Lusine
American musician
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::summary American musician ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Lusine |
| landscape | |
| background | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| birth_name | Jeff Michael McIlwain |
| alias | |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Dallas, Texas, United States |
| occupation | Producer, composer, sound designer |
| years_active | 1999–present |
| label | Ghostly International |
| website | |
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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,
::quote "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." ::
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
Albums
- 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 – The Waiting Room (2013; Ghostly International)
- Lusine – Sensorimotor (2017; Ghostly International)
- Lusine – Long Light (2023; Ghostly International)
EPs and singles
- 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 ICL – Travel Sickness (2006; Hymen)
- Lusine – Emerald (2006; Ghostly International)
- Lusine – Two Dots (2009; Ghostly International)
- Lusine – Twilight (2010; Ghostly International)
- Lusine – Lucky (2013; Ghostly International)
- Lusine – Another Tomorrow (2013; Ghostly International)
- Lusine – Arterial (2014; Ghostly International)
- Lusine – Retrace (2019; Ghostly International)
- Lusine – Transonic (2023; Ghostly International)
- Lusine – Earth to Moon (2024; Ghostly International)
Compilation albums
- Various Artists – Refurbished Robots: KVRX Local Live Vol. 4 (1999; KVRX CD info)
- Lusine – Lucky Numbers: The Ghostly International EPs (2010; Ghostly International)
Video
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VICE video premier of "Just A Cloud".
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Stereogum video premier of "Not Alone" (feat. Jenn Champion).
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Lusine live on KEXP in Seattle with drummer, Trent Moorman.
Composition for film
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| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| :: |
Notes
References
References
- [https://headphone236.rssing.com/chan-29054513/all_p1.html In The Studio - Headphone Commute]
- (2004). "Serial Hodgepodge Review". Allmusic.
- (2013-02-18). "Ghostly International - The Waiting Room".
- (2017-03-03). "Ghostly International - Sensorimotor".
- (2023-09-15). "Ghostly International - Long Light".
- (30 March 2017). "[Premiere] 2,300 LEDs Sync Up with Beats in Lusine's New Music Video".
- (2019-07-09). "Lusine - "Not Alone" (Feat. Jenn Champion) Video".
- (9 June 2017). "Lusine - Just A Cloud (Live on KEXP)".
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