{{BLP refimprove|date=April 2017}} {{short description|American musician}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Lusine | image = | image_upright = | image_size = | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alt = | caption = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Jeff Michael McIlwain | alias = {{hlist|Lusine icl}} | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year unless the exact date is already WIDELY published, as per WP:DOB --> | birth_place = Dallas, Texas, United States | origin = | genre = | occupation = Producer, composer, sound designer | instrument = | years_active = 1999–present | label = Ghostly International | associated_acts = | website = {{Official URL}} | module = | module2 = | module3 = }}
'''Lusine''' (formerly L'Usine or Lusine ICL){{Efn|ICL meaning "intercontinental".<ref>[https://headphone236.rssing.com/chan-29054513/all_p1.html In The Studio - Headphone Commute]</ref>|group=note}} 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.<ref name="n076">{{cite web | title=Lusine · Biography | website=Resident Advisor | url=https://ra.co/dj/lusine/biography | access-date=2026-03-24}}</ref>
According to Andy Kellman of AllMusic,
<blockquote>"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."<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/serial-hodgepodge-mr0000454546|title= Serial Hodgepodge Review|last1= Kellman|first1= Andy |date= 2004|website= |publisher= Allmusic|accessdate= 18 November 2014}}</ref></blockquote>
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 – ''The Waiting Room'' (2013; Ghostly International) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ghostly.com/products/lusine-the-waiting-room |title=Ghostly International - The Waiting Room |website=Ghostly International |date=2013-02-18 |accessdate=2025-11-08}}</ref> * Lusine – ''Sensorimotor'' (2017; Ghostly International) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ghostly.com/products/sensorimotor |title=Ghostly International - Sensorimotor |website=Ghostly International |date=2017-03-03 |accessdate=2025-11-08}}</ref> * Lusine – ''Long Light'' (2023; Ghostly International) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ghostly.com/products/long-light |title=Ghostly International - Long Light |website=Ghostly International |date=2023-09-15 |accessdate=2025-11-08}}</ref>
===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 ICL – ''Travel Sickness'' (2006; Hymen) * Lusine – ''Emerald'' (2006; Ghostly International) * Lusine – ''Two Dots'' (2009; Ghostly International) * Lusine – ''Twilight'' (2010; Ghostly International) * Lusine – ''Lucky'' (2013; Ghostly International) * Lusine – ''Another Tomorrow'' (2013; Ghostly International) * Lusine – ''Arterial'' (2014; Ghostly International) * Lusine – ''Retrace'' (2019; Ghostly International) * Lusine – ''Transonic'' (2023; Ghostly International) * Lusine – ''Earth to Moon'' (2024; Ghostly International)
===Compilation albums=== * Various Artists – ''Refurbished Robots: KVRX Local Live Vol. 4'' (1999; KVRX [http://www.kvrx.org/index.php?p=cds&vol=4 CD info]) * Lusine – ''Lucky Numbers: The Ghostly International EPs'' (2010; Ghostly International)
===Video=== * VICE video premier of "Just A Cloud".<ref>{{Cite web|title=[Premiere] 2,300 LEDs Sync Up with Beats in Lusine's New Music Video|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/premiere-2300-leds-sync-up-with-beats-in-lusines-new-music-video/|access-date=2021-07-21|website=Vice.com|date=30 March 2017 |language=en}}</ref> *Stereogum video premier of "Not Alone" (feat. Jenn Champion).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-09|title=Lusine - "Not Alone" (Feat. Jenn Champion) Video|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2050526/lusine-not-alone-feat-jenn-champion-video/music/|access-date=2021-07-21|website=Stereogum|language=en}}</ref>
* Lusine live on KEXP in Seattle with drummer, Trent Moorman.<ref>{{Citation|title=Lusine - Just A Cloud (Live on KEXP)| date=9 June 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6TBH3I0BzQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/B6TBH3I0BzQ |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2021-07-21}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
===Composition for film=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! 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
== Notes == <references group="note" />
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{official website|http://www.lusineweb.com/}} *[http://www.discogs.com/artist/L%27usine Lusine] discography at Discogs *{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p416449}} *[http://mikeypod.com/2017/04/10/lusine/ MikeyPod Podcast interview] * {{MusicBrainz artist}} * {{Bandcamp}}
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