Lusine
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| Birth name | Jeff Michael McIlwain |
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| Born | Dallas, Texas, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, composer, sound designer |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | Ghostly International |
| Website | lusineweb |
Lusine (formerly L'Usine or Lusine ICL) is the stage name of Jeff McIlwain, an ambient/IDM musician. A native Texan, McIlwain now resides in Seattle. In 1998, he attended California Institute of the Arts to study 20th century electronic music and sound design for music and film. Soon after, he met Shad Scott and put out a self-titled release with Isophlux.
According to Andy Kellman of AllMusic,
"While there might be other producers who are more accomplished at making idyllic downtempo, or placid IDM, or abstract hip-hop, or haunting ambient techno, or blipping/skipping minimal house, few—if any—are capable of covering all of that ground with such sharp consistency on one disc."[1]
Jeff McIlwain has also composed music for films, co-scoring David Gordon Green’s films Snow Angels, The Sitter and Joe, Kevin Bray’s 2008 film Linewatch, and Meredith Danluck's 2018 film State Like Sleep.
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]- L'usine – L'usine (1999; Isophlux)
- Lusine ICL – A Pseudo Steady State (2000; U-Cover)
- Lusine ICL – Coalition 2000 (2001 live; U-Cover)
- Lusine ICL – Iron City (2002; Mad Monkey/Hymen)
- Lusine ICL – Condensed (2003 anthology; Hymen)
- Lusine – Serial Hodgepodge (2004; Ghostly International)
- Lusine – Podgelism (2007; Ghostly International)
- Lusine – Podgelism Select Remixes (12") (2007; Ghostly International)
- Lusine ICL – Language Barrier (2007; Hymen)
- Lusine – A Certain Distance (2009; Ghostly International)
- Lusine – Lucky Numbers: The Ghostly International EPs (2010; Ghostly International)
- Lusine – The Waiting Room (2013; Ghostly International) [2]
- Lusine – Sensorimotor (2017; Ghostly International) [3]
- Lusine – Long Light (2023; Ghostly International) [4]
EPs and singles
[edit]- L'usine – Coded (1999; Isophlux)
- Lusine ICL – Freak (2000; Hymen)
- Lusine ICL – Zealectronic Blue (2000 7"; Zealectronic)
- Lusine ICL – Slipthrough (2001; Hymen)
- L'usine – Surface (2001; Isophlux)
- Lusine ICL – Sustain (2002; Delikatessen)
- Lusine ICL – Chao (2002; Mental.Ind.Records)
- Lusine – Push (2003; Ghostly International)
- Lusine – Flat Remixes (2004; Ghostly International)
- Lusine – Inside/Out (2005; Ghostly International)
- Lusine – Emerald (2006; Ghostly International)
- Lusine – Two Dots (2009; Ghostly International)
- Lusine – Twilight (2010; Ghostly International)
- Lusine – Another Tomorrow (2013; Ghostly International)
- Lusine – Arterial (2014; Ghostly International)
- Lusine – Retrace (2019; Ghostly International)
Compilation albums
[edit]Video
[edit]- VICE video premier of "Just A Cloud".[5]
- Stereogum video premier of "Not Alone" (feat. Jenn Champion).[6]
Composition for film
[edit]| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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| 2007 | Snow Angels | David Gordon Green | Co-composed with David Wingo |
| 2008 | Linewatch | Kevin Bray | |
| 2011 | The Sitter | David Gordon Green | Co-composed with David Wingo |
| 2013 | Joe | David Gordon Green | Co-composed with David Wingo |
| 2018 | State Like Sleep | Meredith Danluck | Co-composed with David Wingo |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kellman, Andy (2004). "Serial Hodgepodge Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ^ "Lusine presents The Waiting Room - Ghostly International". Ghostly.com. 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
- ^ "Lusine presents Sensorimotor - Ghostly International". Ghostly.com. 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
- ^ "Lusine presents Sensorimotor - Ghostly International". Ghostly.com. 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2017-04-12.
- ^ "[Premiere] 2,300 LEDs Sync Up with Beats in Lusine's New Music Video". www.vice.com. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
- ^ "Lusine - "Not Alone" (Feat. Jenn Champion) Video". Stereogum. 2019-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
- ^ Lusine - Just A Cloud (Live on KEXP), 9 June 2017, archived from the original on 2021-12-19, retrieved 2021-07-21
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Lusine discography at Discogs
- Lusine at AllMusic
- MikeyPod Podcast interview
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