User:Sabrepulse

Sabrepulse (Born Ashley Charles Eskrett, August 7 1985), is a producer and performer of electronic music currently living in London, England.

Born in Beverley, England - Eskrett grew up in East Yorkshire, attending Hull Trinity House Naval School then studying media & film at Wilberforce College until relocating at age 20 to Aberdeen, Scotland with his parents. In 2009 he moved to London to focus on touring and music production.

After experimenting with the chipbreak sound in Sabrepulse Says Hello, 2005 saw Eskrett's first full length album in Famicom Connection, a simple and nostalgic collection of songs inspired by growing up around videogame culture. His next release was more polished. 'Chipbreak Wars' contained a darker edge, with breakcore, dubstep and idm making appearances  and  breakcore, ragga, happy hardcore and traditional chip-music.

THE WORLDS WITHOUT WORDS TRILOGY

Terra, Titan & Gaia form the planned (Gaia is due to be released in 2010) trilogy of Sabrepulse works notably apart in style and tone from his 8-Bit/Chip-music inspired releases. They tell the story of the evacuation of a ravaged earth due to war and resource depletion, the colonisation of a distant moon, and the eventual return home after many generations. Eskrett became interested in Astral Projection after watching Abre Los Ojos and wanted to create a soundscape inspired by Lucid Dreaming, also wanting to tell a story on a more emotional and human level than he'd previously experimented with.

It was also the first time Eskrett produced music using Ableton Live - the tracks on Terra were written in a week, with most of the sections looped & improvised using Live's session view.

Live Performance

Since 2005 Sabrepulse has performed to audiences worldwide. His current live set-up consists of a [|Macbook Pro 13], [|Ableton Live], [|Akai] APC40, Moog Little Phatty, and modified [|Nintendo Gameboys] running [|Little Sound DJ] and MuddyGB.

Notable performances include the [|Blip Festival] (New York City, 2007), Denpa 6 (Tokyo, 2009), The UK Chiptune Alliance Tours (2007-2009), Rock Herk Festival (Belgium, 2009), Hipersonica 8-Bit Game People (Rio De Janeiro, 2009) and the 2010 USA 8-Bit Alliance Tour.

DISCOGRAPHY

RELEASES: 2004 - Sabrepulse Says Hello - (5 Tracks / Self Release) 2005 - Famicom Connection - (15 Tracks / GDTK019, Merryworks) 2006 - Terra - (5 Tracks / Self Release) 2006 - Nintendokore - (6 Tracks / Self Release) 2006 - Chipbreak Wars - (17 Tracks / GDTK, Merryworks) 2007 - Realization - (4 Tracks / 8bitpeoples) 2008 - Titan - (6 Tracks / Self Release) 2008 - Turbo City - (7 Tracks / Self Release) 2010 - Bit Pilot: Soundtrack - (TBA)

OTHER APPPEARANCES:

2005 - 'Factory Sealed Adventure Remix' - My Little Peach (DJ Saskrotch / 2008 - 'White Tiger' - Button Down - (Hand Baked Records)

2008 - 'Lightspeed Disco' - Babycakes 8-bit Compilation - (Bbycks Records)

2008 - 'Black Dragon' - TRONIC: New Wave Of Electronic Sound Vol 2 - (Alex Tronic Records) 2009 - 'Hey Kate/Akita - Live' - Northwest Roots & Branches, Vol. 1: Live from the 2009 NW Folklife Festival

2009 - 'Deskjet Remix' - Yonlu: A Society In Which No Tear Is Shed - 'Deskjet Remix'

Remix Work

USK - 'As Vivid As Possible' USK - 'XXX Is Dead' Colonopenbraket - 'Twin Chevron Action Flash' Xinon - 'Horizons' Firebrand Boy - 'Spring Republic'

Affiliation With Videogames

Sabrepulse's music has been heavily influenced from the audio/visual design of videogames, most notably the 8/6-Bit era of the Gameboy, Amiga and other home consoles.

This inspiration has extended to working with developer Zach Gage on the iPhone game Bit Pilot to create a unique soundtrack in the style of retro shoot-em-ups, and working with One Life Left &