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  Hear Escort's Gate-Crashing New Single 'Barbarians'

  May 16, 2013 – Escort are back, and they're gonna fight for your right to party. New York's premier modern disco ensemble returns with new single "Barbarians," out June 25 via Escort Records, and it's a righteous blast of expertly engineered soul, funk, and, yes, disco — Daft Punk fans just getting into the stuff would do well to make Escort their next checkpoint. …
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  Hear the First Taste of Escort's Upcoming 'Remixes' LP

  September 20, 2012 – New York's most luxurious, most crewed-up, most beloved modern disco ensemble Escort are following up their SPIN Essential'd debut with an all-star remix album. Escort Remixes, due October 16, features revisions by Ewan Pearson, Sub Swara, Greg Wilson, and the band themselves. …
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  Hear the Chart-Topping Single From Japan's N.E.W.S.: Like If Escort Were a Boy Band

  August 16, 2012 – Tokyo pop group N.E.W.S. has been flourishing under the watchful eye of Japanese boy band kingpin Johnny Kitagawa for close to a decade now despite some substantial lineup changes. …
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  Santigold, Big K.R.I.T., Best Coast Deep-Fry SPIN's Austin BBQ

  March 17, 2012 – After Escort finished their set on the main stage at Stubb's, the afternoon's host, comic DC Pierson, commended the 17-piece disco army on having the fewest number of laptops allowed onstageby Austin ordinance: one. …
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  Video Premiere: See Escort's Disco-licious 'Why Oh Why'

  March 9, 2012 – Escort, like most of its '70s forebears aside from exceptions like Chic and Philly soul, began as a geeky studio creation. But Brooklyn's premier 21st-century disco orchestra now also routinely wows audiences as a holy-crap 17-piece live band. …
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  Santigold, Best Coast, Big K.R.I.T. Set for SPIN's Austin Throwdown

  March 1, 2012 – SPIN is proud to announce the complete lineup of our 2012 party in Austin, set for Friday, March 16. Once again at the city's fingerlickingest venue, Stubb's BBQ, this year's bill features a who's who of SPIN faves, led by dub-poptronica superstar Santigold, who conveniently dropped a new video today. …
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  First Spin: Hear Escort's Self-Titled SPIN Essential LP

  January 24, 2012 – It is no secret that we adore Brooklyn's lush, 17-piece disco orchestra Escort. With a love of Michael Jackson, Tom Tom Club, Kid Creole, and Salsoul sides, they've turned their luxurious five-year run of 12"s into a monumental debut album that we're already tagged as one of 2012's first SPIN Essentials.. …
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  Hear Escort's 'Makeover' From the Best Disco Album of 2011

  November 15, 2011 – SPIN's favorite 17-member disco luxuriants Escort are finally compiling their critically adored five-year run of 12"s into a monumental debut album — we already gave it a glowing review, saying it's "Paradise Garage-worthy"and "hypnotic-ally hooky." Basically, the album should be an easy homereun for anyone who likes Michael Jackson's Off the Wall, Kid Creole & the Coconuts and Tom Tom Club... …
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