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Escort
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ESCORT is big. Literally. Enjoying accolades ranging from the New York Times to Pitchfork, the seventeen-member "disco orchestra" features an incredible cast of musicians including founders/producers Eugene Cho and Dan Balis, and fronted by lead singer Adeline Michle.
Escort burst on to the scene in 2006 with a string of critically acclaimed 12"s that included future classics "Starlight" and "All Through The Night", a pair of DJ staples that get still get plenty of play on dance-floors. As DJs nursed their electro-clash hangover with a seemingly never ending stream of disco edits, Escort stood out, in part, by creating dance music the old fashioned way: with impeccable production, musicianship, and songwriting.
The following several years saw them bring the same uncompromising approach to their live show. In an era where dance music is dominated by samples and computers, Escort took a sprawling ensemble to the stage and developed a reputation as one of New York's most compelling live acts, capable of performing their elaborate recordings note for note. Their extravagant New York City shows prompted a cover story in the Village Voice declaring them "poised to become Gotham's premier live dance act" and reviews of their shows in Time Out New York and the New York Post auspiciously labeled them the "city's best live band."
Escort's debut LP has finally arrived, the culmination of years of painstaking work in the studio. And the wildly enthusiastic critical reception suggests it was more than worth the wait. Pitchfork raved, "Escort isn't just the pinnacle of 21st- century of disco fetishism. It's a great pop album." Spin called it the "Best Disco Album of 2011... disco at it's urbane, hedonistic best." and Rolling Stone called it "a wickedly catchy, note-perfect return to the heyday of disco." |
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