Esc.rec. is a record label and platform for new, unknown and experimental music. The only criterion for an esc.rec. release is based on personal taste in music. In practical terms this means quality standards are high while keeping musical preferences broad.

Besides releasing interesting music, esc.rec. hopes to achieve a select (on-line) platform where artists, labels, organisations, venues and distributors easily hook up to make good things happen. In order to further stimulate such co-operations, esc.rec. regularly organizes events at different locations where esc.rec. related artists can perform live or interact.

Esc.rec. was founded in December 2004 by Bart Folmer and Harco Rutgers. Bart left esc.rec. in February 2007. Since then esc.rec. is run solely by Harco.