Boxcutter is the pseudonym for Barry Lynn (born 1980), an electronic musician from Northern Ireland whose work, due to its bass-led and rhythmically 2-step nature, is often categorised as dubstep

Dubstep

Dubstep is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in south London, England. Its overall sound has been described as "tightly coiled productions with overwhelming bass lines and reverberant drum patterns, clipped samples, and occasional vocals"....

, although in style and idiosyncrasies has more in common with IDM

Intelligent dance music

Intelligent dance music is a term that describes an electronic music genre that emerged in the early 1990s. The genre is influenced by a wide range of musical styles particularly electronic dance music such as Detroit Techno...

 artists such as Squarepusher

Squarepusher

Squarepusher is the performing pseudonym of Tom Jenkinson, an English electronic music artist signed to Warp Records. He specialises in the electronic music genres of drum and bass and acid, with a significant jazz and musique concrète influence....

 and µ-Ziq.

Discography

Singles

• Moon Pupils/2Time (with Kab Driver)(Kinnego Records, 2010)
• Philly/Endothermic (Hotflush Recordings, 2007)
• Brood/Sunshine (Hotflush Recordings, 2006)
• Tauhid (Planet Mu, 2006)
• Brood V.I.P/November (Abucs, 2006)

Albums

• Oneiric
  Oneiric (album)
  Oneiric is the debut album by electronic musician Boxcutter . The word oneiric means "of or pertaining to dreams; resembling a dream, dreamlike"....
  
  (Planet Mu, Apr 17, 2006)
• Glyphic
  Glyphic (album)
  -Track listing:# "Glyphic" – 7:50# "Windfall" – 2:50# "Bug Octet" – 5:23# "Rusty Break" – 5:13# "J Dub" – 4:35# "Chiral" – 4:37# "Kaleid" – 5:30# "Bloscid" – 3:22# "Foxy" – 5:02# "Lunal" – 4:57...
  
  (Planet Mu, Oct 29, 2007)
• Arecibo Message
  Arecibo Message (album)
  Arecibo Message is the third album by electronic musician Boxcutter.- Track listing :#Boxcutter – "Sidetrak" 4:03#Boxcutter – "Mya Rave v2" 4:10#Boxcutter – "Arecibo Message" 4:25#Boxcutter – "S P A C E B A S S" 3:53...
  
  (Planet Mu, Apr 20, 2009)
• The Dissolve (Planet Mu, Apr 25, 2011)

As Barry Lynn

• Balancing Lakes (Planet Mu, Feb 18, 2008)

External links

• Interview with Barry Lynn
• Boxcutter Soundcloud