12 Inch Black Vinyl
7 x 3 Inch Sticker on Front
Full Color Labels
Generic White Disco Sleeve
Shrink Wrapped
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Includes unlimited streaming of Passages
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BASF Chrome Plus High-Bias Tape
Matt Black Cassettes
Real Time Duplication
3-Panel J-Card - Printed Full Color Both Sides
Direct Shell Printing
Clear Case Shrinkwrapped
- Orders shipped from US to US & Canada are Tracked. Orders shipped from UK to UK & Greece are Tracked. All other orders ARE NOT TRACKED.
- Name & Address must be in English Only.
- Orders are not split into multiple packages due to the high costs of shipping. Please keep this in mind when purchasing pre-order items as you may want to place multiple orders to get specific releases faster. If your order contains more than one item the order will NOT ship until ALL items are in stock.
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Passages (Test Pressing)
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Es-K - Passages
Test Pressing
Release Date: 2016.10.21
Test Pressings are shipped out now, months before official release date
Digital will be available on release date
Only 6 of these exist. 5 are for sale since we need to keep 1 copy to approve the pressing
12 Inch Vinyl
White Paper Sleeve
White Labels with Cold Busted Sticker on Side 1
Numbered on Side 1
Black Vinyl
Limited Edition of Only 6 Copies
A1. Es-K - IEV (4:17)
2. Es-K - Monastic (3:43)
3. Es-K - Orbit (2:38)
4. Es-K - Second Reunion (3:00)
5. Es-K - Elevation (3:12)
6. Es-K - Take Me There (3:15)
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Limited Edition Compact Disc
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
This release is now sold out in the US and ships only from the UK
Full Color 4 Panel Digipak
Full Color Printing on CD
CDs are Shrink Wrapped
Orders are not split into multiple packages due to the high costs of shipping. Please keep this in mind when purchasing pre-order items as you may want to place multiple orders to get specific releases faster. If your order contains more than one item the order will NOT ship until ALL items are in stock. More info about shipping and rates: shop.coldbusted.org/policies
Includes unlimited streaming of Passages
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Es-K (Essential Knowledge) was born in Holland, raised in Kansas City, Missouri, and currently lives in Burlington, Vermont. He starting seriously making beats as a teenager, with his first release coming out on the Cold Busted label in 2011. Es-K is also known for his monthly Spontaneous Grooves releases, where a set of instrumental tracks are created in one sitting, the result being truly ‘spontaneous’ and diverse. This exemplifies Es-K’s prolific and workman-like ethos of beat-making, with creative and top notch hip hop soundscapes constantly pouring out of his Vermont studio.
Passages is Es-K’s latest release for Cold Busted and it shows his growth as a rhythm-obsessed music producer. With guitar and occasional keys by friend Max Bronstein-Paritz and a couple of crucial studio collaborations with fellow Vermont beat-maker Loupo, Passages adds extra depth and musicality to Es-K’s drum mechanics. The album opens wistfully with “IEV”, offering a minute and a half of instrument textures and snatches of percussion before the full beat kicks in. “Monastic” showcases Max’s funky guitar contribution, “Elevation” features some deep bass line play, and “Mistakes Made” is filled with melodic layers and melancholic moods. These are just some of the highlights from this twelve track album … Es-K satisfyingly goes beyond the beats throughout.
credits
released October 7, 2016
1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 - Guitar by Max Bronstein-Paritz
8, 9 - Co-Produced with Loupo
10 - Keyboard by Max Bronstein-Paritz
Design by Vitamin D
Executive Producer, Derrick Daisey
All works registered with Some Cutz Up (ASCAP)
sed: I shouldn't whistle along after all these years - ? Though I might also choose "Above". This LP is wholly tasty. It's where it started for me and one I come back to often. I arrived too late for Seeds, Roots and Fruits double vinyl. Still, I "met" the awesome (eek) folks at Beat Catz and they made me feel better.
24j
sed: Just cookin'...more sweet meatz served in wonky feelz from Emapea.
Thanks to Jamie at Cold Busted for getting back to help stupid with needlessly delayed gratification.
Current 24j