Lone (musician)
Introduction '''Matt Cutler''', better known as '''Lone''', is a British electronic musician from Nottingham, England.
Biography Cutler adopted the Lone alias after the dissolution of his previous band, the electronic duo '''Kids in Tracksuits''', in which Cutler performed with Andy Hemsley. His debut release as Lone came in 2007 with ''Everything is Changing Colour'' CD-R, followed by another full-length album ''Lemurian'' in 2008 on the Dealmaker label. ''Ecstasy & Friends'' appeared on the Werk Discs label in 2009.While these releases combined abstract hip-hop beats with electronic textures, Cutler moved towards a more dance-orientated sound with ''Emerald Fantasy Tracks'' (2010) and ''Galaxy Garden'' (2012). He also has released five EPs titled ''Cluster Dreams'', ''Joyreel/Sunset Teens'', ''Pineapple Crush/Angel Brain'', ''Once In a While/Raptured'' and ''Echolocations EP'', released between 2009 and 2011.Lone has been quoted as saying that the greatest influences on his music are artists such as Boards of Canada and Madlib. He also says that fellow British musician Keaver and Brause (stylized Keaver & Brause) and Bibio have had an effect on the way he makes his music.Cutler also plays in the side-project Kona Triangle when not working on Lone. Kona Triangle is a collaboration between Keaver & Brause and Lone. Kona Triangle released a record titled ''Sing a New Sapling into Existence''. Its album art was done by HAPPY DAZE.American rapper Azealia Banks samples "Pineapple Crush" on her debut EP, ''1991'', for her second single "Liquorice". Banks also used his song "Koran Angel" as an interlude on her mixtape ''Fantasea'' and "Aquamarine" for her track "Count Contessa" from her second upcoming mixtape. Cutler produced the songs "Miss Amor" and "Miss Camaraderie" for her debut studio album ''Broke with Expensive Taste'', "Airglow Fires" is sampled on her Christmas EP ''Icy Colors Change'', and "Re-Schooling" is sampled for her song "Playhouse". His collaboration with Azealia Banks "Count Contessa" has gained popularity on the social media platform TikTok with  33.5 thousand individual short content videos using any part of the song published.British rock band Coldplay used a remix of their song "Midnight" featuring elements of Lone's song "Blue Moon Tree" from ''Ambivert Tools Vol. 4'' on their Music of the Spheres World Tour.
Discography ===Albums===*''Everything Is Changing Colour'' (2007, vu-us)*''Lemurian'' (2008, Dealmaker Records)*''Ecstasy & Friends'' (2009, Werk Discs)*''Sing a New Sapling into Existence'' as Kona Triangle (2009, Porter Records)*''Emerald Fantasy Tracks'' (2010, Magic Wire)*''Galaxy Garden'' (2012, R&S)*''Reality Testing'' (2014, R&S)*''Levitate'' (2016, R&S)*''DJ-Kicks: Lone'' (mix) (2017, Studio K7)*''Greenhills Road Archive Traks Volume One'' (Bandcamp album) (2020)*''Greenhills Road Archive Traks Volume Two'' (Bandcamp album) (2020) *''Greenhills Road Archive Traks Volume Three'' (Bandcamp album) (2020)  *''The Light Year Wave Tape'' (Bandcamp album) (2020) *''MCR/LDN 20122016'' (Bandcamp album) (2020) *''Always Inside Your Head'' (2021, Greco-Roman)*''Always Inside Your Head Expanded'' (2022, Greco-Roman)===Singles and EPs===*''Cluster Dreams'' (2009)*''Joyreel/Sunset Teens'' (2009)*''Pineapple Crush/Angel Brain'' (2010)*''Once in a While/Raptured'' (2010)*''Echolocations'' (2011)*''All Those Weird Things'' (2011)*''Cobra (Part of IOTDXI Compilation Album)'' (2011)*''Outlander'' (2011)*''Crystal Caverns 1991'' (2012)*''Airglow Fires'' (2013)*''Ambivert Tools Vol. 1'' (2017)*''Ambivert Tools Vol. 2'' (2017)*''Ambivert Tools Vol. 3'' (2018)*''Ambivert Tools Vol. 4'' (2018)*''Smoke Signals (Part of Modeselektor Compilation Album)'' (2018)*''Melted (Out of Body Experience)'' (2019)*''Abraxas'' (2019)*''Not Seeing is a Flower'' (2019)*''Count Contessa (with Azealia Banks)'' (2019)*''Lone X KETTAMA'' (2020)*''Waterfall Reverse'' (2023)*'' Triton'' (2023)
References
External links *  Lone on Andrew Meza's BTS Radio*  Lone on Discogs