Loss, by A Taut Line

Loss

by A Taut Line

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1.	Manada 01:35	buy track
2.	Roses Bled Grey 03:25	buy track
3.	Opaque State 05:09	buy track
4.	Is It Creation 05:10	buy track
5.	Loss 04:50	buy track
6.	Life Force (feat. Chocola B) 03:13	buy track
7.	The Scape I Float 04:44	buy track
8.	Hydrangea 05:16	buy track
9.	Inflex 05:58	buy track
10.	Tableau 03:22	buy track
11.	Brittle Ikari 07:32	buy track
12.	We All Fuel 07:08	buy track

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Tokyo-based label Diskotopia co-founder Matt Lyne returns as A Taut Line for his first solo full-length in over five years. A Taut Line is the principal of numerous monikers that Lyne releases under, his other most prominent being Greeen Linez, a collaboration with long-term musical partner Christopher Greenberg.

Loss, the fourth album as A Taut Line, is a deep and polyamorous tour de force that expands and harnesses the explorations of 2017â€™s critically acclaimed album Distraction Provisions into an even tighter and more refined sonic narrative.

Elements of acid house, dub techno, trip-hop, and jungle are pulled apart and smashed together again in a post-punk approach, creating a humid and disorientating fourth-world expanse that has become the A Taut Line trademark sound. Thereâ€™s a clear nostalgic influence across the 12 tracks â€“ particularly drawn from the musical heritage of Lyneâ€™s birth town Bristol - but the album never feels revivalist or paint-by-numbers, as the touchstones that A Taut Line has mined from his youth are filtered through his 17+ years experience living in Japan and then juxtaposed in a fresh- and forward-looking manner.

A central pillar runs through all the tracks, even as they shapeshift across a multitude of sounds and genres. Reoccurring motifs like Lyneâ€™s use of lush yet decaying pads and â€” for the first time â€” his own voice provide a sense of consistency, while the intramural theme of loss that gives the album its title, lays down a strong contextual purpose.

Highlights on Loss include Life Force, a love song to 90s Major Force & Moâ€™Wax output, featuring Japanese singer Chocola B, Is It Creation, a no-wave avant-funk spoken word electro track with original lyrics penned by contemporary writer Thomas Kendall, and the beautiful yet heartbreaking Balearic-ambient nocturne Tableau.

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released September 16, 2022

All tracks written, recorded, produced by Matt Lyne
Lyrics on Is It Creation by Thomas Kendall
Vocals & lyrics on Life Force by Shoko Sasano
Mastered by Lurka
Artwork by Matt Lyne

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A Taut Line Tokyo, Japan

A Taut Line is the primary moniker for Bristol-born, Tokyo-based artist Matt Lyne. He runs the Diskotopia label with BD1982 and is one half of Greeen Linez, a collaboration with Cambridge-based long-term musical partner Christopher Greenberg. He also releases under several anonymous pseudonyms. ... more

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