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Loscil is the electronic/ambient music project of Scott Morgan, from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The name Loscil is taken 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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| FULL TRACK Windless | 8:44 | Free MP3 |
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| FULL TRACK Faint Liquid | 4:18 | Free MP3 |
| FULL TRACK Micro Hydro | 10:16 | Free MP3 |
| FULL TRACK B15-A | 4:44 | Free MP3 |
| FULL TRACK Subaquatic | 3:17 | Free MP3 |
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Plume
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please join my new group if you like http://www.last.fm/group/Dope+Music
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Analogue_Rock wrote:
Took me a while to get into it, but it was worth it. [2]
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MasterFoy wrote:
I was into this guy quite a bit a few years ago but then forgot about him for some reason. I downloaded osmos last week and immediately downloaded the rest of his discography. Great artist
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pino76 wrote:
Loscil = Genius
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VK1990 wrote:
Estuarine
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ainurnerd wrote:
I <3 Osmos. Now On My Samsung Galaxy Ace.
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garynotrashcoug wrote:
New group for the game Osmos and it's soundtrack artists: http://www.last.fm/group/Osmos
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hyperchris01 wrote:
Love this stuff!
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Smirnon wrote:
man...Coast / Range / Arc might even topple Submers as my favorite Loscil album. so massively immersive
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thewolfisloose wrote:
In my top 20 of the year http://thegreatdisconnect-thewolfisloose.blogspot.com/2011/12/best-of-2011-part-1.html
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garynotrashcoug wrote:
"Dub For Cascadia"........ so minimal, yet so deep. Best dubwise ambient production I've ever heard!
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Oliahim wrote:
Took me a while to get into it, but it was worth it.
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sonofawidow wrote:
As much as I dig his more recent material, his 2001 debut Triple Point is practically flawless.
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Antihumans wrote:
Endless Falls the greatest album
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try_kill_me wrote:
damn... Motoc and Charlie.. soooo goood :)
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nimrodella wrote:
*endless falls is still one of my favorite albums
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ambient_andmore wrote:
in this week's update: Loscil dropped out of list, there are only 8 characteristic artists in ambient last.fm groups (from 251 bands), see them at: http://www.last.fm/user/ambient_andmore/journal
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endofsomething wrote:
I don't give a fuck either way, but it is lowercase loscil on the official releases.
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ambient_andmore wrote:
from 197 artists, 12 are characteristic for ambient last.fm groups, and ... Loscil is one of them, see others at: http://www.last.fm/user/ambient_andmore/journal
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muzjiks wrote:
ok everythings back to normal again. whew.
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