Ricardo Tobar

Continuidad

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After a brief wander ‘round the garden, Chilean-born Ricardo Tobar returns to the ESP Institute bearing earthly delights. With 2017’s Liturgia, he introduced his creative point-of-view—instantly substantiating a sense of rhythm that was deliberately complex yet slightly rough around the edges, while touching upon his musical origins from the guitar-driven corners of psychedelia— however with his debut 2xLP Continuidad, he leaves us gobsmacked and seeking shelter as he leaps from dancefloor comforts and descends into absolute chaos (in more ways than one). Emotionally, the artist has crossed all previously self-imposed and subconscious thresholds, putting his true imagination on display and exposing an unwavering attraction to all things loud, orgasmic and transcendent. He’s not subtly hinting at a fetish, but opening his arms wide with conviction, abandoning genre taboos and personally inviting everyone to join his enchanted caravan. Sonically, his appetite for intensity is clear throughout—epic chord changes, ascending peaks in arrangement, accumulating layers of grit that build into impenetrable blankets of distortion and feedback—a kind of aural hedonism that translates visually into the potent video abstractions our Mario Hugo has summoned for the album’s packaging. This might all sound like a warning for Hurricane Ricardo, but fear not, listeners will still find some security in the album’s rhythmic underpinnings, and although this foray into primitive, ritualistic bang-the-drum percussion is significantly more dangerous than his previous programming, its the imperfection in his passionate studio performances that imbue Continuidad with something remarkably human.

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Release Date

25.04.2019

Cat No

ESP060

Tracklist

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Techno
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12"
Ricardo Tobar
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After The Movie (Plaid Remix) Musar
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Techno
12"
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Ricardo Tobar
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After The Movie (Plaid Remix) Musar
Techno
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12"
Ricardo Tobar
11.95 €
Nadivi (incl. Legowelt Rmx) Musar
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Techno
12"
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Ricardo Tobar
11.95 €
Nadivi (incl. Legowelt Rmx) Musar
UK House
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12"
Ricardo Tobar
13.95 €
Our Violence Musar
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House
12"
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Ricardo Tobar
13.95 €
Our Violence Musar
Tech House
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12"
Ricardo Tobar
9.95 €
Recife (Bailemix) ESP Institute
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House
12"
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Ricardo Tobar
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Recife (Bailemix) ESP Institute
Deep House
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12"
Ricardo Tobar
9.95 €
Birds (Continuación) ESP Institute
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House
12"
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Ricardo Tobar
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Birds (Continuación) ESP Institute
Cosmic
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12"
Ricardo Tobar
9.95 €
Liturgia ESP Institute
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Disco
12"
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Ricardo Tobar
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Liturgia ESP Institute
House
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12“
Jdotbalance
16.95 €
Sublimate b/w Precipitate ESP Institute
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House
12“
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Jdotbalance
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Sublimate b/w Precipitate ESP Institute
Bass
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12“
Low End Activist
18.95 €
Gossip Is The Devil’s Radio ESP Institute
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Bass Music
12“
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Low End Activist
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Gossip Is The Devil’s Radio ESP Institute
Breakbeatz
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2-12"
Benedikt Frey
33.95 €
Fastlane ESP Institute
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Techno
2-12"
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Benedikt Frey
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Fastlane ESP Institute
Bass
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12“
Evelyn
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Tremors b/w Pregunta ESP Institute
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Bass Music
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Evelyn
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Tremors b/w Pregunta ESP Institute
tba
12"
Jasper James
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0104 / E-Maniac Esp Institute
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12"
Jasper James
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0104 / E-Maniac Esp Institute
Electronica
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Lord Of The Isles
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Night Of The Endless Beyond ESP Institute
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Electronica
2-12"
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Lord Of The Isles
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Night Of The Endless Beyond ESP Institute
House
12"
Todd Terje
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Ragysh (2022 Repress) Running Back
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House
12"
Todd Terje
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Ragysh (2022 Repress) Running Back
Deep House
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2-LP
Ricardo Tobar
21.95 €
Continuidad ESP Institute
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House
2-LP
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Ricardo Tobar
21.95 €
Continuidad ESP Institute
Wave
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2-LP
Various
24.95 €
Uneven Paths Music From Memory
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Rock / Pop / Indie
2-LP
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Various
24.95 €
Uneven Paths Music From Memory