ArpLine (n. digital art-rock quintet based in Brooklyn, New York. Members include Sam Tyndall (Vox/Guitar/MIDI), Nathan Lithgow (Bass), Oliver Edsforth (Keys/Sax), Adam De Rosa (Guitar), Michael Chap Resnick (Drums/Electronics))

With ArpLine (big A, big L), vocals are processed. Guitars are digitized. Drums are looped and re-looped. Bass is bowed. Everything is in jeopardy of being fed in to the three laptops they bring on stage.

In the realm of songwriting, Tyndall's songs stand opposite to songwriters who strive for personal or confessional lyrics paired with stripped down or lo-fi instrumentation. ArpLine aims for abstraction and otherness within pop structures.

In early 2009 ArpLine began work on their debut full length with journeyman producer/engineer Chris Coady, veteran of sessions with TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Telepath, Grizzly Bear, and Blonde Redhead. In the studio Coady has acted as an enabler in their quest for uniqueness.

Influences include Wire, Harmonia, Talking Heads, Battles, Robert Fripp, Echo & The Bunnymen, and Bowie+Eno. Notable shows include Bowery Ballroom, Blender Theater, Mercury Lounge, Music Hall of Williamsburg, 92Y@TriBeca, South Street Seaport, & Le Poisson Rouge

 

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