Karina ESP has been releasing select cd-r’s, cassettes, 10”es and other modern record formats since 1998 already, which gathered founder Chris Gowers quite a cult status within the ambient scene. however, it took untill 2012 before his first 'regular' album was ready for release.

He creates Warm and dark drones, mostly guitarbased but his vague melodies and select use of other instruments creates a unique environmental atmosphere.

Gowers is also founder of the labels Evelyn Records and Trome Records, a member of Signals and Rome Pays Off (both with Mark Beazley of Rothko) and a frequent collaborator with the likes of Isnaj Dui, Circle Bros and Caught in the Wake forever.



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Karina ESP: "Detachment"
cd - released may 22nd 2012

a work that has been in the making for a very long time. and then, after a preparation of a few years, recorded in a matter of days. And that’s what Detachment sounds like: thinking and doubting about something for a long time, and then letting it all out at the same time, telling what needs to be told, not holding back any details, but telling it clear enough so the point stays clear.

-> 10 €/ + 13 usd
-> klick on cover for details
-> mp3: all the years have fallen away (4'09)

karina esp/circle bros/drekka: "hibernation"
10 " - released november 2008

the result of a long recording session one winter evening, edited to fiton one single 10". hibernation is the sound of three similar acts from over the globe, putting their sounds together before taking another long break.

-> sold out! contact us for details on where you might still find a copy
-> klick on cover for details
-> mp3: 278a (2'10)
-> Circle Brothers bandpage
-> drekka bandpage

Circle Brothers/karina esp: "Karina ESP/Circle brothers"
10 " - released may 2004

the result of a postal collaboration of these two youngsters from belgium and the uk. the result will appeal fans of azusa plane, windy and carl and clear horizon - clear vinyl, in a unique packaging

-> sold out
-> klick on cover for details
-> mp3: In memory (4'14)
-> Circle Brothers website

Karina ESP: "Extra sensory projections"
tape - released september 2004

a collection of some songs chris gowers recorded somewhere between 1999 and 2004. As The Wire put it: ''Karina ESP sets in slow motion a series of tonal drifts from attack suppressed guitar resonance and carefully controlled amplifier feedback, resulting in a barren and vaguely hostile environment'.

-> sold out!
-> klick on cover for details
-> mp3: fieldsong (4'19)



radius of sound' cdr
nidnod 4

ambient series vol. 4 cdr
evelyn records 11

broken tree cdr
evelyn records 04

summer cdr
evelyn records 01

sadness & static cdr
with caught in the wake forever & sheepdog
hibernate 07


split 8" with froxel
evelyn records 25

split with midwich cdr
trademarked industries

split 7" with trademark tm
evelyn records 14

weemoed met verbrand konijn tape
also feat., kemialliset ystavat, circle brothers, fursaxa, christina carter...
imvated 02

sonic*somnolence cdr
oalso feat. streetlightunit, porch, arabella's parade and amberlight
evelyn records 10

pylons and telegraph poles
also feat. culver, dual, johan wlight, rob galpin...
evelyn records 09

19 ways to avoid the draft CD
also feat. static films, halkyn, clouddead, , empress, seaworthy...  
airborne virus
/ marino 09


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