"I Dream I'm Flying and San Francisco are totally wicked.
Really some of the best production I've heard in recent times" - Amon Tobin
"Groundbreaking work from the West Coast's most thoughtful bass producer." - Bigup Mag
“Gentle and docile, yet still maintains that key subaqueous and unruly bass.” – GetDarker
"Artfully walks the line between experimental and dancefloor...refreshing...A must listen" - Dubstepped.net
(Download the new 2009 Eskmo "Ancestor" mix below),
(BIO, from eskmo.com):
Brendan Angelides, aka "Eskmo" and ""WELDER" , is a San Francisco based music producer & live performer.
He has been producing and performing live electronic music since 1999 and his sets are currently based around Ableton Live utilizing various midi controllers and FX running with on the spot warping, queing and key work. He has covered numerous styles throughout the years and it has grown to a fusion of sorts with the current state having a distinct focus on dubstep, west coast glitch and minimal techno. Thick, floor-creaking bass layered with rich, oozing melodies and syncopated rhythms has become his standard.
The buzz continues to grow with support from numerous DJs, web stations and magazines all over the world. Brendanās works have been featured in URB, DJ Mag, Knowledge Mag and on such shows as BBC Radio1 and RinseFM. He has performed throughout the UK, into Spain, France and Canada. Aside from international bookings, he has performed in clubs and at festivals in major cities across the US.
In 2009, Brendan started his own fully distributed digital label entitled "Ancestor". The label was created to release his own works and collaborative projects of all styles."
Eskmo - Willow Grail EP (Studio Rockers) (STUDR003)
"Dubstep Release of the month"
"Those ever-discerning Rockers have scoured the planet
for yet freakier dubstep movers and shakers and have alighted on Frisco's
Brendan Angelides. None of San Fran's sunny hippydom here, though.
Dark, moody and quite magnificent, cuts like 'Process' weave a twisted, funky magic -
part dub, part techno, part cut 'n' paste UKG. The grime crew will find
affinity with the metallic roboticism of 'Trudge'. Prepare to have your ears cranked
open by Eskmo's innovative individualism."- djmag (2008)
"Won't be so easily pinned down by the conventions of genre....pretty special too, featuring the kind of
pseudo-classical sampling material heard on Murcof's first album, but set into a 4/4 dubstep hybrid....
something monstrous trying to squirm its way out of a tar pit. Good stuff."- Boomkat (2008)
Kid Kameleon (XLR8R)
"Eskmo (aka Brendan Angelides) has been slowly building a catalog of gems...science fiction-like possibilities of sound.
His productions have really hit their stride recently
with a unique fusion of dubstep and breaks....the third release on Botchit and Scarper's dubstep side-label,
Studio Rockers, and it's blinding. Crisp drums spar with growling basslines in an ever-changing dance that's
worthy of being a soundtrack to Ninja Scroll....Spine tingling stuff." XLR8R (2008)
"Eskmo drops a massive bass rolling workout... Simply destroys the sound system" URB (2007)
- FORTHCOMING -
ESKMO: "Let Them Sing / From the Standpoint" : Planet Mu
ESKMO: "Red Fog" : Sonic Dragon (Made in Glitch)
JASON SPARKS (ESKMO REMIX) : "One Eyed Man" : Contrabass
- OUT NOW -
STS9: "Shock Doctrine" (ESKMO & WELDER remixes) : 1320
ESKMO: "Hypercolor EP" : Ancestor
BACKDRAFT (ESKMO REMIX): "Headcharge" : Downbeat
SUB SWARA (ESKMO remix) : "Deconstructing the Absence" : Sub Swara
COTK (ESKMO REMIX): "We Are the Glitch" : Blipswitch
ESKMO : "Agnus Dei / Harmony" : Ancestor
BAR 9 (ESKMO REMIX): "Murda Sound" : Z Audio
ESKMO : "Willow Grail / Process / Trudge" : Studio Rockers
ESKMO+THE ANTISERUM : "Speaker's Corner REMIX" : Cyberfunk
AFGHAN HEADSPIN (ESKMO REMIX) : "MSG" : Mechanoise
ESKMO+DJ QUEST : "Speaker's Corner" : Cyberfunk
ESKMO : "Jetski / Sand Dunes" : Bassrock
ESKMO : "Amphibian" : BAD Compilation - Full Melt
ESKMO+THE ANTISERUM : "Monstahs" : BAD Compilation - Full Melt
ESKMO : 'Speaking In Tonuges / Inastance" : Mechanoise
ESKMO : "No Man's Land (30hz, Eskmo Remix) / Waterfight" : Vertical Sound
ESKMO+30HZ : "Ghost In The Machine" : Vertical Sound
ESKMO : "Only a Few / Forces of Spirit" : Downbeat
ESKMO : "Cliffside / Embryonic" : Cyberfunk
ESKMO+BACKDRAFT : "Basement" : Downbeat
ESKMO : "Amston Lake Recordings" : Self released
ESKMO : "Ascension" : Self released
Eskmo : "Illuminate" : Self released
Eskmo : "Machines on Task" : Self released
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