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ESA's (Electronic Substance Abuse) sound is always a hard one to pin down. Taking influences initially from rhythmical noise acts, the overall structures have developed and integrated countless influences from the broad spectrum of alternative and extreme music. The tone of ESA is harsh and oppressive, dripping with destructive and corroded grooves whilst still emanating sub conscious melodies and a strong sense of Spirituality. ESA's compositions are undoubtedly threatening and offensive floor stomping club tunes but also twist and churn enough to warrant more attentive listening. With the much revered 'Themes 1 & 2' releases causing such a stir within the noise and harsh industrial scene, ESA's creator, Jamie Blacker, is ready to unleash the closing album to this destructive trilogy; Themes of Carnal Empowerment Pt.3 : Penance. From the anthemic rhythms of "2nd Movement" to the tribal chants of "Juju Yako," Blacker calls this ESA's most complete work to date.

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• ESA has performed at noise festivals across the globe including; Gothik Wave Treffen (Ger), Lepzig (Ger), Resistanz (UK), Kinetik (Can), Terminus (Can)
• Pt 3 of the Themes of Carnal Empowerment Trilogy. The other two releases, Themes of Carnal Empowerment Pt. 1: LUST and Themes of Carnal Empowerment Pt. 1: DECEIT were released to critical acclaim.
• SA Mastermind, Jamie Blacker, is a member of Metropolis Records act Ivardensphere

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Rhythmic noise is often dry and sexless stuff, so making a couple of concept records about the darker aspects of our sexual appetites and experiences is undoubtedly something of a challenge. ESA's first effort in the series, Themes Of Carnal Empowerment Pt. 1: Lust, worked for me in that it managed to abstractly portray the titular drive with Jamie Blacker's standard palette of distorted beats and baroque atmospherics, climaxing with a few of the most intense songs the British producer has ever recorded. Despite that success I still had to wonder: would Blacker be able to do the same with a more cerebral concept like 'Deceit'? The answer is yes, and although I think Pt. 2: Deceit is easily as good as Lust (and probably much better), it also asks a lot more from the listener, requiring some serious contemplation to experience fully.

     —Bruce Lord, I Die You Die

There's a spiky template that exists throughout making Themes of Carnal Empowerment an ongoing adventure through an industrial strength haze of pure buzz-core activity, embellished with the occasional quiet moment, but more often than not heavily lacquere

     —Jus Forrest, Igloo Magazine