Upcoming Events at Ophelia's Electric Soapbox
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Dance music will live forever, and so will Escort. Champagne toast at Midnight included with ticket! Dance music will live forever, and so will Escort.
Event Details
The New York City disco outfit are back with their third album, City Life, and if you've spent the last four years missing their unique and classic-sounding approach to dance music, you're in luck. Their most expansive and collaborative album yet, City Life teems with the urban kinetic energy hinted at in the album's title—nine tracks spanning dub reggae, house, Brazilian pop, and the glittery shine of disco equally suitable for your headphones and a night out on the town.
It's the latest in what's been an impressive career for Escort, now helmed by co-producers Eugene Cho and JKriv—dating back to their star-making 2006 single “Starlight,” the effervescent grandeur of 2010’s “Cocaine Blues,” and the indelible self-titled debut that followed in 2011. 2015 brought their sophomore effort Animal Nature, and the last four years have represented a creative gestation leading up to City Life. "We're not exactly the fastest, but we take our time and make sure all the details are in place," JKriv states. "It's been very organic and easy. There isn't one way we work — we just build stuff together."
From the syncopated bass hits of the intro to "Ride"'s piano stabs and palm-muted guitar, Escort draw on a mix of contemporary and classic influences throughout—from the sounds of NYC dance music circa the late 1970s and early '80s to the various permutations of disco and house music that continue to keep bodies moving this very day. There are a lot of current sensibilities that influence us," JKriv explains. "We go for groove music and party music—that's what our music is distilled down to." "There's a subset of dance records that connect with DJs — the kind of things you hear in a club," Cho continues. "We're coming from that direction."
For longtime listeners, the greatest noticeable change on City Life is the abundance of new voices—specifically, vocalist Nicki B, who appears both in lead and background form throughout and is Escort's new lead vocalist — replacing longtime frontwoman Adeline, who's since gone on to pursue a solo career. “Nicki was an obvious choice for us," Cho exclaims regarding the changing of the guard. The Bronx-raised Nicki B has sang since junior high, performing in public with friends and realiz
It's the latest in what's been an impressive career for Escort, now helmed by co-producers Eugene Cho and JKriv—dating back to their star-making 2006 single “Starlight,” the effervescent grandeur of 2010’s “Cocaine Blues,” and the indelible self-titled debut that followed in 2011. 2015 brought their sophomore effort Animal Nature, and the last four years have represented a creative gestation leading up to City Life. "We're not exactly the fastest, but we take our time and make sure all the details are in place," JKriv states. "It's been very organic and easy. There isn't one way we work — we just build stuff together."
From the syncopated bass hits of the intro to "Ride"'s piano stabs and palm-muted guitar, Escort draw on a mix of contemporary and classic influences throughout—from the sounds of NYC dance music circa the late 1970s and early '80s to the various permutations of disco and house music that continue to keep bodies moving this very day. There are a lot of current sensibilities that influence us," JKriv explains. "We go for groove music and party music—that's what our music is distilled down to." "There's a subset of dance records that connect with DJs — the kind of things you hear in a club," Cho continues. "We're coming from that direction."
For longtime listeners, the greatest noticeable change on City Life is the abundance of new voices—specifically, vocalist Nicki B, who appears both in lead and background form throughout and is Escort's new lead vocalist — replacing longtime frontwoman Adeline, who's since gone on to pursue a solo career. “Nicki was an obvious choice for us," Cho exclaims regarding the changing of the guard. The Bronx-raised Nicki B has sang since junior high, performing in public with friends and realiz
