True to it’s namesake, Escalation slowly builds from a arpeggiated synths, the beats are teased in and when they drop fro real, you are well and ready to roll with them. Erstav’s signature analog, micro-modular production is evident and on display, however this time he utilizes live drums, that bring an extra raw energy to the tune. We can listen to Erstav for days, possibly you can too. Erstav is Marco Ravo, residing from north-eastern Italy and having a passions for Breakbeat, Sound Design, Techno, Punk, Power Electronics and a passion for music hardware respectively. His debut on Muti Music was the incredible experimental album, Cold War, which received massive acclaim. His sound is rooted in analog hardware and techno, always looking at emerging genres as new influences and diverse enough to merge the sounds unique to those genres. For fans of Modeselktor and Moderat and other forward thinking modular production styles.