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Fresh off his debut release with Play Me and ahead of his release on Boomslang next Friday, ESKR took the time to drop the latest CGRadio Sessions!
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BIO:
From the Midwest, to the City by the Bay, to the Land of Enchantment…
“Brett Baker” aka “ESKR” …immortalized in the electronic music community as one of the most profoundly inspired sound designers and recording engineers of our times, tactfully infiltrating the world stage for more than twenty years. This highly motivated, relentlessly driven, innovator of Drum & Bass has been pushing the sound forward since the turn of the century. ESKR’s legacy is the very definition of dedication and consistency.
Honing his incredible talents for over two decades now, ESKR began his journey in Minneapolis as a Jungle and Breakcore selector in 1999. As his love for the underground music scene evolved, he simultaneously discovered what would be an undying passion for electronic music production, diving head-first into the never-ending abyss of studio gear acquisition. With the purchase of a Roland MC-505 Groovebox and a Boss SP-202 Dr. Sample, he was well on his way to building a life-long career in the music industry.
Under the alias, “Azrael” he hit the ground running in the year 2000 with a publication on Pure Pleasure Records, and shortly after international DJ performances in France. His debut release, “Anxiety” appeared on a various artists compilation of cutting-edge underground sound entitled, “TwinTown Technique Volume 1”.
Venturing further out into the world, ESKR relocated to San Francisco, California in 2001, where he quickly became a figurehead of the Bay Area Drum & Bass scene. Working as a vinyl associate for several years at DanceRecords.com, ESKR also held down residencies at Solution, Rhythm Method, and Trauma, all popular nightlife havens in San Francisco’s early 2000s era. Continuing his pursuit of uncompromising musical integrity, he formed the Drum & Bass collective known as, “Company Truck” producing a slew of heavy-hitting, hard-stepping, all original releases that never failed to deliver a colossal ruckus to any sound system and every dance floor.
In 2007, ESKR began producing Dubstep under the alias, “Ceeker”. In two short years, he had signed more than twenty releases to over a dozen well-established labels such as Betamorph, Mal Label, Filthy Digital, Shift, Abducted Dub, Stupid Fly, and many others, continuously topping bestseller charts in the genre.
ESKR took a brief hiatus shortly after 2010, while he achieved a Bachelor of Science in computer networking, graduating at the top of his class. Fortunately for the rest of us, this short pause did not detour his ambition to produce quality, bass-heavy, electronic music. In fact, this drove him to work even harder. Since returning to the studio, ESKR has crafted literally hundreds of Drum & Bass tunes from his studio currently located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Tunes that are now being snatched up by major record labels far and wide.
As far as the future is concerned, ESKR understands very well and appreciates the impact of his hard work and perseverance. He not only commands the attention of but also directs the evolution of a movement that he has always been at the forefront of. Keep your eyes and ears peeled for this prolific talent, whose name will continue to permeate Bass Music culture for many years to come!
Tracklist:
01. Monrroe & Aperio – Focus – Shogun Audio
02. GLXY & QZB – Yes Jah – Shogun Audio
03. Ed:it & Technimatic – Slate Grey – Shogun Audio
04. Macca & Cnof – Intelligence – Fokuz Recordings
05. Tenchu & Breakpitt – Blackzapper – Mainframe Recordings
06. Ground – Attract – Flexout Audio
07. Survey – Far Gone – Dispatch Recordings
08. Break & DLR – City Slickers (Skeptical Remix) – Symmetry Recordings
09. Humanature – Heart & Soul Feat. Dub Signalz – Fokuz Recordings
10. In:Most – Thekla – Soulvent Records
11. Document One – Black Holes – Shogun Audio
12. Nymfo – Drone Attack – Dispatch Recordings
13. Ground – LABank – Dispatch Recordings
14. Nymfo – Lemmings – Dispatch Recordings
15. Hyroglifics & Kasra – Circular – Critical Music
16. Kasra – Needles – Uncommon Records
17. Circuits – Nervous System – Critical Music
18. Break & DLR – Hit The Target – Sofa Sound
19. Enei & Kasra – 40HZ – Critical Music
20. Bohemian & Drumsik – Madness Feat. Hemanifezt – Bad Taste Recordings
21. Forum – Turba – Vandal Records
22. Enei & Kasra – Disappearing Ink – Critical Music
23. Kasra – Focus On The Love – Critical Music
24. Enei – Northern Noise – Critical Music
25. Kasra – Alburz – Critical Music
26. Amoss & Survey – Loose Change – Flexout Audio
27. Macca – Switch VIP – Fokuz Recordings
28. Emperor & QZB – Nixon – Critical Music
29. Safra – Frequency Control – Bad Taste Recordings
30. Circuits – Resistor – Critical Music
31. Survey – Shining – Dispatch Recordings
32. Enei & Kasra – 1000 – Critical Music
33. Circuits – Drench – Critical Music
34. Drumsik – Noise in My Mind – Bad Taste Recordings
35. Nami Ongaku – Shake the Universe (Glÿph Remix) – Lifestyle
36. Bohemian & Drumsik – Hallucination – Bad Taste Recordings
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