AKUSMI – Lines (Repress) – LP – Black BioVinyl [MAR 13]

LP – Standard Edition BioVinyl (2026 Repress).

London based composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer Akusmi announces Lines, an exhilarating new collection of works born from the desire to take where the acclaimed debut album Fleeting Future left off in search of a new forms.

Formed with a sense of urgency and a reductive approach Lines is almost entirely comprised of alto saxophone, clarinet and piano with embellishments of ambience and minimal percussive elements. Recorded in full at his home studio in London, Pascal Bideau speaks about the process:

I wanted to go a bit more a bit more horizontal and ambient, work with layers of lines, might they be dotted or straight, and leave them to unfold and see where they would take me.

Secant is the electrifying and cinematic opener, emerging with the main motif deriving from the recording sessions of Fleeting Future. Its distinct sound echoes New York, a homage in part to the works of Steve Reich and inspired also by train travels across the English countryside. Rhythmical looping pianos unite with shifting strings that build to a symphony of hypnotic rich layers, towards a euphoric and filmic climax.

Oblique on the other hand is otherworldly and hopeful, a breathtaking musical meeting between Jazz and Ambient minimalist music. Rich layered saxophones sound a patterned melody, meshed with dotted piano, swirling electronics and percussive hits, before deep diving into shimmering ambient tones echoing like summer rainfall against windows. Akusmi uniquely finds the spaces in between experimental, crossover classical and ambient music.

Parallel is the ambient companion to the acclaimed title debut album track Fleeting Future, featuring a stripped back chord progression constructed with less order and written render.

Tangent is a pointillist piece that stemmed from a session with friend and collaborator Daniel Brandt. Cyclical guitars loop ebb and flow reminiscent of Manuel Gttsching.

“Lines was born from the desire to take where Ive left it with ‘Fleeting Future‘ and go a bit more horizontal and ambient. Work with layers of lines, whether they be dotted or straight, and leave them to unfold and see where they would take me.” Akusmi

Secant, I must have listened to this tune 3 times in a row, this one soundtracked my night drive through the winding roads Benji B, BBC Radio 1

Tracklist:

A1 Secant [6:49]
A2 Oblique [8:49]

B1 Parallel [4:03]
B2 Tangent [2:42]
B3 Longing For Tomorrow (Brandt Brauer Frick Remix) [6:20]