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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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Shoutbox
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Piotrek_Amar wrote:
Great, been listening to his music for a couple of days and it put me in a relaxed mood despite I'm having some rough time lately. thanks
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XXITheWorld wrote:
Creepy / Gloomy
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Smackrobiotic wrote:
What does lugubrious mean?
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WoofWoofit wrote:
Woofit watches the morning Show Trial on a 230cm plasma screen in his hotel room at the Tarmacia Hyatt. W460230, A former financial executive at TARCORP is confessing to a long line of Olivanarian inspired crimes and misdemeanours against the Collective. The show ends with much fanfare and faux anticipation as the Tarmacian population cast their votes and unanimously condemn W460230 to death. Penitent and pleading W460230 is then led away by uniformed Tarmacian Collective Thought Regulators (TCTR) to the petroleum vats for a televised execution. The macabre spectacle leaves Woofit in a lugubrious mood.
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Smackrobiotic wrote:
I see what you did there.
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NightThief wrote:
Can wait.
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Smackrobiotic wrote:
Can't wait.
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Vacuous wrote:
Loscil's new album will be released March 1st
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zmughal wrote:
Csound…very nice.
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CharlieDeVico wrote:
I'm late to the game but found Loscil after listening to Marsen Jules similar list. As an avid fan of intricate drone layering, I have to sit back and let Loscil delve into my humble eardrums even more. Wonderful works.
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cheapheadphones wrote:
hey small world, loscil is the drummer for destroyer. :)
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CrysLexeth wrote:
Oh this guy is something special. Everything he does stands right out and becomes a very personal classic. Strathcona is yet another win, but it seems he'll never be popular despite being miles better than the likes of Eluvium.
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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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dthiel, cmartin723, andrewmhill and 6 other people added Loscil to their libraries. 23 minutes ago
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no_conclusion wrote about Loscil in LOSCIL - ENDLESS FALLS. Thursday morning
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