Ese

Ese is a Norwegian jazz group from Norway, with Sidsel Endresen as the named member in the verified facts. The group is associated with ambient, experimental, downtempo and tribal music, and the biography presents the project under the name Entheogenic Sound Explorers, describing it as a duo made up of Stefano Contini and Piero Marchesi. Its music is framed around dubby, hypnotic ambient textures and a psychedelic approach to composition and production.

Releases

The discography includes The Shroom Experience from 2007 on Practising Nature Records, The Other Door from 2008/2009 on Databloem, Magic Garden from 2011 on Databloem, and Quarto from 2013 on Databloem. Quarto is described as the fourth and most consistent album, with around an hour of adventurous dubby, hypnotic ambient music. Magic Garden is identified as the third album on Databloem and is compared in style to The Orb and Future Sound of London.

Style and themes

The project describes its music as a way of encouraging self and cosmic consciousness, respect for nature and sacred plants, and personal development through self-exploration, the arts and meditation. It also presents its work as a search through the “magic garden” in its vegetable, animal, spiritual and cosmic dimensions, with an emphasis on origin, roots, Mother Earth and careful listening to subtle vibrations.