LP - Black Vinyl
Celebrating the band’s 40th anniversary with the reissue of the classic genre-busting debut album by the Bronx sisters ESG, ‘Come Away With ESG’. So the story goes Anthony H hooked up with Ed Bahaman and the band’s debut album, ‘Come Away With ESG’ was created. In the intervening years, it’s been sampled to death. Those in the know have hailed ESG as innovators who fashioned Hip hop and house music, who rewrote post punk and somehow, somehow they remain something of a secret.
Music that falls outside of the no wave, new wave and post punk library, it’s for the dance floor but it’s not funk, there’s no horns, no driving organ....it’s the opposite of Sly And The Family Stone but no less cool and no less groovy.
A major influence on hip-hop, dance music, and dance-punk, fitting right in with New York City’s arty downtown scene and the UK’s vibrant post-punk explosion.” Pitchfork
“ESG’s fusion of sweet soul and punk attitude with an intuitive understanding of dance music remains, and Step Off is proof that their eclecticism hasn’t diminished.” Guardian
“ESG are still creating music of eerie austerity.” MOJO
“More defiant and confident than ever before.” AllMusic
Tracklist:
A1. Come Away
A2. Dance
A3. You Make No Sense
A4 Parking Lot Blues
A5. Chistelle
A6. About You
B1. It's Alright
B2. Moody (Spaced Out)
B3. Tiny Sticks
B4. The Beat
B5. My Love For You