Biography

Linear Movement was a side-project of Peter Bonne between 1982 and 1984, next to his activities in Autumn and Twilight Ritual. Because of the difference in musical style, he decided this music should be part of a different project, which he baptised 'Linear Movement'. Most of the tracks were solo-experiments, but in some of them, he was joined by Peter Koutstaal who also performed in Autumn, and by Lieve Van Steerteghem, who took the vocal part in some tracks, not at least in its best known track ‘Way Out Of Living’. Peter wanted to experiment with more poppy compositions as where Twilight Ritual and Autumn were more experimental. This direction was already taken when Autumn shifted from pure electronic music based inspiration towards song based compositions (refer to MC 8204 Not Afraid To Die). However, this mixture of experiments needed guidance and a certain separation. The poppy songs now resided under Linear Movement. For Peter, it was a boiling pot and learning curve towards his later work with A Split Second. New York based minimal electro label Minimal Wave releases "On The Screen" in 2009 as compilation of original and unreleased LMO material. A second vinyl Minimal Wave release compiled yet other tracks in 2015, resulting in ‘The Linear Way’. Several tracks have been included in various compilation releases, both physical as digital. Peter's work today is communicated under his artist name 'Chayell'. More info is to be found on the publisher's site micrart.