ESA releases 3-part music film for ‘Pound of Flesh’ on October 10 – Exclusive early watch via Side-Line
ESA
British industrial/EBM project ESA (Electronic Substance Abuse) – aka Jamie Blacker – will premiere a three-part music film for “Pound of Flesh” on October 10, 2025, tomorrow that is. The track is taken from the album “Sounds for Your Happiness”, released July 5, 2025 via Negative Gain Productions.
Today Side-Line hosts an exclusive advance viewing of the film!
“Pound of Flesh” is presented as a three-part music film shot on location in Bangkok, Thailand (July 2025) with additional scenes in Manchester, UK. The cast includes Tan Toafa Maneepasopchock (Gotham/Oceans 10), Panita Hutacharern, and three other Thailand-based actors. The narrative follows a protagonist who uses astral projection to escape inner turmoil, only to find the same demons resurfacing in each host body, culminating in an exorcism sequence.
Blacker frames the piece as “in part a powerful and compelling narrative experience, alongside a love letter to Thailand,” a country significant to founder Jamie Blacker.
About ESA (Electronic Substance Abuse)
ESA is the solo studio/live project of Jamie Blacker (UK). Formed in 2004 Blacker’s first full-length album “Devotion, Discipline, and Denial” was released in 2006 on Hive Records followed by other productions on labels such as Hive Records and Tympanik Audio.
After having accomplished the last part of the “Themes Of Carnal Empowerment”-trilogy on WTII Records, ESA stroke back in 2018 with the impressive “That Beast”-album released on Negative Gain Productions.
Later titles issued via Negative Gain Productions include “Burial 10” (2020), and “Sounds for Your Happiness” (2025). In total he released already 12 albums.
Blacker has also contributed vocals to iVardensphere material.
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