the soul jazz retrospective of the seminal esg is back in stock and cheaper . esg occupy a very individual place in the musical no man's land between no wave and alternative 80's dance culture. they simultaneously represent and reflect the time (late 70's early 80's) and place (nyc) from whence they came - a time of musical and cultural collision, fusion and crossover. the all-female group inadvertently established themselves as antecedents to house with tracks like 'tiny sticks' and 'moody' and hip-hop with seminal cuts like 'u.f.o' (later sampled by public enemy and big daddy kane) and 'erase you'. the scroggins sisters developed a particularly feminine blend of stepping punk-funk and twisted dance floor fusion with a minimal stripped down sound of rapid drums and percussion, solid grooves and basslines to die for (see 'parking lot blues', 'dance' and 'ghistelle' for evidence). this album is a must own