US/German artist ESCHES shares the intimate new single ‘Levitate Us’ on 4th September. The single is taken from his forthcoming EP release.
ESCHES creates lush indie-soul that merges with his abstract, somewhat surreal lyrics. Having grown up between South Florida and West Germany, his music is influenced by a variety of musicians and styles, drawing from voices such as D’Angelo, Caetano Veloso and Joni Mitchell, but also non-musical artists like Alberto Giacometti and Andrei Tarkovsky.
The resolution of pain through abstract escape is a recurring theme in his music. Minimalism serves as the signature aesthetic encompassing it all – with deep, soothing rhythms setting the stage for organic sounds and lofty, male vocals, ESCHES creates his music DIY style – and is now in the process of releasing a second wave of new tracks. This includes ‘Levitate Us’ – an upwards striving, enigmatic song about distance and hopeful naiveté accompanied by jazzy nuances and toplines that melt like marshmallows on a wave of musical color.
“‘Levitate Us’ has this pull to it – musically and lyrically, it’s heading somewhere, constantly. I love the fact that it has these quirky little nuances, like rhythmic layers that almost sound like an animal trying to break free, and multiple sonic worlds just melting together. The song was developed in three steps – I wrote it on a basic instrumental I produced, then OSIVE, Sixtus Preiss and I had these super intense sessions in Vienna, then we finished it by just sending things around. Brave new world, so to speak. I have the feeling this process definitely worked for the track – it’s about negotiating distance, and this naive sort of honesty. I added the Rhodes in the very end, it’s great when sounds and lyrics resonate together as one.” – ESCHES
