E.S.N by High Pass Filter - La Sape [SAPE024SGL1]

E.S.N

High Pass Filter

A 1 track trip-hop single (4m 32s) — released May 26th 2023 on La Sape

#electronic #trip-hop

Nice Coordinated Outfit is a journey through history to a time before the internet and social media and before inner city gentrification, when Fitzroy was the beating heart of Australia's avant-gard music and culture. Musically, it showcases the band's incredible range from deep minimal dub to bizarre electronica with elements of shoegaze and experimental noise.


Back then, High Pass Filter were the kings of the Fitzroy underground. Dark, weird improvisers who aimed for something new each performance. Whilst electric guitars and rock n roll dominated Australian airwaves and stages, High Pass Filter were pioneering a sonic revolution in the shadows. The band's indefinable sound saw them sharing lineups with artists from hardcore and punk luminaries like Fugazi and The Boredoms and to dub heavyweights such as Lee Scratch Perry and The Mad Professor.

The resonance of High Pass Filter's music today speaks to the deep historic roots of the fertile culture of fringe dwellers persisting and thriving in Melbourne's musical underground. The compilation, available on the 21st of July showcases 17 tracks from the band's output between 1997 and 2005, presented on deluxe double vinyl and marks La Sape's first foray into compilations. It includes studio recordings, a handful of live performances and a number of remixes and edits. Preorders are available now through La Sape on bandcamp.

I love a bit of HPF - Thristian Global Roots

High Pass Filter. Tight as. - Guy Piccioto Fugazi

Melbourne Musical Elite - Richard Kingsmill Rolling Stone / JJJ

Lovely, deep and dense track and still sounding good after all these years. Great to have a retrospective coming on the band! - Quinton Scott Strut Records

Talk about knowing how to grab your attention right off the bat!?!? - Kerem Gokmen Dubmission

Wow, this is cool. Old and new at the same time. - DJ Bunuel Yle Radio Vega

Brilliant! - Jazzcat Global Soul Radio

Excellent atmospheric track. - nick luscombe new ratio

dub jazz and space bigggg - republik kalakuta RTS

On the strength of this track, looking forward to the album as it sounds like a revival of Laswell/Shadow/Miles for jazzy, dub trip hop; especially as it's a band we've not heard of i the uk. - Gerry Hectic Futuristica Music

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