Faultline

90年代一開始，來自倫敦北部的David Kosten時運不濟，被藝術學院踢出校門，靠着支領失業救濟金過活，日復一日的沉浸在四軌錄音機的美麗樂聲，逐漸激起他對音樂的興致... 97、98年David Kosten以Faultline為團名傾全力完成處女專輯《Closer, Colder》，獨特的旋律氣氛與不尋常的聲響鋪排，營造出美麗與紛擾並存但又不突兀的聽覺，聲響真實到連因對Kosten不爽的歌者所講的恐嚇話語都公然於專輯中曝光--有影星Dennis Hopper的聲音、*女熱線電話錄音取樣，專輯推出後博得NME、Sleaze Nation等雜誌樂評掌聲喝采，透過專輯的真實感，樂迷感受到Kosten充滿意外的人生。 有一回還遇到殺人搶匪開車撞他的戲劇性事件，如此宿命的遭遇讓Faultline的音樂創作瀰漫着一鼓説不出的黑暗，每當被問到為何對黑暗感覺如此強烈時，Kosten總是笑着説:“這些事老是要跟着我啊!” 在處女作《Closer, Colder》贏得好評後，Kosten原本想做一張充滿希望與難以言喻的喜樂作品，沒想到又情不自禁的墜入情緒的深淵，2002年的年度專輯《Your Love Means Everything》又是一張飄着黑暗空氣與悲憐心情的作品..... Electronic DJ David Kosten is the face behind Faultline, a U.K. moniker fronting his dashing breakbeats of drum'n'bass out of North London. Kosten was surrounded by all sorts of music at an early age, playing the clarinet and the piano, but he wasn't entirely serious about a career in music until 1996 when he was introduced to One Little Indian. His love for synth pop and darkwave bands such as Talk Talk, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Teardrop Explodes, and Brian Eno also led him to sharpen his skillful electronic compositions -- eclectic instrumentals and spiraled programming -- and an urgency to make an album. Kosten didn't find much promise in One Little Indian however, and his debut album Closer Colder was not thoroughly promoted, leaving Kosten to find professional solace in Tony Morley's Leaf imprint. Faultline's initial debut Closer Colder was issued in fall 1999. Teaming with artists such as the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne and R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe, Kosten put together a half vocal/half instrumental release in 2002 called Your Love Means Everything.