the future and ancestral.
The songs are deeply rooted in grooves and global sounds, at the same time composed
and spontaneously evolving, always filled with a strong musical feeling.
From ‘New Dawn’ with its pulsating beats, vivid flutes and poetical spoken word featuring of the Londoner Nadeem
Din-Gabisi, over the soulful jazz vibe of ‘Lost Dimensions’, to the etheric melodies and mesmerizing
singing of South-African guest vocalist Sibusile Xaba on ‘Flowing River’: ESINAM delivers
nothing less than a profound patchwork full of musical connections, where traces of house, trip
hop and hip hop intertwine with tones from traditionals, blues and psychedelica.
Similar to this wide range of musical angles, her process of recording and producing is eclectic
as well: ESINAM produced some of the tracks herself in her home studio, while others were recorded
with her full band, formed with three musicians – Axel Gilain on bass, Pablo Casella on
guitars and Martin Méreau on drums and vibraphone – who she picked precisely for their musical
identities. The combination of their acoustic and electronic instruments brings a soulful and
vibrant interpretation to ESINAM’s compositions, uplifting their groovy vibe.
Based on loops, samples, impressions and field recordings, each song follows the other like a
cycle that opens, evolves, transforms and returns to the starting point. ‘Shapes in Twilights of
Infinity’ became a unique music that touches the soul with emotion, that grasps you, questions
you, does you good. A music that is rooted in culture and tradition while flying far away, towards
tomorrow, as a surprising and engaging infinity.