Glass Coat is an electronic music solo project from a Parisian producer who has been living abroad for more than ten years, in Copenhagen, Atlanta, Seattle, Taipei, and presently Shanghai.

Inspired initially by 90’s electronic giants from the Warp label (Aphex Twin, Autechre) and the trip hop school of Bristol as well as Scandinavian electro-pop from The Knife to Djuna Barnes, 120 Days, Kite and Röyksopp, the project has taken a new direction over the course of the last two EPs, inspired now by experimental and drone music, with artists such as Throbbing Gristle or Coil in mind, as well as ambient and field recording.

The new sound is based on static, pieces of found sounds and digital glitches processed through analog equipment, from old guitar pedals to reverb units bought in different places and used on digital sounds gathered online or in real life situations.

The latest EP, Ghostlines, refers to the ghost culture in Taiwan (the EP was recorded between Paris and Taipei) as well as ghost notes, and ghost lines, i.e. lines that a writer will not fully complete in an unfinished text, as a sort of work in progress. The EP is also inspired by environmental disaster and the weight human presence has exercised on our common planet. The works of JG Ballard (particularly The Drought) have been an inspiration for this record.

The cover photograph is by Taiwanese artist Yehlin LEE, from his book Raw Soul, published by the Japanese publisher Akaa-sha.