The Host is an alias of Irish electronic musician Barry Lynn, who first became known during the mid-2000s for his releases on Planet Mu under the name Boxcutter. These recordings blended jagged breakbeats and glitches with the heavy sub-bass of grime and dubstep, and his style was often described as "breakstep." By the time of Boxcutter's fourth album, The Dissolve (2011), his sound had smoothed out a bit, embracing vintage synth-funk and disco influences, and dipping into tape-damaged chillwave. In 2012, Lynn debuted the Host with a self-titled album on Planet Mu that further spun off from the Boxcutter sound, embracing the frenetic rhythms of footwork while glancing back at '90s cyberspace. Following this album, Lynn continued releasing EPs as Boxcutter, exploring the ground between juke, U.K. garage, drum'n'bass, and IDM, but he revisited the Host in 2015 with second full-length Esalen Lectures (Touch Sensitive Records) and EP Audience Science (Kinnego Records). ~ Paul Simpson, Rovi