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Loscil is the electronic/ambient music project of Scott Morgan, from Vancouver, BC. The name Loscil is taken the name from the “looping oscillator” function (loscil) in Csound. Scott Morgan is also the drummer for the Vancouver indie band Destroyer.
A self-released album titled A New Demonstration of Thermodynamic Tendencies caught the attention of experimental music label Kranky who signed Morgan on to release his first album Triple Point in 2001. Triple Point features six tracks off his first independent release as well as four new tracks.
Loscil followed up the release with Submers, an aquatic-themed album. Each track on the album is named after a submarine. The last track on the album was produced in honour of the people who died on the Russian submarine K-141 Kursk.
His 2004 album First Narrows (a reference to the official name of the Vancouver bridge also known as Lions’ Gate Bridge) marked the incorporation of improvised performances by a number of guest musicians: Nyla Raney, cello; Tim Loewen, guitar; and Jason Zumpano, rhodes piano. Consequently, the songs were more organic and looser in nature than his previous work which he performed alone. Eight of his songs were featured on the film score of the 2004 documentary ScaredSacred by award-winning documentary filmmaker Velcrow Ripper.
Stases is an album made up of background drones from his other albums. It was released for free on the website for the One record label. The theme of his fourth album, released in 2006, continues the conceptual ascent each album has taken, from the subsurface geological depths (Triple Point) and watery depths (Submers) to the surface (First Narrows) and the sky (Plume).
A self-released album titled A New Demonstration of Thermodynamic Tendencies caught the attention of experimental music label Kranky who signed Morgan on to release his first album Triple Point in 2001. Triple Point features six tracks off his first independent release as well as four new tracks.
Loscil followed up the release with Submers, an aquatic-themed album. Each track on the album is named after a submarine. The last track on the album was produced in honour of the people who died on the Russian submarine K-141 Kursk.
His 2004 album First Narrows (a reference to the official name of the Vancouver bridge also known as Lions’ Gate Bridge) marked the incorporation of improvised performances by a number of guest musicians: Nyla Raney, cello; Tim Loewen, guitar; and Jason Zumpano, rhodes piano. Consequently, the songs were more organic and looser in nature than his previous work which he performed alone. Eight of his songs were featured on the film score of the 2004 documentary ScaredSacred by award-winning documentary filmmaker Velcrow Ripper.
Stases is an album made up of background drones from his other albums. It was released for free on the website for the One record label. The theme of his fourth album, released in 2006, continues the conceptual ascent each album has taken, from the subsurface geological depths (Triple Point) and watery depths (Submers) to the surface (First Narrows) and the sky (Plume).
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Plume
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First Narrows
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LordRama wrote:
For fans of Woofit, last.fm's very own man on the streetcorner with a cardboard end-of-the-world sign: http://www.last.fm/group/WoofWoofit
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Greygoo wrote:
I'm loving the new EP.
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WoofWoofit wrote:
With a nod and a wink here comes Woofit with a further cautionary insight on Tarmacian life exclusively for the benefit of his esteemed and erudite last fm brethren. Tarmacians only see art as function, only in relation to add to status, bank balance or room layout. It must not challange, or worst of all, mean anything (although they will expound at great length to tell you it does). Banality is king on planet Tarmac. Woofit implores all solipsists of the world to unite.
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Daydream83 wrote:
Mind-blowing music...
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Mekaddonn wrote:
Can't wait for the new album :D
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fastkomplett wrote:
Plume sounds very nice.
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Vacuous wrote:
what would be ideal is to put Stases on CD
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catachresistant wrote:
I'd go for Submers & Strathcona, then everything else. The EP is amazing. Is it going to see physical release? It's not real unless I can hug it!
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matsuga wrote:
He mastered my playlist recenty. Great music.
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xmattj916x wrote:
Love the EP he put out on Ghostly International and can't wait for the new album but as of now i rate morgan's albums like this- 1) FIRST NARROWS 2) Triple Point 3) Everything else holla
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catachresistant wrote:
OH GOD I CANNOT WAIT
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Vacuous wrote:
Loscil's 5th album, Endless Falls, will be released on Kranky in early 2010!
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caleb_core wrote:
Very lovely.
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KimJackie wrote:
first narrows is the best
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XXITheWorld wrote:
New album! New album!
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mister_roe wrote:
Loving the new EP. It is however making everything in my house rattle/vibrate quite alarmingly. Excited for the new album!
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AllRoadsLead wrote:
Absolutely amazing..
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connect_icut wrote:
"Union Dusk" suggests a pretty interesting new direction - more space, more light and shade, fewer opaque drones. Just what I was after.
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scottylarue wrote:
Hey nice to hear some thing wonderful from some one with the same name...scott morgan here...
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dystopiaq wrote:
Hello, I represent Dystopiaq, a new net label. We have our first three releases out with more planned for the coming months. Visit our website at http://www.dystopiaq.com and check out "Dystopiaq 1", a compilation of dubstep, hip-hop, idm, cybergrind, ambient, trip-hop, noise, pop and 8-bit. You can also download it via Archive.org at http://www.archive.org/details/Dystopiaq_1
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LordRama connected Loscil to the group WoofWoofit. 7 hours ago
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nomoremilk wrote about Loscil in Loscil - Strathcona Variations. yesterday evening
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aalexisnoel and beachmaster66 added Loscil to their libraries. yesterday morning
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unknownelf tagged Loscil with deep minimal ambient, minimal and ambient. Thursday afternoon
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RaptoRRR tagged Loscil with experimental, drone and ambient. Wednesday morning
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claudialeanne, autunno_a and Mephystopheless added Loscil to their libraries. Wednesday morning
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mnebulus tagged Loscil with ‘minimal’. Tuesday morning
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puikumeliukas and gostush added Loscil to their libraries. Monday evening
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grigorij_tse tagged Loscil with ‘ambient’. Monday evening
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