Plume (Loscil album)

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Plume
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Studio album by
Loscil
ReleasedMay 22, 2006 (2006-05-22)
Genre Ambient techno
Length62:41
Label Kranky
Producer Scott Morgan
Loscil chronology
First Narrows
(2004)		Plume
(2006)		Endless Falls
(2010)

Plume is a studio album by Canadian composer and record producer Scott Morgan under the alias Loscil. [1] It was released on May 22, 2006, through Kranky. [2]

Contents

Background

Plume is Loscil's fourth studio album for Kranky. [3] It features contributions from Josh August Lindstrom (on vibraphone and xylophone), Krista Michelle Marshall (on guitar), Jason Anthony Zumpano (on Rhodes piano), and Stephen Michael Wood (on guitar). [4]

Release

Plume was originally released on May 22, 2006, through Kranky. [2] [5] The vinyl version of the album was released on October 16, 2015, through the same label. [6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Cokemachineglow 70% [8]
Pitchfork 5.6/10 [9]
Tiny Mix Tapes TMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT full.svgTMT half.svgTMT empty.svg [10]

Fred Miketa of XLR8R stated, "Composed with perfect amounts of subtle delay, layer upon layer of blissful chimes, and plenty of space, Plume makes for a quintessential escape from life's daily rushes." [11] Rob Theakston of AllMusic commented that "The band are disciplined in their freedom, playing melodic passages with sparseness and attention to timing." [7] Seth K of Tiny Mix Tapes stated, "Plume is humbled by its players' subtlety, and although they're each going through their own self-sustained process, their instruments intertwine beautifully with one another, making their individuality invisible." [10]

Meanwhile, Mark Abraham of Cokemachineglow commented that "Plume's success hinges on a brilliant idea, but it doesn't quite succeed on finding many different ways to explore the tension created between the extremes it tries to meld together, whatever you call them." [8] Mark Richardson of Pitchfork stated, "Plume is certainly a nice-enough record, but it also seems like the kind of music Morgan could do well until the end of time." [9]

In other media

The album's song "Rorschach" was used in the 2009 video game Osmos .

Track listing

All tracks are written by Scott Morgan.

No.TitleLength
1."Motoc"6:29
2."Rorschach"8:20
3."Zephyr"5:19
4."Steam"6:59
5."Chinook"6:55
6."Bellows"6:57
7."Halcyon"7:22
8."Charlie"8:49
9."Mistral"6:01
Total length:62:41

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Phares, Heather. "Loscil". AllMusic . Retrieved August 11, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "News". Kranky . June 2006. Archived from the original on June 15, 2006. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
  3. ↑ Hill, Eric (June 1, 2006). "Loscil". Exclaim! . Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Loscil (2006). Plume (CD booklet). Kranky.
  5. ↑ "Plume | loscil". Bandcamp . Archived from the original on August 7, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
  6. ↑ Hughes, Josiah (October 1, 2015). "Kranky Prepares First Vinyl Pressing of Loscil's 'Plume'". Exclaim! . Archived from the original on January 27, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
  7. 1 2 Theakston, Rob. "Plume - Loscil". AllMusic . Retrieved August 11, 2025.
  8. 1 2 Abraham, Mark (July 10, 2006). "Loscil: Plume (Kranky; 2006)". Cokemachineglow . Archived from the original on February 13, 2010. Retrieved July 21, 2025.
  9. 1 2 Richardson, Mark (June 7, 2006). "Review: Loscil "Plume"". Pitchfork . Archived from the original on December 10, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  10. 1 2 K, Seth. "Review: Loscil "Plume"". Tiny Mix Tapes . Archived from the original on November 18, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
  11. ↑ Miketa, Fred (June 1, 2006). "Loscil". XLR8R . Archived from the original on December 22, 2008. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
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