Feb 04 2010
..hazey-electronic Nu-Dream Pop/the kind of slumber you don’t want to wake from. You’re warm, comforted/relaxed, and only aware of your inner surroundings. The soundtrack to this moment is brought to you by..
Jan 07 2010
Oppressed by the Line’s “Kiku” was number 5 in The Sound Awake’s Top 10 of 2009.
Jan 01 2010
Oppressed by the Line’s “Kiku” figured into the best 100 of 2009 list at the New Music Review blog.
Happy New Year Everyone!
Dec 31 2009
Chaotisch und Charmant have named “One Thousand Red Stars” from Kiku by Oppressed by the Line as number 43 on it’s list of top 50 songs of 2009.
Dec 30 2009
Chaotisch und Charmant named Kiku by Oppressed by the Line as number 15 on it’s list of top 40 albums of the year.
Nov 22 2009
We’ve posted the first Drifting Falling Podcast. It’s hosted at Mixcloud. It’s a recording from an Oppressed by the Line DJ set at an M83 show in London in 2004. It’s called, “A Trip Down Memory Lane”. Enjoy.
Oct 28 2009
Textura has selected Drifting Falling as one of its Ten Favourite Labels of 2009.
Every November, just as we’ve done since 2005, we pay tribute to ten labels that have stood out from the crowd and brought us multiple hours of listening pleasure throughout the year. This installment’s selections are a typically wide-ranging group, with the labels collectively representing an encompassing stylistic range. Many are based in the US, while others call Singapore, Berlin, London, and Nottingham home.
Sep 07 2009
Space City Rock review Oppressed by the Line’s latest “Kiku”.
My personal favorite, though, has to be “Paper Cranes” — I can’t help but dig the steadily-building beats and vocals that sound like they’re being broadcast from inside the airlock of a space station somewhere high above the planet (complete with the cool little electronic beep that precedes Thompson’s vocal lines). Once the guitars switch on, covering the whole thing with a woolly blanket of fuzzed-out melodic noise reverently swiped from Kevin Shields, I’m fully sold. Majestic and awesome, with all the open-mouthed wonderment you should feel at discovering a new place for yourself.
Jun 02 2009
Textura review Kiku by Oppressed by the Line.
In addition to its electronic and shoegaze pop dimensions, there’s also a synth-heavy “robot music” quality to Thompson’s music but such a label can err in underacknowledging the personality and warmth that humanizes the Oppressed By The Line sound.
