LIVE - Upcoming shows for Linear Movement

Sat May 11, 2024, Tech Noire ft. Linear Movement live, Paris
tba, Berlin

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Past Events

Fri March 29, 2024, @ Waveteef, Wommelgem, Antwerp
Sat Dec 2, 2023, Ombra Festival, Barcelona

The Story

Linear Movement was a side-project of Peter Bonne between 1982 and 1984, next to his activities in Autumn and Twilight Ritual. Because of the difference in musical style, he decided this music should be part of a different project, which he baptized 'Linear Movement'. Most of the tracks were solo experiments, but in some of them, he was joined by Peter Koutstaal who also performed in Autumn, and by Lieve Van Steerteghem, who took the vocal part in some tracks, not at least in LMO’s best-known track ‘Way Out Of Living’.

Peter wanted to experiment with more poppy compositions as where Twilight Ritual and Autumn were more experimental. This direction was already taken when Autumn shifted from purely electronic music-based inspiration towards song-based compositions (refer to MC 8204 Not Afraid To Die). However, this mixture of experiments needed guidance and a certain separation. The poppy songs now resided under Linear Movement. For Peter, it was a boiling pot and learning curve towards his later work with A Split Second.

Linear Movement also performed live a few times.

Releases

Linear Movement never made a major tape release, but many tracks appeared on compilation projects throughout the world. The Micrart releases of Linear Movement are limited to a single C30-release MC 8208 'Pulse Music', which contained early material by Peter solo; and a major contribution to the Line Compilation MC 8340.

Later on, a compiled Linear Movement CD was made available as MCD 8304 'Pulse Music'.

Minimal Wave releases Linear Movement on vinyl

New York-based minimal electro label Minimal Wave released "On The Screen" in 2009 as a compilation of original and unreleased LMO material.

To complement the LMO vinyl release, Micrart Group has compiled another CD with previously unreleased LMO material MCD 8306 “Revival of the Fittest”.

A second vinyl Minimal Wave release compiled yet other tracks in 2015, resulting in ‘The Linear Way’.

Several tracks have been included in various compilation releases, both physical and digital.

Streaming

Since 2021, the Linear Movement legacy recordings were made fully available on the various streaming platforms.

Minimal Kombinat produces a limited edition vinyl release of Linear Movement

March 2023 sees a unique release from Minimal Kombinat with a selection of tracks, some previously unreleased on vinyl. The release is packed in a very special design, a real collectors item!

LIVE again

After 40 years, Linear Movement is on stage again, with a couple of performances in 2024, but starting at the 5th OMBRA Festival in Barcelona, december 2nd 2023. All tracks are remade for the show, using original equipment or their contemporary digital counterparts. Linear Movement’s live tracks are as authentic as they can be, but slightly rearranged. The live performance also includes video projections especially made for these tracks.

Upcoming shows are listed at the top of this page.