Lusine Announces New Album ‘Pendulum’ on Ghostly International

Lusine, the production alias of Jeff McIlwain, will release a new album titled Pendulum on August 21, 2026, via Ghostly International. The project reunites McIlwain with the label that issued his earliest work, including the 2007 benchmark Language Barrier.

Mastering was handled by Rafael Anton Irisarri, whose own work under the name The Sight Below shares a similar attention to decay and space. Artwork comes from Michael Cina, a visual artist responsible for some of Ghostly’s most recognizable covers. No tracklist or singles have been shared yet, but the pairing suggests a meticulous, texture-first approach.

McIlwain’s music has always moved between precise, crystalline electronics and more fluid ambient structures. Language Barrier captured that tension with field recordings woven into weightless chords, and later releases pushed toward sharper rhythmic grids. Ghostly, originally an Ann Arbor operation and now Brooklyn-based, has maintained a rare continuity of vision across two decades, and Lusine’s return to the label carries a kind of quiet logic rather than nostalgia.

Pre-orders for Pendulum are open now through Ghostly International.