ESEM
| Esem | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Georgi Hristov Marinov |
| Also known as | Esem, Eesn |
| Born | 10 February 1979 |
| Origin | Varna, Bulgaria |
| Genres | IDM, Ambient, Downtempo, Tracker-music |
| Occupation(s) | Music, Field Recording, Sound Design |
| Instruments | Computer, Laptop, Synthesizer, Tracker, Sequencer |
| Years active | 1997—present |
| Labels | deFocus, Merck Records |
| Website | [1] |
Esem (born 10 February 1979) is the stage name of Georgi Hristov Marinov, a Bulgarian electronic music artist. Esem used to be known as the tracker musician StereoMan, a member of the demoscene group NOiSE.
Marinov got involved in composing electronic music and the demoscene in the late 1990s, through the work of Brothomstates and Lackluster among others. After a five-year netlabel membership in NOiSE ("New Objectives in Sound Exploration") Marinov was signed up to deFocus records for his first vinyl single - "Ikae", and debut album "Enveloped", thus becoming the first contemporary Bulgarian electronic music artist to have released a music record on vinyl.
After releasing his second album "Serial Human" commercially on Merck Records, Esem moved to London where he produced the material for "Scateren" - his third album. "Scateren" was released as a freeCreative Commons-licensed download on Kahvi, and quickly became one of the label's most downloaded titles. In 2007 parts of "Scateren" were licensed and subsequently released by Nintendo as background music to the Nintendo DS game "Theta", and as downloadable ringtones (complementary to the game title). The original album remains available under Creative Commons.
Esem was a regular guest on the Lithuanian label Sutemos's "Intelligent Toys" series, featured alongside Vladislav Delay, Digitonal, Maps and Diagrams, Ulrich Schnauss, and others.
His music has been featured on Austrian national radio FM4 (ORF), and on the John Peel show on UK BBC Radio 1. In 2006 Marinov edited a Sofia-based soundscape for the Radia network, later broadcast on a number of European radio stations. In July 2013 Marinov authored a one-hour-long programme for London community radio station Resonance FM - "Clearspot", featuring a documentary recording of the 2013-14 protests against the Oresharski cabinet in Bulgaria.
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