FROM THE EVENT
PROMOTION PERSPECTIVE, FOR YEARS HE HAS ORGANIZED SOME OF AMERICA'S
MOST WELL-RESPECTED EVENTS SUCH AS "TURNED ON, MENTAL, APOCALYPSE
WOW!, FURTHER, ELECTRIC DISCO, DEPTH PROBE, CLOSER, I LIKE TO GET
DOWN, SUGAR" & THE MEMORABLE "STAIRWAY TO HEADPHONES.
"TURNED ON 2" HELD IN NOVEMBER 2000 PROVED TO BE THE LARGEST
AND MOST EXCITING EVENT IN MIDWEST AMERICA HISTORY WITH OVER 7000
PEOPLE IN ATTENDENCE AND WAS THE FIRST TRULY OUTSPOKEN "DRUG
FREE RAVE EVENT" IN US HISTORY"! THE EVENT FEATURED Q-BERT,
SANDRA COLLINS, HENRIK B, DERRICK CARTER, FRANKIE BONES, CHRISTOPHER
LAWRENCE AND DOZENS MORE...
HIS EVENTS HAVE FEATURED AMAZING ARENA SIZED SOUND SYSTEMS STACKED
IN HIS TRADEMARK "WALL OF BASS" FORM SOMETIMES MEASURING
20 FEET HIGH AND 150 FEET LONG, PUSHING AS MUCH AS 1,000,000 WATTS
OF GOOD CLEAN FUN. HE'S SET THE AMERICAN LIVE-SONIC STANDARDS FOR
A NEW ERA OF A BRAND NEW GENRE OF MUSIC.
ESP IS A CHAMPION OF FUN AND A REVOLUTIONARY NEW DRUG-FREE ELECTRONICA
CONCERT PROMOTER TAKING A SOUND BY POPULAR DEMAND TO A FORUM IT
DESERVES. "NOTHING AGAINST WAREHOUSE AND OUTDOOR EVENTS - AND
THE MYSTIQUE OF THEM IS HUGE.. BUT THOSE DAYS ARE GONE - KIDS COULDN'T
BEHAVE THEMSELVES AND OUR SOUNDSYSTEMS COULD BE HEARD FOR TEN MILES...
SO WE NOW TAKE OUR MASSIVE TO THE ARENA, THE CLUB AND THE SANCTIONED
UNDERGROUND AND ENJOY THE MUSIC IN A SAFE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT THAT
EVERYONE CAN ENJOY".
THAT STANDARD HAS ALSO TAKEN HIM INTO THE UPPER REALMS OF "TODAY'S"
SOUND AS HE WAS RECRUITED TO THE SOUNDTRACK FOR 2000 PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE RALPH NADER (A DRUM & BASS ROCKER), A SCORE FOR HAZELDEN
DRUG TREATMENT FACILITY PREVENTION VIDEO, MUSIC FOR A BMW AUTOMOBILE
COMMERCIAL, SEVERAL SCORES FOR THE AWARDED MINNESOTA FILMAKER STEVEN
SMITH, AND WAS HIRED TO ANCHOR THE A & R AT K-TEL RECORDS -
THE LABEL THAT WAS THE "BACKBONE" OF THE THE 70'S AND
80'S DISCO ERA.
THIS COMBINED HE'S LAID A FOUNDATION FOR A NEW WORLD OF MIDWEST
AMERICAN ELECTRONIC MUSIC THAT NOW FEATURES DOZENS OF LOCAL DJS
AND WORLD-FAMOUS PRODUCERS. HE HAS ALSO RECORDED FOR DOZENS OF LABELS
INCLUDING TRESOR, BUSH, TLC, LABWORKS, SYNEWAVE, MISSILE, MAGNETIC
NORTH, EX RECORDS, CONTACT AND DROP BASS NETWORK RECORDS. THE CLUBS
HE HAS ROCKED INCLUDE ULTRASCHALL, REX CLUB, STAMMHEIM, CROBAR CHICAGO
(RESIDENCY), FIRST AVENUE MINNEAPOLIS (RESIDENCY), QUEST MINNEAPOLIS
(RESIDENCY), CHAOS MINNEAPOLIS (RESIDENCY) LIQUID ROOM, BOOM, MINISTRY
OF SOUND, ORBIT, EUROBEAT 2000, TERRIAKIANARKISAKI, BLUE MOON, ESSO
36 AND MANY MANY MORE. ESP IS PROUD TO SAY HE HAS HAD THE PLEASURE
OF WORKING WITH SUCH RESPECTED ARTISTS AS DERRICK CARTER, DJ T1000,
THE REVEREND ELVIS NIXXON, FREDDY FRESH, IFFY AND KIRK JOHNSON,
TIM TAYLOR, JACK TRASH, JOE MANU, TERRY MULLAN, PAUL BIRKEN, FRANKIE
BONES, JEFF MILLS, MAN AT ARMS, DIEGO ROCA, DJ HELL, DJ DAN, JOSH
WINK, HOSCHI, ROLAND CASPER, CHRIS LIBERATOR, DAVE CLARKE, DAMON
WILD AND MANY MANY MORE...
NOW, AFTER RACKING UP OVER A MILLION FREQUENT FLYER MILES AND HAVING
PERFORMED ALL OVER EUROPE, ASIA, SOUTH AMERICA, AUSTRALIA AND NORTH
AMERICA DJ ESP IS CURRENTLY SUBMERGED IN PRODUCING TRACKS IN THE
POST-RAVE ERA OF SOPHISTICATED HYBRID ELECTRONIC MUSIC FOR THE MORE
INTIMATE AND HOME SETTINGS AS WELL AS THE SMALL DARK TECHNO CLUB
- WHERE HE IS AT HIS BEST.
AS THE ELECTRONIC AGE BECOMES MORE AND MORE ACCESSIBLE AND RELEVANT
TO US ALL MCBRIDE'S "COMMUNIQUE MULTIMEDIA" AIMS TO REMAIN
IN STEP PROVIDING AMUSEMENT, WIT, HUMAN ASSISTANCE, A POSITIVE EXAMPLE
IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS'S VOLATILE REALM OF SELF-DISCOVERY AND TO
OFFER ENGAGING INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC- VISION.
"WE ARE CONSTANTLY RETURNING TO THE SOURCE, TO THE ENERGY OF
OUR PEERS, TO OUR PRINCIPLES OF CLEAN LIVING... RETRACING THE STEPS
THAT CONNECT US TO ONE ANOTHER... IN STEREO", HE SAYS. "DRUGS,
ALCOHOL AND ABUSIVE,ADDICTIVE BEHAVOIR DESTROY LIVES, FUTURES AND
FAMILIES... BUT WITH THE RIGHT TOOLS HEALTH, FULFILLMENT AND THE
POWER TO STOP THESE PATTERNS IS POSSIBLE... FIND THE TOOLS AND USE
THEM IN ORDER THAT YOU CAN HAVE FUN AND FULFILLMENT IN YOUR LIFE".
Discography
1992 to present
154. killer hitz from hell - compilation one - Dancefloorkillers
Fr
153. Acieeed! acid house compilation track 3/05
152. Greatlakes Compilation - canada/germany 2/05
151. crusher rmx - canada shamus
150. ESP13 - communique - 2/05
149. Jakin' fer beatz - projex UK - 1/05
148. Pscenario - Novamute UK - 1/05
147. Apex Records . #07 uk . 6/04
146. Cannibal rmx . Cannibal records . 11/04
145. Rave On rmx . D'Jedi . Scandium . 11/04
144. Mycrogroove rmx . Mycrogroove . 10/04
143. Urban Ground Compilation . USA . 9/04
142. I am psychic you know… (2/12"LP/CD) . Bush UK .
9/04
141. Push it as far as you can . Calme . 6/04
140. Before I die . Traction . 4/04
139. Three rmx . Adam Jay . Traction 3/04
138. Bling Bling . Drop Bass . 4/04
137. Dreamlife . +8 . 9/03
136. Open my head (as Sleepwalker w/ K Justin J) . Skint UK . 9/03
135. Kill your television . Communiqué USA . 5/03
134. Mind your own business . NSC Detroit . 6/03
133. Dragon Breath . Acid Tracks Germany 8/03
132. Zod . Krank Kartel . Belgium . 4/03
131. Flapjacks like me (w/ Paul Birken) . Tonewrecker USA . 2/03
130. Keep it together . APE compilation/Primevil UK . 1/03
129. Turbulent disco rmx . Frankie Vega . Funked up USA . 2/03
128. Good great wonderful . BML USA . ? release date tba
127. Lord Damien’s Dance through the night (presented by DJ
ESP) . BML USA . ? release date tba
126. Faceless . Blueline . 4/03
125. Harrison Fjord rmx . Some Killer Finland . 3/03
124. No future in your front . Primevil UK . 4/03
123. Music for TV commercial/Fallon Worldwide (Holiday Inn Express
) . 03
122. searching
121. searching
120. Amstel 20 LP/CD (w/ Jon Frank) . Label pending . 03
119. Never mind the bollocks here’s DJ ESP . 2 x promo mix
CD . 2.03
118. First Steps . Koybayashi France . 12/02
117. Hydraulix 09 rmx . Dave the drummer . Hydraulix UK . 12/02
116. It is unadvisable to go unguided . Drop Bass Network USA .
8/03
115. video for Everything under the sun director Barry Kim . Bush
. 5/03
114. Nothing is wrong (DJ ESP RMX of FC Kahuna) Skint . 6/03
113. Straight Edge Raver . Bionic Orange UK . 12/02
112. You gotta do what you gotta do . Missile UK
111. Bullshitting rmx . Bob Brown . Framework USA
110. The Door rmx . Diego Roca . Utils Germany
109. Medicine show . Primevil UK . 10/02
108. Slurred vision . Bush UK . 1/03
107. Everything under the sun (w/ K Justin J) . Bush UK . 2/03
106. Flight's Departing . Kompute USA . 6/03
105. To the other side . Blueline USA . 3/03
104. Genius of Fun #2 . Acid Tracks Germany . 12/02
103. Transitions Video (soundtrack USA) . Hazelden Chemical Dependency
Treatment Center USA . 1/03
102. Blackout by Nu Entertainment . Film soundtrack Czech Republic
. 7/03
101. Grinder . Free Records USA . 8/02
100. Basketball heroes 2 . Communiqué USA . 6/02
99. DJ ESP Live & Soundburnt 1999 . Swell mix CD . 7.02
98. Lost In The Desert / Bush Records 12"
97. Worldwide Rockers (w/ DJ Jes One) Urban Ground mix CD . 01
96. Acid Wars rmx . Acid Tracks Germany 02
95. Huge . Bush UK . 02
94. Club Drugs (Nothing to rave about) Video (soundtrack) . Hazelden
Chemical Dependency Treatment Center USA . 01
93. The hire . Music for TV commercial/Fallon Worldwide (BMW) .
01
92. Studio Wars compilation (Kelly Reverb rmx) . BML . 02
91. Subversion Rock . Urban Ground USA . 02
90. Fumbdounded . Drop Bass Network USA . 02
89. Over the mountain . Holtzplatten Germany . 02
88. Genius of Fun . Acid Tracks Germany . 02
87. Jump in the fire . Blueline USA . 01
86. Feel like makin’ love . Blueline USA . 02
85. Big Acid . Swell USA . 01
84. Power Hour rmx #2 . Digital Empire Trance CD . K-Tel USA . 01
83. Set Fire rmx . Chris Liberator . Truelove UK . 01
82. Uritorco rmx . Diego Roca & Diego Cid . Sony Argentina .
01
81. Soundburnt . Communiqué USA .
80. I like to get down (w/ DJ Hyperactive) . Communiqué USA
79. This is acid rmx . Purejack USA
78. First & Filmore by S. Anthony Smith . Film soundtrack USA
Friendship Manor by S. Anthony Smith . Film soundtrack USA
77. Let it Flow - Bush UK
76. Notatorious rmx . Kid Acid . Communiqué USA
75. Comedy/Tragedy . Communiqué USA
74. B True 2 your skool (w/ DJ ESP) . Communiqué USA
73. Ab Fab . Transatlantic Express compilation UK
72. Come in – Bush UK
71. Power Hour rmx #1 . Virtual Germany
70. Let’s get freaky compilation . Communiqué USA
69. Lovers rmx . Modal . Sounds USA
68. Sixt compilation . Communiqué USA
67. Planet of the drums rmx . Missile UK
66. Drifting Pitch rmx . Virtual Germany
65. Comedy/Tragedy live pa mix tape . Communiqué
64. Greg Metzger . Proper compilation . Proper USA
63. Gym class freakout . Coda magazine compilation France
62. Cubic Event compilation . Cubic Switzerland
61. Interferon rmx . DJ T1000 . Generator USA
60. Sideburns (w/ Mr. E Tones) . Sounds USA
59. Rattlesnake rmx . Roland Casper . Labworks Germany
58. Jerk compilation . Communiqué USA
57. Slo-mo . Acid House for all compilation . Definitive Canada
56. Basketball Heroes #1 . Communiqué USA
55. Fuzzface (2 X 12")(w/ DJ Hyperactive) . Communiqué
USA
54. The Power Hour (w/ DJ Skull) . Sounds USA
53. Life in the slowlane (w/ Damon Wild) . Head in the clouds USA
52. Tri-polar (w/ Dave Stevens) . Head in the clouds USA
51. Chunkafunk . Modal (2 x 12")(w/ Dave Stevens) . Sounds
USA
50. Speed o’ light compilation . Communiqué USA
49. Bang the acid rmx . Wild & Taylor . Synewave USA
48. Midwest hardcorps compilation . Drop Bass Network USA
47. Further commemorative 12" (w/ Frankie Bones) . Drop Bass
Network USA
46. Out of the purple haze compilation . Communiqué USA
45. Lovers . Modal (w/ Dave Stevens) . Sounds USA
44. 4D IV . Labworks Germany
43. Neighbors compilation . Sounds USA
42. Sync IV (w/ DJ Hyperactive) . Underground Construction USA
41. Mad scientist (w/ DJ Hoschi) . Testube USA
40. Psychapocalypse ’95 (w/ Freddie Fresh) . Analog USA
39. Electris . (2 x 12") Communiqué USA
38. Psenic overlook (2 x 12") . Generator USA
37. Skinny . Drop Bass Network USA
36. Telesender (w/ DJ T1000) . Generator USA
35. Sync III (w/ DJ Hyperactive) . Underground Construction USA
34. Coincidence (ambient tape w/ Dave Stevens & Steve Smith
. 2 editions) . Communiqué USA
33. Low . Synewave USA
32. Psick & Tired (2 x 12") . Communiqué USA
31. Tape (3x7") . Communiqué USA
30. 4D compilation CD . Labworks Germany
29. 4d III . Labworks Germany
28. Balance (2 x 12") . Drop Bass Network USA
27. Acid Harvest compilation . Analog USA
26. Sync II (w/ DJ Hyperactive) . Underground Construction USA
25. Further commemorative 7" . Drop Bass Network USA
24. Rattlesnake . Magnetic North UK
23. 4d II . Labworks Germany
22. Bad Acid (no such thing) . Drop Bass Network USA
21. Scum . 12 Gauge USA
20. Pleasure . Labworks Germany
19. Amplification . Drop Bass Network USA
18. Natural Glow . EX USA
17. Interference . Drop Bass Network USA
16. 4D . Labworks Germany
15. The Earthworm Sings . EX USA
14. Psychapocalyse II (w/ Freddie Fresh) (Techno Bountyhunter compilation)
. Audiocon Release USA
13. Hide & Seek (Cabin Rave compilation) . Audiocon Release
USA
12.(first release) Psychapocalypse (w/ Freddy Fresh) . Adam &
Eve Germany
11. Mind Safari / Promotional DJ Mix Cassette
10. Alien Trance Core / Promotional DJ Mix Cassette
9. Strangely Arranged / Communique Records Compilation 2xCD
8. I Feel Good / Ovum Records 12" (promo only)
7. A&R/ Digital Empire 3:Phuturism / K-Tel Records Compilation
2xCD
6. A&R/ Digital Empire:Trance/ K-Tel Records Compilation CD
5. A&R/ Digital Empire:Drum & Bass / K-Tel Records Compilation
CD
4. A&R/ Digital Empire:Techno Anthems / K-Tel Records Compilation
CD
3. A&R/ Digital Empire 3:World Electronic / K-Tel Records Compilation
2xCD
2. Turned On 2 - promotional mix tape with DJ Jes One
1. Truth’s Anthem/Ralph Nader for President 2000 Campaigne
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