Oppressed by the Line is the recording moniker of shoegaze/indietronica artist Jon Thompson.
Oppressed by the Line started as Of Normandy, a lo-fi 4-track tape recording project for guitarist Jon Thompson.
Over the next 3 years, it evolved into more of an electronic project and in 2004 Oppressed by the Line moved from Houston to London and started playing live shows supporting such acts as Hood, The Telescopes, Client, Sing-Sing, Logh and Epic45....
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