Long Light

by Lusine

Overview

Lusine's albums for Ghostly International have increasingly featured glitchy electro-pop songs along with finely tuned, melodic IDM and minimal techno instrumentals. With 2017's excellent Sensorimotor, his music incorporated rhythms and textures leaning in the directions of chillwave and post-dubstep, but still wholly recognizable as Lusine's sound. Long Light retains dance and pop influences, but seems to take more inspiration from post-minimalist composition and ambient music. Vilja Larjosto, who appeared on two of Sensorimotor's standouts, returns on the hypnotic "Come and Go," where her voice is transformed into multi-tracked loops and layered into sparkling chimes, shakers, and fizzling distortion. The sly, tricky "Zero to Sixty" (featuring Sarah Jaffe) and crisp, light-headed "Dreaming" (with Asy Saavedra) are in the same mode as the previous record's glitch-pop tunes -- the latter seems like a thematic sequel to "Just a Cloud," and like that song, it's the best one on the album. "Long Light" (with another returning guest, BenoiÌ?t Pioulard) and "Home" are more reserved and low-key, with obscured vocals and softly shuffling drums. The effervescent "Transonic" features rapidly ticking electronic beats and flickering patterns of notes that jet out like small, precise puffs of steam, while hissing ambience subtly rises in the background. Other tracks dwell on darker impulses, like the haunting "Faceless," in which floating melodies gradually emerge from a Tim Hecker-like fog. "Plateau" applies waves of bleary distortion to marimba-like percussion patterns, and "Rafters" does something similar with loops of woodwinds, faint clicks, and gentle chimes. "Double Take" is calmly propulsive, with a multitude of miniscule, prickly sounds emerging over a skipping beat pattern, and synth ribbons rapidly dazzle as the song draws to a close. Long Light balances immediate, accessible tracks with contemplative pieces requiring more patience from the listener, and whichever direction Lusine goes, the producer is equally inventive. ~ Paul Simpson

Product Details

Release Date:	09/15/2023
Label:	Ghostly International
UPC:	0804297842738
Rank:	57793

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lusine   Primary Artist
Jeff McIlwain   Vocals
Benoit Pioulard   Featured Artist
Sarah Jaffe   Vocals,Featured Artist
Thomas Meluch   Vocals
Vilja Larjosto   Vocals,Featured Artist
Sarah McIlwain   Vocals
Asy Saavedra   Vocals,Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Jeff McIlwain   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Trent Moorman   Drum Samples
Rafael Anton Irisarri   Mastering
Sarah Jaffe   Composer,Lyricist
Thomas Meluch   Composer,Lyricist
Vilja Larjosto   Composer,Lyricist
Sarah McIlwain   Design,Composer,Lyricist
Asy Saavedra   Composer,Lyricist
Matthias Brown   Artwork