Esl One Cologne: The Musical Side

ESL One Cologne is a major esports event with a dedicated competitive player base and a thriving creative community. The event has an official playlist provided by Enter Records, with songs specifically released for the tournament. The songs used in the event are often not mentioned in the stream, but some of the songs used in the ESL One Cologne stream in 2016 included Darren Styles' 'Us Against The World', 'Flume - Numb & Getting Colder feat. KUČKA (Baauer Remix)', and 'Two Steps From Hell - Archangel'. In 2015, the songs included 'Noisestorm - Breakdown' and Monstercat releases.

Songs from ESL One Cologne 2016

• Darren Styles - Us Against The World
• Shadow Child - So High (Hot Since 82 Remix)
• Flume - Numb & Getting Colder feat. KUČKA (Baauer Remix)
• DC Breaks - Eleven
• Frost feat. Leo Kalyan - Afterglow
• ZHU & AlunaGeorge - Automatic (Frost Remix)
• SLUMBERJACK - Fracture (feat. Vera Blue)
• Sunny Lax - Enceladus
• Deadmau5 - Strobe (Dimension Remix)
• EugeneSelosov - Digital Relaxing Chillstep
• OZZIE - hello
• Capa - Stellar
• Aerocity - Stranger (PalmMute Remix ft. Y. Chang)
• C41 - Cardamom Mountains
• Henri PFR & Koloman Vuchs - Tribute to The Police (Voices)
• Tinie Tempah - Not Letting Go ft. Jess Glynne (XYconstant Remix)
• Funkin Matt - America
• Sonny Banks - Good Girls
• Blinkie - Don't Give Up (On Love)
• Two Steps From Hell - Archangel
• Circle Of Alchemists - End Of Term
• Amoebacrew - Fat Freak
• Kill Sniffers - Trap (Original Remix)
• Alexis Troy – Silent Runner
• AudioFortress - Melodic Dubstep
• 'Drumstep music'
• Exselsor - Brave Heart
• Exselsor - Last Chance
• Never Felt This Way - fstivl Ft. Eden (Dreams Extended mix)

Additional songs

The following songs were also played, but it is unclear whether they were played during the 2016 event:

• Party Favor - Bap U
• Cosmic Beat · whaTaRWoll Music

ESL Cologne 2015 music

The music played at ESL One Cologne 2015 has been the subject of much discussion and speculation among fans. While there doesn't seem to be an official playlist released, fans have been crowdsourcing information about the songs played during the event.

• Brave Heart by Exselsor
• Mechanical Butterfly
• Last Change (apparently used in some sort of TaZ thingy)
• Moonlight (IEM)
• A song by Monstercat, possibly a remix of Noisestorm - Breakdown
• Party Favor- Bap U
• Circle of Alchemists - End of Term
• Exselsor - Last Chance
• EugeneSelosov - Digital Relaxing Chillstep
• Cosmic Beat · whaTaRWoll Music

Some fans have also speculated that the music was created by Mexikus and/or Exselsor, who have made a lot of the songs used in ESL_csgo streams and ESL Championships.

While the above list may not be exhaustive, it gives a good idea of the music played at ESL One Cologne 2015, which seems to consist largely of electronic music, including dubstep and chillstep.

ESL-related songs

ESL One Cologne has featured a variety of songs over the years, with some of the most popular ones being included in the official ESL One CSGO playlist on Spotify. Here is a list of songs played at the event in 2016:

• Darren Styles - Us Against The World
• Shadow Child - So High (Hot Since 82 Remix)
• Flume - Numb & Getting Colder feat. KUČKA (Baauer Remix)
• DC Breaks - Eleven
• Frost feat. Leo Kalyan - Afterglow
• ZHU & AlunaGeorge - Automatic (Frost Remix)
• SLUMBERJACK - Fracture (feat. Vera Blue)
• Sunny Lax - Enceladus
• Deadmau5 - Strobe (Dimension Remix)
• EugeneSelosov - Digital Relaxing Chillstep
• OZZIE - Hello
• Capa - Stellar
• Aerocity - Stranger (PalmMute Remix ft. Y. Chang)
• C41 - Cardamom Mountains
• Henri PFR & Koloman Vuchs - Tribute to The Police (Voices)
• Tinie Tempah - Not Letting Go ft. Jess Glynne (XYconstant Remix)
• Funkin Matt - America
• Sonny Banks - Good Girls
• Blinkie - Don't Give Up (On Love)
• Two Steps From Hell - Archangel
• Circle Of Alchemists - End Of Term
• Amoebacrew - Fat Freak
• Kill Sniffers - Trap (Original Remix)
• Alexis Troy – Silent Runner
• AudioFortress - Melodic Dubstep
• 'Drumstep music'
• Exselsor - Brave Heart
• Exselsor - Last Chance
• Never Felt This Way - fstivl Ft. Eden (Dreams Extended mix)

In 2019, ESL released a couple of songs specifically for the tournament, including:

• Levianth - Lookdown (Bilbethump Remix)
• August Wilhelmsson feat. Menke - NOW
• KVMO & Alias - Control

Additionally, a Reddit user compiled a list of songs used in the ESL One Cologne stream, which includes the following:

• Mexikus - Beautiful orchestral glitches - exelsor
• Exselsor - Brave Heart
• Exselsor - Mechanical Butterfly
• Exselsor - Last change
• Exselsor - Moonlight
• Party Favor - Bap U
• Circle Of Alchemists - various songs

Songs by Exselsor

Exselsor is a musician who has created many songs used in the esl_csgo stream and ESL Championships.

Some of Exselsor's songs include:

• Brave Heart
• Mechanical Butterfly
• Last Change
• Moonlight

The song Brave Heart was played during a pause in the ESL One Cologne 2016 stream and was also used in a cutscene.

Exselsor's music can be found on Soundcloud and YouTube.

Songs from ESL One Cologne stream

The ESL One Cologne Counter-Strike tournament features a variety of songs, with a number of Redditors compiling playlists of the music used during the streams. Here is a list of songs played during the ESL One Cologne 2016 stream:

• Darren Styles - Us Against The World
• Shadow Child - So High (Hot Since 82 Remix)
• Flume - Numb & Getting Colder feat. KUČKA (Baauer Remix)
• DC Breaks - Eleven
• Frost feat. Leo Kalyan - Afterglow
• ZHU & AlunaGeorge - Automatic (Frost Remix)
• SLUMBERJACK - Fracture (feat. Vera Blue)
• Sunny Lax - Enceladus
• Deadmau5 - Strobe (Dimension Remix)
• EugeneSelosov - Digital Relaxing Chillstep
• OZZIE - Hello
• Capa - Stellar
• Aerocity - Stranger (PalmMute Remix ft. Y. Chang)
• C41 - Cardamom Mountains
• Henri PFR & Koloman Vuchs - Tribute to The Police (Voices)
• Tinie Tempah - Not Letting Go ft. Jess Glynne (XYconstant Remix)
• Funkin Matt - America
• Sonny Banks - Good Girls
• Blinkie - Don't Give Up (On Love)
• Two Steps From Hell - Archangel
• Circle Of Alchemists - End Of Term
• Amoebacrew - Fat Freak
• Kill Sniffers - Trap (Original Remix)
• Alexis Troy – Silent Runner
• AudioFortress - Melodic Dubstep
• 'Drumstep music'
• Exselsor - Brave Heart
• Exselsor - Last Chance
• Exselsor - Mechanical Butterfly
• Exselsor - Moonlight
• Florian Saling - Track 22
• Party Favor - Bap U
• Circle Of Alchemists - Various songs
• Cosmic Beat · whaTaRWoll Music

In addition to the above, ESL One Cologne 2015 featured the following songs:

• Monstercat - Noisestorm - Breakdown
• August Wilhelmsson feat. Menke - NOW
• KVMO & Alias - Control
• EZ4ENCE by Verkkars
• TheFatRat - No No No

ESL also founded a label, Enter Records, and released several songs specifically for the ESL One Cologne 2019 tournament:

• Levianth - Lookdown (Bilbethump Remix)
• August Wilhelmsson feat. Menke - NOW
• KVMO & Alias - Control

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