EMPIRE STATE HUMAN RELEASE "RARITY?"

EMPIRE STATE HUMAN ANNOUNCE THE RELEASE OF THEIR NEW DIGITAL RARITIES
COLLECTION "RARITY?" ON FEBRUARY 19, 2008 ON AMAZON.COM, ITUNES AND
FINE DIGITAL STORES WORLDWIDE.

THIS MARKS THE FIRST TIME MANY OF THESE SONGS AND REMIXES HAVE BEEN
RELEASED. THIS FOLLOWS 2007'S BEST OF "POPULARITY?" SET.

TRACKS -
01 SAVED BY ZERO 02 LOVE IS A STRANGER 03 PHOTOGRAPHS 04 APOLLO-MRK
II (WARREN K REMIX) 05 TOGETHER IN ELECTRIC DREAMS 06 NIGHT OVER ME
07 DREAMS IN THE MIRROR (QUBIQ REMIX) 08 SPECIAL STAR 09 APOLLO DUB
(QUBIQ REMIX) 10 HAND ON THE GUN (GANYMEDE REMIX) 11 WOUNDED
(ANDROMEDA RISING FEAT EMPIRE STATE HUMAN) 12 WILD BUTTERFLIES 13
THAT SPECIAL TIME 14 THE APRIL RAIN 15 CHRISTMAS ANGEL 16 REMEMBER ME
THIS WAY 17 HUNTED (ESH DEMO)


AMAZON LINK-
http://www.amazon.com/Rarity/dp/B0013PN30U/ref=sr_1_40?
ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1203001759&sr=1-40


PREVIEW TRACKS AT WWW.NINTHWAVERECORDS.COM






LINER NOTES:


01 SAVED BY ZERO
PRODUCED BY ESH
WRITTEN BY THE FIXX

THIS TRACK WAS RECORDED FOR A TRIBUTE ALBUM TO THE US BAND THE FIXX
THAT SECTION 44 PRODUCED AND RELEASED. WE HAD A CHOICE OF TRACK FOR
THAT ALBUM WHICH IS BRILLIANT TO HAVE OF COURSE, AND SEÁN PICKED THIS
TRACK. IT WAS A REALLY GOOD CHOICE AND THE RESULTS AND PRODUCTION
WE DID ARE VERY GOOD. THE COVER WAS VOTED COVER OF THE YEAR ON SOME
SITE.

02 LOVE IS A STRANGER
PRODUCED BY ESH
WRITTEN BY STEWERT/LENNOX

WE LOVE THE EURYTHMICS AND ESPECIALLY THE '82-`84 PERIOD. WE WERE
APPROACHED BY A LABEL TO RECORD A COVER FOR AN 80'S ALBUM AND AGAIN
SEÁN PICKED THIS TRACK. THE SONG VOCALLY IS QUITE DIFFICULT AND
REQUIRES A BIG VOCAL RANGE AND STRENGTH ON THE HIGH END. THE 80'S
ALBUM NEVER MATERIALISED, SO WE SENT THIS COVER TO DAVE RICHARDS FOR
CONSIDERATION ON "ELECTRICTY III", THANKFULLY HE LOVED IT AND IT WAS
INCLUDED. I LIKE THE SHARP AND TIGHT PRODUCTION, AND THIS AND "SAVED
BY ZERO" SHOWED REAL PROGRESS IN TERMS OF PROFESSIONALISM.

03 PHOTOGRAPHS
PRODUCED BY ESH
WRITTEN BY BOYTRONIC

WE WERE ASKED TO RECORD A COVER OF A BOYTRONIC SONG FOR A TRIBUTE
ALBUM THAT A GERMAN LABEL WHERE PRODUCING. WE TRIED A FEW VERSIONS
OF "PHOTOGRAPHS" AND IN THE END THIS WAS THE BEST MIX WE DID. IN
TERMS OF THE SONGS WE HAD TO PICK FROM, THIS WAS THE BEST. BOYTRONIC
ARE SOMETHING OF AN ODDITY, AND THERE'S NO DOUBT HOMO-EROTIC TONES IN
THIS SONG. I THINK WE ADDED MORE TO THIS SONG IN TERMS OF NEW RIFFS
AND ARRANGEMENTS THEN WAS THERE IN THE ORIGINAL BOYTRONIC VERSION. WE
BASICALLY IMPROVED IT AS A SONG WE FEEL, MADE IT EXTRA VIBRANT.

04 APOLLO-MRK II (WARREN K REMIX)
PRODUCED BY WAAREN K
WRITTEN BY ESH

AS WE BEGAN WORK ON THE ESH ALBUM "CYCLES", SEÁN INTRODUCED US TO
IRISH DJ WARREN K AND SUGGESTED WE WORK ON A TRACK WITH HIM. BY
ACCIDENT WE SENT HIM THE SOLO VOCALS TO "APOLLO" THINKING WE HAD SENT
HIM ANOTHER SONG. SO WE WERE SURPRISED AND DELIGHTED WHEN HE CAME
BACK WITH THIS MIX. THERE A GREAT RICHNESS TO THE SYNTHS AND THE
VOCAL NASA SPACE SAMPLES REALLY WORK WELL TOO. I THINK IT'S A
BRILLIANT RE-WORKING OF ONE OF OUR CLASSIC EARLY ESH TRACKS.



05 TOGETHER IN ELECTRIC DREAMS
PRODUCED BY ESH
WRITTEN BY OAKEY/MORODER

COHAAGEN MUSIC ASKED US TO COVER THIS GIORGIO MORODER RELATED SONG
FOR THEIR "UTOPIA-A TRIBUTE TO GIORGIO MORODER" ALBUM THEY WERE
PRODUCING. WE WERE HAPPY TO OBLIGE BUT WERE CONCIOUS IT WAS SUCH A
CLASSIC TRACK, THAT WE PLAYED IT VERY SAFE AND DID A STRAIGHT COVER
VERSION. POSSIBLY IT WAS A MISTAKE NOT TO BE MORE ADVENTURIOUS WITH
THE SONG ITSELF, BUT I REMEMBER WE HAD ONLY A FEW WEEKS TO PRODUCE
IT, HENSE THIS SAFE AND EAR FRIENDLY MIX.

06 NIGHT OVER ME
PRODUCED BY ESH
WRITTEN BY WAVE IN HEAD (MICHAEL POHL)

OUR GOOD FRIEND MICHAEL POHL (WAVE IN HEAD) HAS LONG BEEN A FAVOURITE
OF OURS. WAVE IN HEAD WHERE PRODUCING A NEW SINGLE AND WE HAD
PREVIOUSLY WORKED ON REMIXES FOR EACHOTHER A NUMBER OF TIMES VERY
SUCCESSFULLY. ALL THE REMIXES WERE RECEIVED VERY WELL BY REVIEWERS
AND FANS. MICHAEL SENT US A SELECTION OF HIS NEW SONGS AT THE TIME,
AND "NIGHT OVER ME" REALLY STOOD OUT AS A TRACK WE COULD BRING
SOMETHING ESH-WISE TO. I THINK IT IS VERY CATCHY AND POPPY SYNTHPOP,
AND I KNOW MICHAEL WAS VERY HAPPY TO ADD HIS VOCALS TO IT. THIS IS
THE VERSION WE SENT HIM, WITH MY VOCALS.

07 DREAMS IN THE MIRROR (QUBIQ REMIX)
PRODUCED BY QUBIQ
WRITTEN BY ESH

OUR "URBANISM" HAD SOME GREAT TUNES ON IT. ONE OF THESE WAS "DREAMS
IN THE MIRROR", A VERY SPARKS INSPIRED SONG. WHEN SEÁN BARRON JOINED
ESH FOR THE RECORDING OF OUR "URBANISM" ALBUM, THIS WAS ONE OF THE
FIRST TRACKS WE COMPLETED. IT'S ONE OF THE QUICKEST BMP SONGS WE'VE
EVER RECORDED TOO. WHEN WE WERE EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS OF "ROCKET-A
TRIBUTE TO DEAD OR ALVE" FOR SECTION 44, WE HAD AN OPEN COMPETITION
FOR COVERS OF "BLACK LEATHER". ONE OF OUR FAVOURITE ENTRIES WAS FROM
A REMIXER/DJ CALLED QUBIQ. I LOVED HIS MIX OF TECHNO AND DANCE AND
HIS RHYTHMS. WE ASKED QUBIQ TO REMIX "DREAMS IN THE MIRROR"
AND "APOLLO", AND BOTH THANKFULLY FEATURE OF "RARITY?". IT WAS
BECAUSE OF US WORKING WITH QUBIQ, THAT HE CAME TO THE NOTICE OF DAVE
RICHARDS AND NINTHWAVE RECORDS. QUBIQ WENT ON REMIX MANY OTHER
NINTHWAVE ARTISTS BRILLIANTLY. BUT ESH WERE THE FIRST ONES. WHEN
MYSELF AND LAR WERE STARTING THE GARLAND CULT, WE ASKED QUBIQ TO
PRODUCE SOME TRACKS ON THE GARLAND CULT DEBUT ALBUM "PROTECT YOURSELF
FROM HOLLYWOOD". HE DID A GREAT JOB ON THAT TOO.


08 SPECIAL STAR
PRODUCED BY ESH
WRITTEN BY DEAD OR ALIVE

THIS IS A DEAD OR ALIVE SONG THAT WAS OUR ENTRY ON "ROCKET-A TRIBUTE
TO DEAD OR ALIVE". WE WANTED TO ADD A GRACE JONES VIBE INTO THE
PRODUCTION, AND IT WORKS AND DOESN'T WORK IN SAME MEASURE. SOME
REVIEWERS THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE FORGETTABLE AND MAYBE IT IS. I LIKE
THE TRACK MYSELF BUT I SUPPOSE IT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IN SOME WAYS.

09 APOLLO DUB (QUBIQ REMIX)
PRODUCED BY QUBIQ
WRITTEN BY ESH

THIS IS THE SECOND REMIX QUBIQ DID FOR ESH. IT'S MORE OF A DUB
VERSION, AS IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE FULL VOCAL. IT WORKS VERY WELL AND
SHOWS JUST HOW GOOD QUBIQ IS AS A REMIXER AND DJ. THE CATCHY SYNTH
LINES AND DYNAMIC PRODUCTION REALLY DO SHOW GREAT SKILL AND I THINK
QUBIQ CAN ONLY GO ON TO EVEN GREAT HEIGHTS IN THAT FIELD.


10 HAND ON THE GUN (GANYMEDE REMIX)
PRODUCED BY GANYMEDE
WRITTEN BY ESH

WHEN WE SIGNED TO NINTHWAVE RECORDS IN 2001 FOR A 2002 RELEASE OF OUR
DEBUT "POP ROBOT" ALBUM, DAVE RICHARDS HAD ALREADY HAD GREAT SUCCESS
IN THE SCENE WITH GANYMEDE. THEIR RETRO SOUND HAD GREAT APPEAL IN THE
SCENE WE WERE RELEASING INTO. DAVE SUGGESTED WE COLLABORATION AND WE
THOUGHT WHY NOT. GANYMEDE PICKED "HAND ON THE GUN" AS A TRACK THEY'D
LIKE TO REMIX AND I RECORDED BRAND NEW VOCALS TO IT BACK IN DUBLIN.
IT ENDED UP FEATURING ON THE LIMITED EDITION VERSION OF "POP ROBOT"
ON THE BONUS 3" CD.


11 WOUNDED (ANDROMEDA RISING FEAT EMPIRE STATE HUMAN)
PRODUCED BY ANDROMEDA RISING (DAVE PECHE)
WRITTEN BY ESH/D. PECHE

WE DEVELOPED SOME GREAT NEW FRIENDS VIA THE FORUMS OF `THE RIGHT
STUFF' (DEAD OR ALIVE'S OFFICAL WEBSITE) WHEN WORKING ON THE DOA
TRIBUTE. ONE OF THESE FRIENDS WAS DAVE PECHE, WHO WAS THEN RECORDING
UNDER THE NAME ANDROMEDA RISING. DAVE HAD WON THE OPEN COMPETITION
WITH HIS STUNNING ELECTRO VERSION OF "BLACK LEATHER" AND HIS VOCAL
POWER HAD RAWNESS HAD SOME SIMILARITY TO PETE BURNS. WE TALKED ABOUT
WORKING TOGETHER AND WE HAD A DEMO OF A SONG CALLED "WOUNDED" THAT
WAS NEVER RELEASED BY US. DAVE RE-WROTE SOME NEW LYRICS AND ALSO NEW
PARTS, SO IT BECAME A CO-WRITE. HE ALSO PRODUCED THIS VERSION AND
SUNG IT TOO, SO IT BECAME US REALLY IN A GUEST WAY ONLY. WE'RE PROUD
TO HAVE WORKED WITH ANDROMEDA RISING.



12 WILD BUTTERFLIES
PRODUCED BY ESH
WRITTEN BY ESH
ALL KEYBOARDS STEVE RAY

PART OF BEING IN A BAND LIKE ESH IS TRYING TO DEVELOP OUR SONGWRITING
SKILLS. EVEN IF WE'RE NOT WORKING ON A NEW ALBUM, WE ALWAYS TRY TO
KEEP WRITING AND RECORDING TOO. WHILST BETWEEN ALBUMS, WE WERE
LISTENING TO ALOT OF ACOUSTIC MUSIC AND IN DOING SO, WE BEGAN TO
WRITE ACOUSTICALLY. THIS WAS WRITTEN ON GUITAR AND AS IT WAS SUMMER
TIME WE WENT FOR A VERY SUMMER SOUND. WE DID TWO OTHER SONGS DURING
THE RECORDING SESSIONS ("REMEMBER ME THIS WAY" AND "SUMMER'S HERE").
WE HIRED A REALLY COOL KEYBOARD PLAYER CALLED STEVE RAY TO PLAY ALL
THE KEYBOARD PARTS, SO IT'S QUITE STYLISH AND SOPHISTICATED
MUSICALLY. NEVER REALLY A RUNER FOR ONE OF OUR STUDIO ALBUMS BUT IT
IS PERFECT MATERIAL FOR THIS ALBUM.



13 THAT SPECIAL TIME
PRODUCED BY ESH
WRITTEN BY ESH

THIS TRACK ALONG WITH "THE APRIL RAIN", "MOON'S BLUE" AND "UNDER YOUR
SPELL" WERE PART OF THE ONE RECORDING SESSION IN 2000. ALL WERE
RECORDED AND MIXED IN ABOUT FIVE HOURS FLAT – NOT BAD FOR ONE
RECORDING SESSION AND IT GOES TO SHOW HOW DIY AND PRODUCTIVE ESH WERE
IN THE EARLY DAYS. "UNDER YOUR SPELL" MADE IT ON TO "POP ROBOT" BUT
THE OTHER THREE ARE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS. ALL THESE TRACKS
HAD MANY ORGANIC ELEMENTS AND WHILST WE NEVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
UNTIL NOW, TO FEATURE ALL ON AN ESH ALBUM BEFORE, THESE TWO SOUND
QUITE WELL ON RE-LISTEN.


14 THE APRIL RAIN
PRODUCED BY ESH
WRITTEN BY ESH

THE VOCALS WERE WRITTEN ACAPELLA AND THE MUSIC AND CHORDS WRITTEN
AFTER. WE ALWAYS LIKE TO ALTER THE WAY WE WRITE NEW SONGS AND DO
EXPERIMENT AND TRY NEW WAYS TO COME UP WITH NEW SONGS. SOMETIMES WE
WORK FROM A WRITTEN LYRIC, MUSIC OR VOCAL MELODY. JUST TRYING TO SEE
WHERE WE CAN BEGIN A NEW SONG FROM. WE SAW THIS SONG AS A FILM THEME
SONG FROM A MOVIE FROM THE 1960'S. IT'S ATMOSPHERIC AND MOODY BUT
STILL VERY MUCH AN ESH POP TRACK.


15 CHRISTMAS ANGEL
PRODUCED BY ESH
WRITTEN BY ESH

CHRISTMAS 2001 (BEFORE WE RELEASED "POP ROBOT" IN FEBRUARY 2002) WE
DECIDED TO TRY AND WRITE A CHRISTMAS SONG. SOME FEEL THAT'S A TACKY
THING TO DO BUT AS WE SEE OURSELVES AS SONG WRITERS AMD THAT'S IT'S
IMPORTANT TO TRY EVERYTHING IN THIS FIELD. WE WROTE TWO CHRISTMAS
SONGS THAT YEAR (THE OTHER ONE "YOU WON'T BE COMING HOME?" WAVE IN
HEAD RECORDED FOR US). WE POSTED "CHRISTMAS ANGEL" ON OUR WEBSITE AS
A WAY OF INTRODUCING US TO THE SCENE. SET UP ON FREE DOWNLOAD. NOT
ONLY WAS THE SONG A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE IN SONGWRITING FOR US, BUT
IT ALSO WAS ONE OF THE MOST DOWNLOADED SONGS WE EVER SET UP. FANS
STILL REQUEST US TO PUT IT BACK UP. IT'S NEVER BEEN ON ANY ESH ALBUM
UNTIL NOW, SO THIS IS A FIRST. IT DID FEATURE ON A CHARITY FUND
RAISING ALBUM FOR A HOSPICE IN THE USA, WHICH WE WERE THRILLED ABOUT.



16 REMEMBER ME THIS WAY
PRODUCED BY ESH
WRITTEN BY ESH
ALL KEYBOARD PARTS STEVE RAY

STEVE RAY PLAYED PIANO, ACCORDIAN AND HARMONICA ON THIS TRACK. IT'S A
LIVE STUDIO VOCAL, STRAIGHT ONTO D.A.T. (DIGITAL AUDIO TAPE). A SORT
OF ROUGH AND READY RECORDING WITH LITTLE STUDIO PRODUCTION EFFECTS
AND NO VOCAL DOUBLE TRACKING. IT WAS WRITTEN AS A VERY SAD SONG
THAT'S ABOUT A RELATIONSHIP BREAK UP. JAZZ AND BLUES ELEMENTS, NEARLY
A SONG FROM A MUSICAL YOU COULD SAY, IT ALSO REMINDS ME OF STEVIE
WONDER IN THE INTRO. IT COULD WELL YET BE RECORDED BY A BIG NAME IN
THE FUTURE. YOU NEVER KNOW.





17 HUNTED (ESH DEMO)
PRDUCED BY ESH
WRITTEN BY ESH

WHEN WE COMPLETED OUR "URBANISM" ALBUM FOR NINTHWAVE RECORDS IN 2003
AND SENT IT TO DAVE RICHARDS FOR MASTERING, WE WERE ON A HIGH AND
STARTED IMMEDIATELY WRITING ANOTHER NEW ALBUM CALLED "FUTURA". IT WAS
TO BE A POP-STASTIC FUTURISTIC THEMED ALBUM CONTAINING SHORT 3 MINUTE
SONGS AND PLENTY OF HOOKS AND SMOOTH VOCALS. WE RECORDED DEMO'S TO
ABOUT 5 OF THE TRACKS WRITTEN FOR THIS ALBUM, WITH THIS ONE SOUNDING
REALLY WELL ON COMPLETION OF THE DEMO'S. UNFORTUNATEY, "URBANISM"
DIDN'T GET RELEASED ON CD BY NINTHWAVE AND WE WENT ON TO WRITE
ANOTHER NEW ALBUM INSTEAD (CALLED "CYCLES") FOR ANOTHER LABEL (KISS
MY ASTERIX/SECTION 44). THE "FUTURA" SONGS NEVER GOT RECORDED AND TO
THIS DAY THEY REMAIN SONGS FROM OUR LOST ALBUM, WHICH OF COURSE IS A
VERY ROCK `N ROLL CONCEPT ISN'T IT?





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