The Offline

The Offline continues his journeying sound exploration, channelling surf, psych and hip-hop into a library blend on his second LP. Hamburg-based multi-instrumentalist and producer The Offline continues with the advancement of his hip-hop-leaning, library-tinged cinematic world-building, announcing his second full-length album, ‘La grande evasion’. Releasing on Friday 28th November via DeepMatter Records, the album was originally envisioned as a 70s sci-fi concept album about a spaceship venturing into deep space, however it evolved into something more intimate yet equally expansive. While the interstellar themes remain in spirit, the music instead traces a different kind of voyage; one grounded in memory, photography, place, and inner travel.

The Offline shares: “Although the songs felt like a journey in a certain way, they didn't really feel like sci-fi in terms of sound aesthetics. However, I realised that the idea of the sci-fi genre of the ‘Last Frontier’ and the discovery of new worlds is also reflected throughout my music. I've always been drawn to water and wanted to live by the sea, so I wondered how a story of departure and discovery could play out in that context. ‘La grande évasion’ (The great escape) describes precisely this desire to be able to flee to other places without being physically there.”