Marcos Ortega, better known by his stage name Lorn, is an American

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ian.

Biography

Born in

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, Ortega grew up in central Illinois towns and eventually moved to

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, where he listened to electronic artists on the radio station

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as a teenager.Interview
''

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'', August 31, 2010. Since Lorn's first release in 2006 his music was played in the UK by

Mary Anne Hobbs Mary Anne Hobbs (born 16 May 1964) is an English DJ and music journalist from Lancashire, England. She currently hosts the BBC Radio 6 Music weekday mid-morning show, Monday to Friday, 10:30am1pm, and her ''6 Music Recommends'' show, Wednesday ...

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and subsequently XFM, he has performed guest mixes several times for her radio shows. Lorn was invited to create a track for the soundtrack of

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's 2010 film ''

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'', which Mary Anne Hobbs was working on, however the track was not used. Lorn signed with

Flying Lotus Steven Ellison (born October 7, 1983), known by his stage name Flying Lotus or sometimes FlyLo, is an American record producer, Disc jockey, DJ, filmmaker and rapper from Los Angeles. He is also the founder of the record label Brainfeeder. Flyi ...

' label

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in 2009, and released his debut album '' Nothing Else'' in June 2010, which was mastered by electronic artist

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. He also received exposure in 2010 with his

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musician

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's track "Better Than". He lived in

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for a time, and by 2010 had moved to

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. He released his second album, ''Ask The Dust'' (after the 1939 novel by

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), on

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in 2012. He worked on the soundtrack of the video game '' Killzone: Shadow Fall'' with

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, which was released in 2014 also on Ninja Tune. Since 2014 he has released five albums, ''Vessel'', ''A/D'', ''REMNANT,'' ''RARITIES'' and ''DROWN THE TRAITOR WITHIN,'' as well as several EPs, on the independent label Wednesday Sound. His music has been used in a number of video games, movies and TV shows, including, '' CSI,

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,''

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, and Sleeping Dogs. Lorn has stated that he is influenced by

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, Technical Itch and

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Discography

;Albums * '' Nothing Else'' (

, 2010) * ''Ask the Dust'' (

, 2012) * '' Killzone: Shadow Fall (Official Game Soundtrack)'' (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Ninja Tune 2014) – with

* ''VESSEL'' (Wednesday Sound, 2015) * ''A/D, Music for Picture'' (Wednesday Sound, 2017) * ''REMNANT'' (Wednesday Sound, 2018) * ''DROWN THE TRAITOR WITHIN'' (Wednesday Sound, 2019) ;EPs * ''7&13'' (Wednesday Sound, 2006) * ''Grief Machine'' (VGR France, 2007) * ''None an Island'' (Brainfeeder, 2010) * ''DRUGS I - IV'' (Wednesday Sound, 2011) – with Dolor * ''Debris'' (

, 2013) * ''The Maze to Nowhere'' (Wednesday Sound, 2014) * ''The Maze to Nowhere, part 2'' (Wednesday Sound, 2014) * ''The Maze to Nowhere, part 3'' (Wednesday Sound, 2015) * ''DRUGS V - VI'' (Wednesday Sound, 2016) * ''ZERO BOUNCE'' (Wednesday Sound, 2020) – with Dolor * ''THE MAP'' (Wednesday Sound, 2020) ;Singles * "Cherry Moon" (

, 2010) * "Weigh Me Down" (

, 2012) * "Ghosst(s)" (

, 2012) * "GUARDIAN" (Wednesday Sound, 2020) * "YO2_RUSTLIN" (Wednesday Sound,2021) * "YESTERDAY'S PAIN /CUT THE ANCHOR" (Wednesday Sound , 2022) * "ENTROPYYY" (Wednesday Sound, 2022) ;Compilations * ''Self Confidence Vol. 1'' (Wednesday Sound, 2008) * ''Self Confidence Vol. 2'' (Wednesday Sound, 2011) * ''Self Confidence Vol. 3'' (Wednesday Sound, 2013) * ''Certain Limbs'' (2014) * ''RARITIES'' (Wednesday Sound, 2019) ;Collaborations * Lewis James & Lorn - "No Team" from ''The Death Of Habit'' (2019) ;Remixes * Epcot - "And I Could Die Tonight (Lorn Remix)" from ''Heroes Remixes'' (2009) *

- "Better Than (Lorn Remix)" from ''Better Than (Remixes)'' (2010) * Deru - "Peanut Butter & Patience (Lorn Remix)" from ''Peanut Butter & Patience'' (2010) *

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- "Come Back (Lorn Remix)" from ''Cloudlight / Come Back'' (2010) *

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- "The Clean Up (Lorn Remix)" from ''Chaos Theory Remixed: The Soundtrack to Splinter Cell 3D'' (2011) *

- "Hokkaido (Lorn Remix)" from ''Chaos Theory Remixed: The Soundtrack to Splinter Cell 3D'' (2011) * Gidgetsparks - "Micro Chip Laugh (Lorn Remix)" from ''Henry's Memories'' (2012) ;Video games * '' Killzone: Shadow Fall'' (2013) - composer * ''

'' (2016) - contributions * '' The Last Night'' (TBA) - composer *''

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'' (2011) - contributions * '' Sleeping Dogs'' (2012) - featured * ''

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'' (2010) - featured * ''

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'' (2011) - featured track "Automaton" ;Music videos * "Weigh Me Down" from ''Ask the Dust'' * "Ghosst(s)" from ''Ask the Dust'' * "Acid Rain" from ''The Maze to Nowhere, part 2'' (2:52) September 24, 2014 – filmed at Cadillac Jack's Diner by the Pink Motel, 9457 San Fernando Road, Sun Valley, California, 34.2415334,-118.396175 * "Anvil" from ''Vessel'' (3:32) September 14, 2016, – directed by GERIKO (Hélène Jeudy & Antoine Caëcke) design, script and animation by Antoine Caëcke & Hélène Jeudy, character animation by Anthony Lejeune & Manddy Wyckens *"Until There Is No End" from ''Nothing Else''

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References

External links

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Lorn releases on Bandcamp
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