WILL SHAW – CHAIN-ERROR
Glitches, machine errors, and malfunction replicated in human action. This album is a collection of tracks featuring drum kit and electronics, recorded and produced by Will Shaw.
Fragments of material are stretched, distorted and warped gradually through long-form improvisation and live-processing. Influenced by ambient, electronica, dark techno, and tape loops as well as the found-sounds of everyday life: a dripping tap, a CD skipping, radio interference.
Will Shaw is a drum kit player, improviser and composer living in Sheffield, UK. His work is largely focused around timbre and rhythmic unorthodoxy, often using objects and live electronics to augment his sound behind the drums.
More info on the release page. Released on September 10th.
CADEU – ELLEN
The ‘ellen’ EP by cadeu is a space lament, inspired by the character Ellen Ripley in the cult film Alien, recorded entirely with spectral synthesis – a type of sampling that works with chunks of audio information in a frequency domain instead of a temporal one. Small repetitions loop into infinity creating their own tones and textures. Modulating the position of the playhead with an LFO ever so slightly generates melodies; phase lock adds grain.
This EP is the first chapter in sp ce (pron. space), an interdisciplinary project that unfolds across formats through a series of releases on various media: from the rigidity of a traditional digital release to a live performance to a spectral broadcast to a different version pressed into vinyl. The complete ellen EP is also available as a video version for your viewing pleasure.
The video is also screened in movie theatre MIMIK on October 3rd, as part of a movie shorts program at Perifest 2026. More info and tickets: perifest.perifeer.org.
More info on the release page. Released on September 10th.
DEVENTER IMPROV EXPERIMENTS POOL – DIEP 1
These are the recordings of the very first concert of DIEP (Deventer Improv Experiments Pool); a group of Deventer artists curated by De Perifeer, each working with improvisation and experiment in their own way. The members of DIEP come from different musical backgrounds and generations, but in their experimental attitudes they are related to one another – and to De Perifeer.
In this first edition of DIEP the following artists take the stage: Aalt van de Glind, Bastian Benjamin, Jeroen Diepenmaat, Jo De Hulsters, Johanneke ter Stege and Vera Bon.
The next editions of DIEP are coming up on May 22nd in De Perifeer and on August 1st in the Bergkerk. More info and tickets: perifeer.org.
More info on the release page. Available exclusively on Bandcamp. Released on April 30th.
ZEAL MINUS – ALL 4 NOTHING
Zeal Minus is where the explosive creativity of UK avant-garde rapper Infinite Livez (Ninja Tune) collides with the precision and drive of Swiss electronic producer Xewin (The Shamanics, Cobal). Together, they forge a sound that is intense, unpredictable, and unapologetically experimental — sometimes a confrontation, sometimes an invitation to dance.
On All 4 Nothing, Zeal Minus crystallises their hybrid identity across ten tracks that oscillate between raw aggression and twisted playfulness. Breaking away from convention, Zeal Minus immerses the listener in an unstable space in constant flux. Throughout the record, analog and digital sounds collide and morph, sculpting a sonic universe that is at once dystopian and playful.
On October 29th we released the first single: ‘BLT’, including a wild stop motion video by Kiki Bronx. An order, a meal, a hunger finally sated. No customer should be surprized if they can not see beyond the folly of a blind waiter. Available as a download and on streaming platforms.
On December 3rd we released the second (two track) single: ‘Sonic & Tails / Stay High 49’, including a wild stop motion video by Kiki Bronx. A plain and blueprint of dopeness in the Afrofuturist tradition. Funk for the after future… Black Radiant. Soul vibes hyper electro gutter funk. Bravado Jazz mega working. Bragging to raise the spirit Eternal. Available as a download and on streaming platforms.
More info on the release page. The album ‘All 4 Nothing’ is released on February 4th.
More releases
There are many more releases to be discovered here. And to celebrate it’s 20th year of existence, Esc.rec. made all releases that came out in the first 10 years freely available for you (pay more if you want, your support is appreciated).
Check the complete catalogue here
Even more
Even more releases anticipated, by the likes of Cadeu, France Dubois / Mathieu Robert / Nicola Lancerotti, Annie Abrahams & Sergei Demin, Jeroen Diepenmaat & Frans de Waard, Pierre Bastien & Michel Banabila, Snackbar The Ambassador, Spoelstra and Coolhaven.