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01. IT'S A FINE LINE - Cardiogram (feat. Olivia de Lanzac)
02. IT'S A FINE LINE - In Slower Motion
03. IT'S A FINE LINE - Greasier
04. IT'S A FINE LINE - Redelivered (feat. Alex Kapranos)
05. IT'S A FINE LINE - Disco Cluster
06. IT'S A FINE LINE - Titre Original
07. IT'S A FINE LINE - Vaguement Froid
08. IT'S A FINE LINE - The Delivery - LP Instrumental
09. IT'S A FINE LINE - 1880
10. IT'S A FINE LINE - Blinkar Reprise
11. IT'S A FINE LINE - Weekend Boom Boom (feat. C.A.R.)
ARTIST
TITLE
It's A Fine Line
FORMAT
2LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
KTDJ 043LP KTDJ 043LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
9/2/2016

Double LP version. Gatefold sleeve. It's A Fine Line (Ivan Smagghe and Tim Paris) present their debut album. Two Parisians, Ivan Smagghe and Tim Paris, exiled in London for the better part of the last ten years set out to redefine space. It's A Fine Line was born from non-restraint, cultivating its own vision of house music and disco, a paradoxical one, a non-functional one. Their first LP reveals itself as a collection of tests, of explorations in the shadows and corners of club culture. These are murky roads where counterfeit goes for gold standard, perfect territory to lose oneself in order to find ones way. Leaving behind the smooth highways of club music, they ride more chaotic trails, with dubious reputation or names: white funk, trance groove, electronic psychedelia, greasy, rock'n'roll - A risky path, ambivalent, proud of accidents, crashes and bad taste, but the only real way to discover virgin grounds on well-trodden terrain. They are writing their own (hi)story. For this album, Tim and Ivan recruited three double agents, the flame of Alex Kapranos, singer of Franz Ferdinand, the mysterious voice of Olivia de Lanzac from cult band Quad Throw Salchow and the pitched down, spectrum of label companion C.A.R. Three tweaked but prominent voices, joining in on an album that confounds through the coherence of its eclecticism and the rigorous mirage of its style. Renowned artist Gareth McConnell adds his indispensable touch to the artwork and video, encompassing the exact image of this record: hypnotic and kaleidoscopic, a celestial trip recorded on a used VHS tape. "it's a fine line between reference and cliche / it's a fine line between moody and dark / it's a fine line between obscure and abstruse / it's a fine line between passion and obsession / it's a fine line between ambiguity and confusion / it's a fine line between principles and rules / it's a fine line between simple and easy / it's a fine line between Tim Paris and Ivan Smagghe, and that's why they're walking it." -- Kill The DJ.