Artist
The Lines
Late 1970s-1980s experimental and industrial music project with four releases exploring noise, dark ambient, and avant-garde composition.
About
The Lines were an experimental music project active during the late 1970s and early 1980s, emerging from the post-industrial music underground. Their discography, spanning from their 1979 debut "On the Air" through three releases in 1981—"Transit," "Nerve Pylon," and "Therapy"—demonstrates a prolific output during a crucial period of avant-garde music development. The project's sonic approach blended elements of industrial music, noise, and experimental composition, reflecting the aesthetic concerns of underground electronic musicians working during this era. The titles and release pattern suggest an engagement with themes of communication, psychological states, and systematic sound exploration characteristic of the industrial and dark ambient movements. Though details of the project's specific membership and technical approach remain limited, The Lines' concentrated output in 1981 positions them within the broader network of experimental artists exploring the intersection of noise, electronic music, and conceptual frameworks. Their work contributed to the underground experimental scene's sonic vocabulary during a formative period.