Lusine

Lusine (formerly L'Usine or Lusine ICL) is the stage name of Jeff McIlwain, an ambient/IDM musician. A native Texan, McIlwain now resides in Seattle. In 1998, he attended California Institute of the Arts to study 20th century electronic music and sound design for music and film. Soon after, he met Shad Scott and put out a self-titled release with Isophlux.

Lusine
Birth name	Jeff Michael McIlwain
Also known as	Lusine
Born	Dallas, Texas, United States
Occupation(s)	Producer, composer, sound designer
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Ghostly International
Website	lusineweb.com

According to Andy Kellman of AllMusic,

"While there might be other producers who are more accomplished at making idyllic downtempo, or placid IDM, or abstract hip-hop, or haunting ambient techno, or blipping/skipping minimal house, few—if any—are capable of covering all of that ground with such sharp consistency on one disc."^[1]

Jeff McIlwain has also composed music for films, co-scoring David Gordon Green’s films Snow Angels, The Sitter and Joe, Kevin Bray’s 2008 film Linewatch, and Meredith Danluck's 2018 film State Like Sleep.

Discography

Albums

• L'usine – L'usine (1999; Isophlux)
• Lusine ICL – A Pseudo Steady State (2000; U-Cover)
• Lusine ICL – Coalition 2000 (2001 live; U-Cover)
• Lusine ICL – Iron City (2002; Mad Monkey/Hymen)
• Lusine ICL – Condensed (2003 anthology; Hymen)
• Lusine – Serial Hodgepodge (2004; Ghostly International)
• Lusine – Podgelism (2007; Ghostly International)
• Lusine – Podgelism Select Remixes (12") (2007; Ghostly International)
• Lusine ICL – Language Barrier (2007; Hymen)
• Lusine – A Certain Distance (2009; Ghostly International)
• Lusine – Lucky Numbers: The Ghostly International EPs (2010; Ghostly International)
• Lusine – The Waiting Room (2013; Ghostly International) ^[2]
• Lusine – Sensorimotor (2017; Ghostly International) ^[3]
• Lusine – Long Light (2023; Ghostly International) ^[4]

EPs and singles

• L'usine – Coded (1999; Isophlux)
• Lusine ICL – Freak (2000; Hymen)
• Lusine ICL – Zealectronic Blue (2000 7"; Zealectronic)
• Lusine ICL – Slipthrough (2001; Hymen)
• L'usine – Surface (2001; Isophlux)
• Lusine ICL – Sustain (2002; Delikatessen)
• Lusine ICL – Chao (2002; Mental.Ind.Records)
• Lusine – Push (2003; Ghostly International)
• Lusine – Flat Remixes (2004; Ghostly International)
• Lusine – Inside/Out (2005; Ghostly International)
• Lusine – Emerald (2006; Ghostly International)
• Lusine – Two Dots (2009; Ghostly International)
• Lusine – Twilight (2010; Ghostly International)
• Lusine – Another Tomorrow (2013; Ghostly International)
• Lusine – Arterial (2014; Ghostly International)
• Lusine – Retrace (2019; Ghostly International)

Compilation albums

• Various Artists – Refurbished Robots: KVRX Local Live Vol. 4 (1999; KVRX CD info)

Video

• VICE video premier of "Just A Cloud".^[5]
• Stereogum video premier of "Not Alone" (feat. Jenn Champion).^[6]

• Lusine live on KEXP in Seattle with drummer, Trent Moorman.^[7]

Composition for film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2007	Snow Angels	David Gordon Green	Co-composed with David Wingo
2008	Linewatch	Kevin Bray
2011	The Sitter	David Gordon Green	Co-composed with David Wingo
2013	Joe	David Gordon Green	Co-composed with David Wingo
2018	State Like Sleep	Meredith Danluck	Co-composed with David Wingo

See also

• List of ambient music artists