David Kosten
| Faultline | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | David Kosten |
| Also known as | Faultline |
| Origin | North London, United Kingdom |
| Genres |
Electronica IDM |
| Labels |
Leaf Tiny Consumer |
| Associated acts |
Coldplay Michael Stipe Joseph Arthur The Flaming Lips Bat for Lashes Everything Everything Marina and the Diamonds |
| Website | faultline.co.uk |
Faultline is the musical brainchild of producer and artist David Kosten.
Working under the name Faultline, Kosten is known for both his largely instrumental debut Closer, Colder and the follow up Your Love Means Everything, which featured guest vocals from Coldplay's Chris Martin, The Flaming Lips, & R.E.M's Michael Stipe.
While work is ongoing for his third Faultline project, Kosten has continued to produce albums for other artists, notably gaining recognition with Bat for Lashes (double Mercury Music Prize nominated and Ivor Novello winning Two Suns and Fur and Gold, and 2012 album The Haunted Man), and Everything Everything (Mercury Music Prize and Ivor Novello nominated Man Alive and 2013 album Arc).
Kosten co-produced with Marina Diamandis her third studio album Froot. The album was released internationally on March 16, 2015.
As a youth, Kosten burst his lung while playing clarinet for the National Youth Orchestra. A London-based art school drop-out, Kosten spent the better part of his twenties in his home studio, teaching himself recording and production techniques and exploring far-flung combinations of sound. Faultline's debut single, "Control", was built around death threats left on Kosten's answering machine. It transpired that the intimidating messages had been left by a singer with whom Kosten had refused a collaboration. Kosten appropriated the messages, applying the threats alongside wayward noise, rhythms and Steve Reich-inspired neo-classical music.
On his debut album, Closer Colder, released via the Leaf label in 1999, Kosten continued this approach to music making, using samples in place of vocals. Most notably, the album's title track lifted Dennis Hopper's voice from Blue Velvet. Kosten is reported to have obtained permission to use the sample directly from Hopper and David Lynch.
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