Born Esa Juhani Ruoho, October 26, 1978, in Helsinki, Finland, started prod… Read Full Bio ↴Born Esa Juhani Ruoho, October 26, 1978, in Helsinki, Finland, started producing music at the age of 15 - back in 1994. Has spent 21 years of his life in Kontula, Eastern Helsinki, Finland - but also traveling in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada and Dublin, Ireland for 6 months and 20 months. Starting with trackers, Esa has kept the up-down vibe and also branched out to left-right transmutations when it comes to step sequencers - preferring a mix of vertical trackers and horizontal sequencers, and jamming on top of that with other forms of note-stepping, a mixture that is both static and out of control. Releasing his stuff on netlabels, real life record labels and digital download labels has led to a decade of compilation tracks, remixes, singular trax and ep's and records. And then there's the live performances.
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1999 - CDR#2 (Monotonik, cdr)
2000 - (foc349 - deFocus, 12")
2000 - Container (foc350cd/lp - deFocus, cd/lp)
2000 - R U Oho? (foc354 - deFocus, 12")
2000 - Rikos005 (Rikos005 - Rikos Records, 7")
2001 - Spaces (ucover005cd, u-cover, cd)
2001 - Zealectronic Purple (Zealpurple, Zeal Records, 7")
2002 - A Lackluster Remixer (MerckLL - Merck Records, 12")
2002 - Wrapping (foc369cd/lp - deFocus, cd/lp)
2003 - Showcase (merck015cd - Merck Records, cd)
2004 - Remixselection_one (psy012 - Psychonavigation Records, cd)
2004 - Showcase Sampler (MerckSC, Merck Records, 12")
2005 - Slice (ucover024cd - U-Cover, cd)
2005 - What you want isn't what you need (nspk008cd - New Speak Records. cd)
2007 - Repulsine EP (SLSKEP002CD - SLSK Records, cd)
2008 - Places (grundruck, cdr)
2008 - Remixcomp (Bandcamp, net)
2008 - Compcomp (Bandcamp, net)
2009 - Aeration (2Circles007 - TwoCircles, net)
2009 - Cold Trail EP (Acroplane Records, net)
2009 - Proof of Concept EP (YukiYaki016, net)
2009 - Flows EP (Part2Records, net)
2009 - Portal EP (Cornwarning, net)
2009 - Scattered Harvest EP (Format-Noise, net)
2011 - The Invisible Spanish Inquisition (Igloo-Pop, net)
2012 - On The Hangar of Spaceship Earth (Mahorka, net)
2014 - Moments (Igloo-Pop, net)
2014 - Lexicon of Goods (JellyFish Frequency Recordings, net)
2015 - Merck Package (Bandcamp, net)
2015 - Swansong Ep (Kahvi Collective, net)
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Also known as:
Can'O'Lard
Distance
DJ Cowbell
Esa Ruoho
XLLV
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1999 - CDR#2 (Monotonik, cdr)
2000 - (foc349 - deFocus, 12")
2000 - Container (foc350cd/lp - deFocus, cd/lp)
2000 - R U Oho? (foc354 - deFocus, 12")
2000 - Rikos005 (Rikos005 - Rikos Records, 7")
2001 - Spaces (ucover005cd, u-cover, cd)
2001 - Zealectronic Purple (Zealpurple, Zeal Records, 7")
2002 - A Lackluster Remixer (MerckLL - Merck Records, 12")
2002 - Wrapping (foc369cd/lp - deFocus, cd/lp)
2003 - Showcase (merck015cd - Merck Records, cd)
2004 - Remixselection_one (psy012 - Psychonavigation Records, cd)
2004 - Showcase Sampler (MerckSC, Merck Records, 12")
2005 - Slice (ucover024cd - U-Cover, cd)
2005 - What you want isn't what you need (nspk008cd - New Speak Records. cd)
2007 - Repulsine EP (SLSKEP002CD - SLSK Records, cd)
2008 - Places (grundruck, cdr)
2008 - Remixcomp (Bandcamp, net)
2008 - Compcomp (Bandcamp, net)
2009 - Aeration (2Circles007 - TwoCircles, net)
2009 - Cold Trail EP (Acroplane Records, net)
2009 - Proof of Concept EP (YukiYaki016, net)
2009 - Flows EP (Part2Records, net)
2009 - Portal EP (Cornwarning, net)
2009 - Scattered Harvest EP (Format-Noise, net)
2011 - The Invisible Spanish Inquisition (Igloo-Pop, net)
2012 - On The Hangar of Spaceship Earth (Mahorka, net)
2014 - Moments (Igloo-Pop, net)
2014 - Lexicon of Goods (JellyFish Frequency Recordings, net)
2015 - Merck Package (Bandcamp, net)
2015 - Swansong Ep (Kahvi Collective, net)
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Also known as:
Can'O'Lard
Distance
DJ Cowbell
Esa Ruoho
XLLV
Me Me Me Me Me Me
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kiiimo bronson
classic. still listen to this album regularly. Remember Esa, while at EKKO festival in Bergen, you crashed at my place.
LacklusterOfficial
Hi! Thanks for all the commentary on various tracks :) But about EKKO, I was there in 2003, stayed at a hostel, and in 2005 and stayed at a hotel. I don't remember crashing at any non-hostel/hotel -place. what might be going on? :) tell me more and we'll figure it out.
Amiral Ben
Difficile d'exprimer ce que l'on ressent en écoutant "Me Me Me Me Me". de la mélancolie, puissance, émotions...
Du pure génie pour l'auteur, du pure plaisir pour nous.
Thank and Congrats LACKLUSTER !
LacklusterOfficial
merci!
Ghy201
Klassikko.
LacklusterOfficial
Kiitos, Ghy201! Ystävällistä :)
Data.Wave
Interview with Lackluster (Esa Ruoho):
https://datawv.blogspot.com/2016/07/interview-esa-ruoho-lackluster.html - Text Interview with Lackluster
https://soundcloud.com/datawv/audiointerview-with-esa-ruoho-lackluster - Audio Interview
https://soundcloud.com/datawv/lackluster-live-improvisation - Lackluster Live Improvisation