Boxcutter is the pseudonym for Barry Lynn (born 1980), an electronic musician from Northern Ireland. Early Boxcutter material from 2005 and 2006, like that released on

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and on the debut

Planet Mu Planet Mu is an English electronic music record label created and run by Mike Paradinas. The label started out as a subsidiary of Virgin Records then Paradinas set up the label independent of Virgin. After releasing intelligent dance music, the ...

album

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, was frequently associated with the genre

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, although it was also compared to experimental artists such as

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and

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. The second Boxcutter album Glyphic was more influenced by classic

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such as

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, but also drew comparisons to artists such as

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, Foul Play and

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, and continued Lynn's reputation for working outside of conventions and taking a genre-hopping approach. In 2009, Lynn released the

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-themed album

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. In the same year, he also founded the Kinnego Records label, on which he released a collaboration with Kinnego Flux (a duo composed of David Baxter and Brian Greene) featuring artwork by London designers La Boca, and the first vinyl single by Space Dimension Controller.

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was released in 2011 and scored 78 on Metacritic, with the BBC Review referencing

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to describe a collaboration with vocalist Brian Greene, and reviewers remarking on the move away from dubstep sonics. Also in 2011,

Adult Swim Adult Swim (stylized as

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commissioned the track Waiting for the Lights for their compilation. Boxcutter released the Gnosis EP on

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's Cosmic Bridge label in December 2013. Boxcutter has also released music as The Host, including 2012's eponymous album on Planet Mu, and Esalen Lecures on Touch Sensitive Records in 2015. An album of material by Barry Lynn pre-dating the Boxcutter alias was released by Planet Mu in 2008, entitled Balancing Lakes, named after the balancing lakes in

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. Barry Lynn has collaborated with FaltyDL under the alias NeferTT, releasing the EP Blue Skies Red Soil in 2012 for Hotflush Recordings. Boxcutter has performed live across Europe and the USA, including at

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, Bloc Festival, and

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. For live shows, Barry often accompanies his electronic music with live electric guitar or bass guitar. Barry Lynn is the son of the late

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Liam Lynn. Lynn has a PhD in

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from

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and has published research papers for

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Discography

; Singles * ''Brood / Sunshine'' (

, 2005) * ''Tauhid'' (

, 2006) * ''Brood V.I.P. / November Dub'' (ABUCS, 2006) * ''Philly / Endothermic'' (

, 2007) * ''Moon Pupils / 2Time'' (with Kab Driver) (Kinnego Records, 2010) * ''Allele / Other People'' (

, 2011) * ''Gnosis'' (Cosmic Bridge, 2013) * ''Shea EP'' (Kinnego Records, 2014) * ''Retina Grains'' (Kinnego Records, 2014) * ''New Yen EP'' (with Defcon) (Kinnego Records, 2014) * ''Vatic Dreams'' (Kinnego Records, 2015) * ''Canopy'' (Kinnego Records, 2016) * ''Talamh'' (Kinnego Records, 2017) * ''Alignments'' (Kinnego Records, 2018) * ''Scope'' (Kinnego Records, 2024) * ''Dapple / Eyebeam'' (Kinnego Records, 2025) ; Albums * ''

'' (

, 17 April 2006) * '' Glyphic'' (

, 29 October 2007) * ''

'' (

, 20 April 2009) * ''

'' (

, 25 April 2011) * ''

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'' (Kinnego Records, 1 November 2018) * '' Béaloideas'' (Kinnego Records, 25 Apr 2020) * '' Cirrus Dubs'' (Kinnego Records, 21 May 2021) ; Remixes * ''Kitchen Sink (Boxcutter Remix)'' -

– Kitchen Sink Remixes (

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2007) * ''Sparkle (Boxcutter Remix)'' - Toasty / Elemental – Angel / Sparkle (Remixes) (

2007) * ''Conundrum (Boxcutter Autumn Drum Remix)'' -

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– This Mess (

4AD 4AD is a British record label owned by Beggars Group. It was founded in London under the name Axis Records by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent in 1980 as an imprint of Beggars Banquet Records. The name was changed to 4AD after the release of th ...

2007) * ''Human Meadow (Boxcutter Remix)'' - FaltyDL – Human Meadow Remixes (

2009) * ''Otherside Remix (Earth Is My Spaceship)'' - LED Piperz* – Aerial / Otherside (Airflex Labs 2009) * ''VCOcation (Boxcutter Remix)'' - Space Dimension Controller – Unidentified Flying Oscillator (Acroplane Recordings 2009) * ''Alpha Beta Gamma (Boxcutter Remix)'' - Brain Machine – Alpha Beta Gamma Remixes (Titan's Halo Records 2011) * ''Suicide Beauty Spot (Boxcutter Remix)'' - Point B – Suicide Beauty Spot Remixes Part 2 (Combat Recordings 2011) * ''Life in the Cloudz (The Host Remix)'' - DJ Earl – Blue Summer EP (Lil Pitch Records 2012) ; As Barry Lynn * ''Balancing Lakes'' (

, 18 February 2008) * ''Taurus Tapes Vol. I'' (Touch Sensitive, 28 April 2017) * ''Taurus Tapes Vol. II'' (Touch Sensitive, 28 April 2017) * 01 - '04 Tracks'' (Kinnego Records, 15 September 2017) * ''Compositions For Software Instruments'' (Kinnego Records, 27 October 2023) * ''Silverwood Selections'' (Kinnego Records, 27 October 2023) * ''First Impressions'' (Kinnego Records, 27 October 2023) * ''Lomography'' (Kinnego Records, 13 September 2024) ; As The Host * ''The Host'' (

, 20 March 2012) * ''Esalen Lectures'' (Touch Sensitive, 15 August 2015) * ''Audience Science'' (Kinnego Records, 30 October 2015)

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