Linea Aspera, the minimal wave band from London composed of Alison Lewis (Voice/Synths) and Ryan Ambridge (Synths/Programming), have announced that they are calling it quits and that the show at the Grauzone Festval in Amsterdam on February 1st will be their last.
It's very sad to see such a promising young band quit. In just a few months, Linea Aspera (Latin for 'rough line', referring to a part of the femur bone) had managed to create a real buzz. They began the project in November 2011, technically drawing inspiration from electronic music from the early 1980s. For their first (and only) album, released in September 2012, they utilized a small, simple analog synthesizer set up. Lyrically the band incorporated the sciences of osteology, neuroscience, and anthropology, weaving a new medical language around themes of desire, despair and renewal. Linea Aspera serve up an icebox of dark doom riding on Alison’s powerful vocals with a soft but sharp touch.
Don't miss their last gig!
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