Jeff McIlwain drops the "Icl" again for his latest album on Ghostly. For those of you who've followed the Lusine projects over the years, "Lusine Icl" is typically reserved for Jeff's more ambient work, and "Lusine" for his more beta-oriented work. That formula doesn't change here, as A Certain Distance certainly has more in common with 2004's classic Serial Hodgepodge than 2007's Language Barrier (soon to be a classic I'm sure). Those two albums cemented McIlwain as a standout artist that is a flexible as he innovative. His understanding of ambience and thump shapes his works on both projects in a way that's clearly distinguishable from anyone else. As with everything on Ghostly these days, there's a commercial angle here with the single "Two Dots", with its echoed samples/vocals. It's not something I would expect from Lusine, but it works. These types of vocals appear throughout the album, and they're actually a nice accent to Lusine's sound. As with any Lusine album, there's some hip-hopesque beat experimentation going on, and it's wrapped in a Techno-IDM framework. A slightly more poppy Lusine, but still another good record from a true talent.

Style: Techno, IDM

RIYL: Apparat, Lawrence

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2009  A Certain Distance  Apparat  Ghostly  IDM  Lawrence  Lusine  Lusine ICL  Techno  onecaseman 

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