(TV) more esg

[eric s gregory <esgregory@uswest.net>]

this from the forced exposure website (forcedexposure.com):

1991 compilation CD that collects previously-released
material from both 99 Records EP's (1981's half-Martin
Hannett (Joy Division) produced ESG and 1982's ESG Says
Dance to the Beat of Moody) as well as 1983's Come Away With
ESG LP. ESG consisted (and continue to consist) of the
sisters Scroggins (Valerie, Marie, and Renee, and on
occasion, Lorraine) and Leroy Glover, and had more to do
(IMHO) w/the NYC-geography-specific meld of girl chant,
minimum sound-path routes (at any given time; bass, multiple
percussion, vocals, not much else), and echo/dub-lined dance
band tankery that Liquid Liquid went on to typify (and
subsequently get credit for/stolen from). Paved the way for
outfits too numerous to mention (Beastie Boys & those
lovable Luscious Jackson girls), sampled by the elite (Big
Daddy Kane, Wu-Tang, even Unrest), and generally
un-fuck-around-with-able to serious pre-rap culture elitists
& B-Boys alike. Fill that blaring gap in your front row of
teeth..." -- Hrvatski. Limited remaining stock. 

AND

Long desired best-of compilation covering most of their
recorded output, starting with the historically mindlbowing
debut EP for Factory/99. "ESG were formed in 1978 and are
from the South Bronx and based around the Scroggins sisters:
Renee (guitar), Marie (congas), Valerie (drums), and Deborah
(bass). With the addition of their friend Tito Libran on
percussion, the group changed its name from Emerald,
Sapphire and Gold to ESG. EGS are still thriving today, and
the Scroggins sisters are now joined by two of their
daughters, Chistelle and Nicole. The story of ESG is one
that gives them a place in three different musical histories
-- house music, hip hop, and punk. A unique position that
few other bands can claim. Their first single contained the
all-time dancefloor classics 'Moody' and 'UFO' (produced by
Martin Hannett) which placed them at the root of both house
and hip hop. ESG were involved with 99 records in the US (as
were Liquid Liquid). Owned by ESG's unofficial
manager/producer Ed Bahlman, 99 records spearheaded a new
wave in US punk/dance groups that became known as No Wave.
99 records, which had a working relationship with labels in
the UK like Factory, Rough Trade, and Adrian Sherwood's
On-U-Sounds, eventually closed after it lost a protracted
court case with Sugar Hill records when Grandmaster Flash's
'White Lines' sampled Liquid Liquid's 'Cavern'. At this
period, laws regarding sampling, which would become a part
of life for anyone involved in hip hop, were still unclear.
ESG (and 99 records) also lost out in many similar cases --
ESG's sparse minimal bass and drum sound made them one of
the most sampled artists around (in 1993 they wrote a track
'Sample Credits Don't Pay Our Bills'). ESG were immersed in
both the New York dance club scene and in the meeting of
punk and dance culture. They played all the New York dance
clubs like the Paradise Garage, Xenon, and Danceteria, as
well as playing with many punk groups (they once played with
the Clash and Grandmaster Flash on the same bill)."
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