Warm and relaxed house and tech-house from Seattle’s prolific Lusine

Jeff McIlwain has produced his visceral, melodic strain of abstract electronic music as Lusine for 10 years now. Originally a Texas native, Jeff attended CalArts in 1998, studying 20th-century electronic music and sound design for music and film. Soon after, he met Shad Scott and put out his self-titled debut as Lusine for Isophlux. Since then, McIlwain relocated to Seattle and began steadily releasing his music on Ghostly International (home to 2004’s landmark Serial Hodgepodge as well as its successful followup remix album Podgelism), Hymen, and U-Cover. McIlwain has also contributed tracks to various compilations and remix releases on Mute, !K7, Kompakt, Asthmatic Kitty, and Shitkatapult.

McIlwain performs throughout the US and abroad, including a set at London’s esteemed Fabric nightclub, and an ambient multimedia performance at Seattle’s Triple Door in which he collaborated with video artist Scott Sunn. McIlwain was recently involved in two film projects, scoring Kevin Bray’s 2009 film Linewatch (with Cuba Gooding Jr. and Omari Hardwick), and co-scoring David Gordon Green’s 2008 film Snow Angels (with Kate Beckinsale and Sam Rockwell).

1. Wagon christ - "Inside Out" - At Atmos
2. The Mole - "Fat's Edit" - Fat's Edit
3. Two Lone Swordsmen - "Gang Sweep Shuffling" - The Fifth Mission
4. My My - "Secret Life of Pants" - Songs for Gentle
5. Lusine - "Two Dots (Reverse Engineered)" - Two Dots
6. Yankee Zulu - "Concumbia" - Concumbia EP
7. Missing Linkx - "A Short History Of... " - Who To Call
8. Soulphiction - "So What" - Do You Understand?
9. MXM - Move Me Feat. "Jemima (Twisted Mix)" - Move Me
10. Matthew Dear - "Elementary Lover (DJ Koze remix)" - Don and Sherri
11. Ethyl & Flori - "K" - The Trimley EP
12. Troy Pierce - "Word" - Gone Astray EP
13. Motor City Drum Ensemble - "Raw Cuts #6" - Raw Cuts 5/6
14. John Tejada and Arian Leviste - "Hip Breaker" - Geriatricks
15. Lusine - "Crowded Room (Type A)" - Twilight
16. The Mole - "Slow Chugger" - Conversations with the Past
17. Azymuth - "Carambola (Mark Pritchard remix)" - Tech Brazil
18. Holger Zilske - "Olho Gordo" - Holz
19. Alex Under - "Untitled" - Multiplicanciones 2
20. Manuel Tur - "Acorado (Will Saul Remix)" - Acorado EP
21. Lusine - "Twilight (Elliptical Mix)" - Twilight
22. Pezzner - "Almost Here Part 2" - Almost Here EP