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  • Summary: The music on the latest release from the German producer was originally created with Thomas Muller for a dance performance in 2011.
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  1. Positive: 6 out of 11
  2. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Mar 14, 2013
    80
    LISm is a sprawl, a circuitous meander, but one in which every second counts.
  2. Mar 12, 2013
    80
    LISm remains a particularly mesmerizing listen, traveling through an impressively wide range of sounds and seamlessly blending them into a unified compostion.
  3. Magnet
    Apr 16, 2013
    70
    While it's a challenging listen, it's rarely jarring, making it oddly satisfying for both active and passive consumption. [No. 97, p.52]
  4. Mar 12, 2013
    64
    It's a wayward journey, which appears to be the intention of the piece, although at times it produces the kind of mixed results you get from opening a novel at a random page and trying to make sense of it.
  5. Mar 26, 2013
    60
    Those hungry for the more immediate release of her techno might find parts of the album tedious, but LISm‘s long-form arc rewards a patient listener.
  6. Mojo
    Mar 12, 2013
    60
    It's core is stop-start, angular digital transmissions entwined with acoustic piano and smokey analogue-synth interludes. [Apr 2013, p.95]
  7. Q Magazine
    Mar 12, 2013
    40
    When Allien adds a taste of techno's rhythmic grunt, some focus is briefly achieved, but unfortunately it happens all too briefly. [Apr 2013, p.94]

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