Current Line-up:
Andy Milas, guitar
Bruno Esrubilsky, drums
Ignacio Long, bass
Onur Dilisen, violin
Tery Lemanis, oud/bouzouki
Bass on Apart From The Rest was played by Jack Mason
Drums on Apart From The Rest were played by Carl Sorensen
Influences
Many different artists and styles of music have influenced Esthema's sound. To name a few...
Styles of Music: Progressive Rock/Metal, Jazz (Fusion, Latin), New Age, Greek, Turkish
Artists: Al DiMeola World Sinfonia, Avishai Cohen, John Zorn, Garrison Fewell, Pat Metheny, Anouar Brahem, Simon Shaheen, Laco Tayfa, Takim, Iasis, Strunz and Farah, Eleftheria Arvanitaki, Ara Dinkjian, Loreena McKennitt, George Winston, Shadowfax, Jim Matheos (Fates Warning), Porcupine Tree, Gordian Knot, Tool, Countless of Greek and Turkish composers and musicians, both past and present
Sounds Like
Who have reviewers compared Esthema to...
"reminded me a good bit of Shakti, John McLaughlin's acoustic World music band"
— TAXI, The World's Leading Independent A&R Company
"The Middle Eastern influence is especially enticing and in parts it reminds me of Jaz Coleman and Anne Dudley"
—Rob Forbes, Leicester Bangs
"It’s a perfect combination of Middle Eastern/East European folk music and American jazz, like an amped-up Loreena McKennitt without vocals"
—Jamie Anderson, Indie-Music.com, April 2008
If you ask us (Esthema), we feel that our sound is a combination of all our influences - Jazz, Fusion, Progressive Rock, Metal, Greek/Turkish, New Age, etc...Some of those artists are Al DiMeola World Sinfonia, Laco Tayfa, Strunz and Farah, Avishai Cohen, John Zorn Bar Kokhba, Simon Shaheen, Takim, Anouar Brahem (with drums), Jim Matheos Solo, etc....
Esthema’s music is a fusion of sounds from different cultures and genres. Elements taken from the musical traditions of the Eastern European/Balkan and Near/Middle Eastern regions are intertwined with Progressive Rock and Jazz to create the sounds of a World Fusion Ensemble. The five musicians that shape the sound of Esthema bring together both Western and Eastern instruments to form a unique blend. Bouzouki, Oud, Doumbek, and Violin color the compositions with their beautifully Eastern tone while Guitar, Bass, and Drums elicit the many Western influences that shape the sound of Esthema.
The members of Esthema bring together lifetimes of education and experience. Onur Dilisen (violin) was born, raised, and began his studies in Turkey and is currently in the Master’s violin performance program at the Boston Conservatory. Tery Lemanis (oud/bouzouki), a graduate from Berklee College of Music’s guitar performance program has studied Bouzouki, Oud, and Byzantine music in Greece as part of Berklee’s exchange program. Bruno Esrubilsky (drums/percussion), from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil has studied, taught, and toured throughout Europe (Ireland, England, Portugal, Belgium, and Spain), Brazil, and the States and is currently enrolled in Berklee’s Performance and Music Business and Management programs. Ignacio Long (bass), born in Patagonia, Argentina, has studied in Buenos Aires, New York, and Boston, where he concentrated in Composition and Film Score at Berklee College of Music. Ignacio graduated in 2007. Andy Milas (guitar) has been performing traditional and contemporary Greek music for over a decade throughout New England. He has also written and arranged for Progressive Rock, Greek, New Age, and Jazz musical projects that he has been a part of. As people, the individuals in Esthema come from very different places with very different experiences. As musicians, they bring those places and experiences together into one musical setting.
Esthema’s collaboration can be experienced on their first CD, APART FROM THE REST. The six compositions that make up the CD were written by Andy Milas and arranged by the entire ensemble. Throughout, you will hear the elements of Eastern and Western music: Western Jazz improvisation and Eastern Taxims, Latin Samba and Eastern Kasilama, Western modes such as Aeolian and Phrygian and Eastern Scales/Maqams like Hijaz, Sabah, and Nihavent. All boundaries were erased in the creation of this music to allow the worlds to collide and become one. The music is a true synergy of Eastern and Western musical elements.
“This recording is nothing less than a true celebration of a number of different styles of world beat, jazz, rock, ethnic European and Middle Eastern traditional music.”
- Joel Simches, The Noise
“a seamless blend of Eastern and Western motifs: Ethnic scales and meters intertwine delightfully with jazz-rock drums and bass beneath jazzy improv and winding melodies.”
- John Collinge, Progression
“Esthema has added something else to the normally staid jazz-rock sound – a heavy Eastern European influence – that makes the six instrumentals on Apart From The Rest a unique listening experience.”
- Todd Sikorski, Skope Magazine
Since early spring 2007, Esthema has been performing throughout the Boston area. In September of the same year they had their first performance in New York City and since, they have expanded into new areas of New England.
With the first recording completed and available for purchase, Esthema looks forward to the future to continue performing and composing, to expand their domestic and international fan base and to release their second CD in 2009. Esthema believes that their sound can be taken cross-genre - Jazz, New Age, World, Acoustic, and even Progressive Rock and that no listener is out of reach.
Esthema mp3s are also available thru iTunes. To Purchuse our full length cd, APART FROM THE REST, featuring Andy Milas (guitar), Onur Dilisen (violin), Tery Lemanis (oud/bouzouki), Jack Mason (bass), and Carl Sorensen (drums/percussion), please visit us at http://cdbaby.com/cd/esthema
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Hi guys, good to meet you here & i'm glad to have you as friends; Relly enjoyed all your compositions...well done indeed. wishing you all the best with the music in 2009. jD.
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