The Cyclist

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Named after Natalia Goncharova's painting The Cyclist, Andrew Morrison started making lo-fi electronic music under the Cyclist alias at age 18 in his home city of Derry, in Northern Ireland. Influenced by the warm, dusty VCR head aesthetic of <a href="spotify:artist:2VAvhf61GgLYmC6C8anyX1">Boards of Canada</a>'s Geogaddi and the dance beats of <a href="spotify:artist:1UYhxPY1oqFUg1HfF8nV3k">Throbbing Gristle</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:0yNLKJebCb8Aueb54LYya3">New Order</a>, he used the limited equipment he had in his bedroom recording studio to make his first album, Bending Brass, which was released on cassette by the West Virginia indie label <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Crash+Symbols%22">Crash Symbols</a>. Next, he was featured on the <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Leaving+Records%22">Leaving Records</a>/<a href="spotify:artist:1RMsEXVH0iidvxNoteNjuq">Stones Throw</a> compilation Dual Form, before the two labels teamed up to release his 2013 breakthrough, Bones in Motion. Flourish followed on Dublin's <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22All+City%22">All City</a> label in 2014. The label also issued Love Repetitive Rhythmics, Morrison's first EP under the name <a href="spotify:artist:4RFALDkqcO0RPFbRQzZpPz">Buz Ludzha</a>. The Cyclist's Hot House was released by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Music%2FIs%2FFor%2FLosers%22">Music/Is/For/Losers</a> in 2015. The project then signed to <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Hypercolour%22">Hypercolour</a>, and the 2016 EP Pressing Matters embraced jungle and breakbeat hardcore influences. Morrison further explored these sounds on Jungle Tapes, a <a href="spotify:artist:4RFALDkqcO0RPFbRQzZpPz">Ludzha</a> cassette issued by Tape Throb Records. The label also issued the self-titled debut EP by Affinity Projects, Morrison's lo-fi dance-pop project with vocalist Tanaya Harper. The Cyclist's full-length Sapa Inca Delirium appeared on <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22Hypercolour%22">Hypercolour</a> in 2017. This was followed by Alabaster Thrones, an EP issued by <a href="spotify:search:label%3A%22100%25+Silk%22">100% Silk</a> in 2018. ~ Jason Lymangrover, Rovi