Twine is an American electronic music duo that formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1997.^[1] In addition to releasing four albums and one EP,^[1] the duo have also created two royalty-free libraries of audio samples for the Sonic Foundry digital audio workstation, ACID.^[1]

Greg Malcolm and Chad Mossholder went to the same high school in Cleveland, Ohio, when they began making music together.^[1] They shared a common interest in skateboarding and attended Akron University together for a year.^[2] The group formed at Kent State University in 1997^[1] as a collaboration between Mossholder and David Graves. They were working under the name "The New Severe Theatre" before Graves moved to Maryland a few months later.^[2] Mossholder then asked his old friend Malcolm to join, and they changed the name of their pairing to Twine.^[2] Both Malcolm and Mossholder have formal educations in computers and technology.^[1]

The group's first album Reference, was released in 1999.^[1] The second, Recorder, came out in 2002, followed by an eponymous release in 2003.^[1] There followed a five year wait until their fourth album, Violets, which finally arrived in 2008.^[1] The majority of work on the album occurred from 2003–2004.^[3] Commenting on the delay, Malcolm stated, "After four years, I felt personally hopeless about the release and lost faith basically in the entire indie-electronic music business."^[3] Mossholder, on the other hand, said that both the band and label Ghostly International wanted to "release something special for the listener".^[3] Both men were also busy with their personal careers in the interim, though they continued writing and recording new material, and have a large collection of unpublished music.^[3] Mossholder has done extensive work writing music and doing sound design for video games,^[3][4] while Malcolm works in the commercial photography industry.^[4] In 2011, Malcolm said that the duo would attempt to "re-launch" Twine that year.^[4]

Mark Richardson of Allmusic said that the duo "combine samples, digitally generated tones, and processed instruments into an electronic mix that defies easy categorization."^[1] Malcolm also said of their sound: "I can't define it, but I know what it is when I see (hear) it."^[4] Mossholder said of their collaborative style, "We create a common virtual space where we can deposit ideas, sounds, song fragments, and sometimes complete thoughts."^[4] Malcolm commented that the pair were "like Voltron: able to operate independently," but able to "come together when needed, and make the sum greater than the parts."^[4]

The pair's second album, Recorder, was positively received, called both "dark and deep"^[1] and "an achievement".^[5] Their fifth, Violets, was described as "powerful" and "really worthwhile".^[6]

• Reference (1999) – Ad Astra
• Recorder (2002) – Bip-Hop
• Twine (2003) – Ghostly International
• Surfaces (2006) – Ghostly Digital
• Violets (2008) – Ghostly International

• Intelligent Dance Music (2000)
• Build (2001)
• Either/Or Electronica (2008) (only Malcolm)