Esoteric Escape is the debut studio album

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 by Scottish

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 rock and Electronic music

Electronic music

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 band Keser

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Overview

Esoteric Escape was recorded in 2006 at the studio of Alex Tronic Records

Alex Tronic Records

Alex Tronic Records is a record label based in Scotland who primarily release electronic music. Their current artists include Alex Tronic, ÅsA, Keser, Pockets of Resistance, Binary Zero, Iain Carnegie, Marvin Wilson, Neu Gestalt, The Psychedelic Manifesto, Roys Iron DNA, 30K, Integra TV, Forward...

 in Edinburgh

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, Scotland, and was produced by Paul Croan. The album features guitar-driven Electronic music and it is predominately instrumental

Instrumental

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, with 3 exceptions, Lost for Days, In the Next Beginning and Frozen Fireworks. It consists mainly of Guitar

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, Bass

Bass guitar

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, Keyboards

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 and the use of various types of Drum Machine

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When questioned about the influences for the sound created on Esoteric Escape, the band have been quoted as saying

Track listing

1. "FM Rocker" – 4:14
2. "4_Cycles" - 5:06
3. "Lost for Days" - 6:37
4. "Page 20" - 2:50
5. "In the Next Beginning" - 6:06
6. " Rolling V2" - 4:57
7. "Teach" - 4:21
8. "Frozen Fireworks" - 5:51
9. "Destination:Destiny" - 5:34
10. "Page 21 (Reasons to Believe)" - 6:09
11. "We are Closed on Every Tuesday" - 2:44
12. "Kontrol/Kaos" - 5:41

Personnel

• Paul Croan - Producer
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  , Arrangement
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• Gavin Clark - Recorded "In the Next Beginning", "Rolling V2", and "Kontrol/Kaos" at Hidden Channel, Glasgow.
• David Reid - Bass
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• Kevan Whitley - Guitar
  Guitar
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  , Keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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  , Programming
• Geoff Allen - Mastering at CaVa Studios

Release history

Esoteric Escape was released in various countries in 2006 via UK label Alex Tronic Records

Alex Tronic Records

Alex Tronic Records is a record label based in Scotland who primarily release electronic music. Their current artists include Alex Tronic, ÅsA, Keser, Pockets of Resistance, Binary Zero, Iain Carnegie, Marvin Wilson, Neu Gestalt, The Psychedelic Manifesto, Roys Iron DNA, 30K, Integra TV, Forward...

. The label's distribution includes Cargo Records for the UK and Arabesque for the rest of the world.

Country	Release date	Record label	Format	Catalogue number
UK/Europe	August 2006	Alex Tronic Records	CD	ATRCD022