Melting Days

Description

Retracing two decades with Jeff McIlwain, aka Lusine, reveals one of the most enduring producers of contemporary electronic and experimental music - quietly consistent, infinitely curious. His vast catalog balances melodic structure and textural refinement, drifting between techno, avant-pop, and ambient without ever settling into any. After Long Light (2023), one of his most collaborative and song-oriented albums, McIlwain returns to his minimalist roots for Melting Days, his tenth album. Ten songs in conversation with loss and transition, defined by elemental layers and ascending loops that envelop his signature rhythms in pure radiance. "When going through grief, it's like watching your previous life become more and more blurry," says McIlwain. Without having sought to make a travel album, Melting Days leads this feeling to its spiritual conclusion, from catharsis to clarity.