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  • Summary: This is the debut full-length release for Berlin-based electronic artist Niklas Kramer.
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  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Jun 22, 2016
    80
    There's an overwhelming lightness to Concrete Vision, even when the lyrics veer into darker territory on tracks like the rippled ballad "True Love" or the title track. The comforting timbre of Kramer's voice keeps the vibe mellow and even-keeled, a lifeline throughout the record's changing synth textures.
  2. Magnet
    Aug 2, 2016
    75
    [The songs] are luminous and affecting enough to outlast much of the bullshit shock therapy that silences that same fickle chattering class. [No. 132, p.59]
  3. Jun 22, 2016
    70
    Concrete Vision is perfectly fine.
  4. Jun 22, 2016
    70
    Still Parade uncovers a kinder, gentler sound of Berlin.
  5. Uncut
    Jun 22, 2016
    60
    Although Kramer sometimes lacks the craft and discipline to make his purposely flimsy sonic treatments stand up as full-blooded songs. [Aug 2016, p.83]