espritdair

Pre-show ritual

Ever wondered what we do before we play a show? This was what we did before every show on the tour.

We are all Dragon Ball fans.
R.I.P. Akira Toriyama 💔

Wow, what a tour...

Just finished our UK & Ireland tour... 15 dates! 

I had some really great memories. It was the best few weeks of my life!!

Here's a recap and some highlights of the tour...!

12 Feb - Bournemouth, Old Fire Station

Getting really sick on the first d...

Tour starts tomorrow!

Tour starts tomorrow! We left a message for our drummer's in ear monitors, at the end of the set. We haven't told him. This will be a surprise 😂

Glaciers (Cinematic Remix)

Another unreleased track. We made a cinematic remix of 'Glaciers'... We hope you love it!

New updates regarding Patreon coming soon. We're sorry for the silence! It has been a very busy time and I thank you for your patience.

Glaciers: Music Video Premiere!

The premiere is starting in 15 minutes. Come join us on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdyIih2j9Ow

Shizuku (Live at La Nau, Barcelona, 2023)

We recorded the whole set of at our headline show at La Nau, Barcelona, on 12th October 2023. Here's a full recording of 'Shizuku', to be included in the bonus track of the Oceans Special Edition!

I am really happy with how it the live recording turned out!

New gear

Sorry for the mess :)

I hope everybody is keeping warm! My house is freezing...!

Do we have any musicians/music tech people here? :) What do you use?

I have finally got a Line 6 HX Stomp to replace my 2008 Line 6 POD X3 Pro that I have been using at live shows for 15 years. I...

Glaciers! ❄️

Here's a preview of our Glaciers music video. Still some bugs and grading to fix, but it is 90% there now.

The remix is also sounding beautiful, and I can't wait to show you! 🥳

Happy holidays!

Glaciers music video preview

...this is all I've got right now :)

Lovespell

Lovespell by Covet playthrough ❤️

Some more fingerpicking fun :) I think I'm getting used to it!

漣 (Live at The Black Heart, London, 2023)

I finally have the video footage from the Private Patreon Party hosted at The Black Heart show in London. This song, 漣 ('Sazanami' / Ripples) might be one of the most underplayed song from our Oceans album. It was a very beautiful night :)

Esprit D'Air - The Trooper

Esprit D'Air - The Trooper (feat. Tim "Ripper" Owens & Ben Christo)

Here's an unfinished preview of the full music video of our Iron Maiden cover of "The Trooper"! Still a few things to edit. It still isn't color-graded yet! :)

We used the tour footage from our Fe...

New and shiny merch drop!

Quick life update

Hello! 

I hope everyone is okay?

Firstly, I am so grateful for you all to be sticking by me while I navigate through a difficult time.

As a 'public figure' (or whatever I am), I feel the pressure to keep my head up and pretend everything is fine, a...

September update

New releases

We have two new releases this month! Firstly, the remix of Guiding Light by SlYder, which is out now on all streaming platforms, as well as our cover of Iron Maiden's The Trooper feat. Tim "Ripper" Owens and ...

Exclusive preview: Our secret cover

Esprit D'Air - The Trooper (feat. Tim "Ripper" Owens & Ben Christo)

Here it is! A Patreon-exclusive one minute and a half preview of our cover of The Trooper by Iron Maiden.

We hope you love it. We can't wait to get this out there!

We're also working on a ...

More guitar practice

I'd love to try writing something like this in some future Esprit D'Air music :)

when you lose all your guitar picks :)

Guitar solo demo

I wrote a new guitar solo this morning :)

Final mix and master coming soon!

Firebird (Longer playthrough)

Firebird Playthrough

I finally got a new guitar!!

A few days ago, through some contacts, I contacted Ibanez to see if they could offer any artist support. I was in luck... One of their dealers were able to offer me a B-stock at highly discounted price. In addition to to the the wonderful support from our Ko-fi...

Inspiration

I haven't practised guitar in such a long time. Until a few days ago, the last time was in January/February.

The reason was because I have not been feeling very inspired lately. I haven't been able to come up with anything new, or feel excited by any music. I was really bored of just playin...

Sketches

Here are some sketches of the upcoming artwork of 'The Trooper' Iron Maiden cover by a very talented artist I have hired :)

To avoid copyright infringement, we're doing our best to come with our own concept and ideas behind it... a zombie Kai, paying homage to Eddie the Head :)

I thin...

New Athena t-shirt coming soon!

Which color do you like more?

Purple or blue? 💜💙

We went for a cyberpunk look to match the vibe of the music video.

Designed by the talented Myth O'Kell.

The Trooper (drums only) by Vincent

Vincent finally recorded drums for our Trooper cover :) 

Here's drums only file!

We're almost done now. I just finished vocals and guitar. I am getting Takeshi to finish the bass, and Ben Christo to do the second guitar solo when he's back from tour!

(Almost) every tour poster

Look what I found! :) I think the only missing ones are our mini tours in 2016/2017. The tours have only been getting bigger ❤️‍🔥😋

Guiding Light - Remix

My friend SlYder (producer from Germany) did a remix of Guiding Light. It sounds really cool. It's very "28 Days Later" theme!

We'll release it as an official remix later this year - so you're the first to hear it now.

Let me know what you think!

End of June update

Big update! Sorry for the silence. There has actually been a lot going on behind-the-scenes with Esprit D'Air. So many new music videos, new music, covers, remixes... and tours dates!

I never realized HOW MUCH has been going on until I have written everything down!

2023-06-26 15:07:50 +0000 UTC View Post

Top secret tour update

I have started pencilling in dates in Belgium and Netherlands, and I am looking for a couple of venues in Germany for 2024 - exciting!

I started writing music again too. I am trying to re-organize and prioritize my time better :) Wish me luck!

What's everyone planning for summer? I wi...

Visiting Sheffield

I went to Sheffield today☆ I decided to do what I did before the last tour and visit some cities I will be playing, meeting the venue staff and getting some support from some independent businesses :))) It was nice to see someone from a shop I visited already got tickets!! 😌 hahah.

I ...

Burn out! A quick update...

Have you heard of 五月病 (Gogatsubyou)?

In Japan, it is known as 'May disease', where people feel demotivated, have a change of appetite, have increased anxiety and much more...

Gogatsubyou feels real... I have been feeling it this whole month and I hope it ends as soon as...