Linea Aspera (band)


Linea Aspera is a dark wave/minimal wave band formed in London, England started in 2011. A musical duo, they are fronted by vocalist Zoè Zanias, with Ryan Ambridge on synthesizers. Zanias writes the lyrics while Ambridge writes the electronics, as well as mixing and producing the recordings.
Founded in November 2011, Linea Aspera are influenced by electronic bands from the 1980s. A reviewer reporting on a gig in January 2012 noted that their music sounded "very 80s", and that they had "sprung formed" from the musical underground of East London. That month self-releasing an extended play cassette, titled Linea Aspera EP, it was described by the Burning Flame website as number one in their Top 20 EPs of 2012.
Signing to Dark Entries Records, the band's first album, Linea Aspera LP, was released on 25 September 2012. Brought out digitally and on vinyl by Dark Entries, a CD release was produced by the German company Genetic Records. Each LP was contained in a jacket sleeve designed by Dovile Shurpo and accompanied by an insert listing their song lyrics.
Linea Aspera disbanded in 2013. Zoè Zanias formed Keluar with Sid Lamar from Schwefelgelb and later decided to go solo under her Zoè Zanias moniker.
On 16 September 2019 Linea Aspera published "Hey, we're back!" on their Facebook page and announced a number of gigs in Europe.

Discography

TitleRelease dateLengthLabelFormats
Linea Aspera EP28 January 2012Extended PlaySelf-releaseCassette
Linea Aspera II27 July 2012Extended PlaySelf-releaseCassette
Linea Aspera LP25 September 2012Long PlayDark Entries12" vinyl record, CD, Digital
Preservation Bias27 June 2019Long PlayDark EntriesVinyl, Digital

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