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The Invisible Line is the debut album by UK band, Temposhark.


Recording

Temposhark's debut album was produced and recorded in London by rising producer Sean McGhee with two tracks produced by Frou Frou member
Guy Sigsworth Allan Arthur Guy Sigsworth (born May 1960) is an English record producer and songwriter. He has worked with many artists, including Seal, Björk, Goldie, Madonna, Britney Spears, Kate Havnevik, Imogen Heap, Bebel Gilberto, Mozez, David Sylvian ...
, who contributes ''It's Better To Have Loved'' and ''Winter's Coming''. The recording process ran from August 2006 until February 2007. The album will include many brand new songs alongside some tracks from their rare early EPs, but all the album tracks have been re-produced by McGhee and in some cases re-written with never-before-heard additional sections. The album includes a duet with
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called ''Not That Big''. Whilst virtuoso violinist Sophie Solomon appears on tracks ''Blame'' and ''Battleships''. It was released in March 2008 on CD and digital download in the USA/Canada and later in the whole of Europe including UK, Germany and France. The digital version of the album, including a bonus track and PDF downloadable artwork, will also be available in the rest of Europe/Japan/Australia and New Zealand, from early March 2008. There are rumours of more releases including singles for ''Knock Me Out'' and ''Blame'', which was co-written with legendary producer Youth aka
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from
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. In February 2007, Temposhark uploaded two brand new songs onto their MySpace.com profile from their debut album. The songs were ''Don't Mess With Me'' (a brand new song with lush string arrangements) and ''Joy'' (a new album version with a middle section previously unheard). On February 23, 2007, Robert Diament of Temposhark mentioned in his blog that a new song called ''Winter's Coming'' would feature on the album and it was produced and co-written with
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. On March 15, 2007, at the South by Southwest 2007 festival, Temposhark announced on stage that their debut album was to be called ''The Invisible Line''. Robert Diament has said that the album title was inspired by controversial British artist
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from passages in her books ''Exploration Of The Soul'' (1994) and ''Strangeland'' (2005): The album is released through singer Robert Diament's own record label, Paper and Glue, and licensed in the US to Defend Music via Ryko. In October 2007, Temposhark's song "Blame" was nominated in the Best International category at the Ontario Independent Music Awards, which took place in Toronto, Canada, on November 15, 2007. On December 27, 2007, Diament revealed that one of the earliest songs on the album was "Crime", written when the band first started in Brighton, where Busby was studying visual art and music at the time. Diament has spoken about that era of initial experimentation,


Critical reception

In February 2008, Temposhark and their song ''Blame'' was announced as a finalist in the Pop/Top 40 category of the International Songwriting Competition (ISC). ''Blame'' was chosen by a board of respected judges included
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, DJ
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, Robert Smith of
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and
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of
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. In April 2008, the song went on to win second place in the Pop/Top 40 category. In the same month, ''The Invisible Line'' was highlighted in
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as a new band to watch article, described as ''"What if
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had shagged
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and spawned a monster that grew up listening to Violator? That's Temposhark, musically at any rate."'' In March 2008, the
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praised Temposhark's debut album with a positive review, ''"What if
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was raised on the
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rather than Einsturzende Neubauten? Think these dudes... they could be your new favourite band. 7 out of 10"'' Temposhark's animated music video to their single ''Blame'' was selected for the
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2008. Directed by New York-based artist Motomichi Nakamura, the video will be screened on 22 June as part of the ''Mirrorball'' event focused on music video and music documentaries. On 27 June 2008,
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Click digital festival announced Temposhark's music video ''Blame'' in the top 3 finalists for the best music video of 2008. At the end of July 2008, Temposhark were announced the winner of the Music Video category, and will therefore have their video screened at the prestigious 2009
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Film Festival in Austin, Texas. Temposhark's music video to ''Blame'' has also been shortlisted for the Portugal International Music Video Festival ''ViMUS 2008'' and will be screened in
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, Portugal between 4–7 September 2008. The ''Blame'' video went on to be nominated for a Hollywood Music Award (ceremony in November 2008) whilst also being selected for screening at the San Francisco International Animation Festival (run by the San Francisco Film Society) and at the Holland Animation Film Festival 2008. On September 7, 2008, Temposhark's song ''Knock Me Out'' was played on the
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2008. In 2010, Temposhark's ''Knock Me Out'' gained popularity with
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s thanks to the song being featured on the US computer game website ''OurWorld'' in level 6 of the game ''Dance Planet'' and ''Dance Planet Multiplayer''.Temposhark's Knock Me Out on OurWorld.com computer game


Track listing

# "Don't Mess With Me" – 3:23 # "Joy" – 3:20 # "Blame" – 4:04 # "It's Better To Have Loved" – 3:37 # "Not That Big" – 3:52 # "Knock Me Out" – 3:39 # "Crime" – 4:13 # "Battleships" – 3:56 # "Little White Lie" – 3:50 # "Invisible Ink (prelude)" – 0:39 # "Invisible Ink" – 4:27 # "Winter's Coming" – 3:54 # "Invisible Ink (reprise)" - 2:24 (hidden track) # "Neon Question Mark" – 3:07 (bonus track, digital download only) # "Snow" – 2:57 (bonus track, digital download only)


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Invisible Line, The 2008 debut albums Temposhark albums Albums produced by Guy Sigsworth