Sensorimotor (album) explained

Sensorimotor
Type:studio
Artist:Lusine
Cover:Sensorimotor cover art.jpg
Genre:Experimental[1]
Length:53:26
Label:Ghostly International
Producer:Jeff McIlwain
Prev Title:Arterial Reworks
Prev Year:2015
Next Title:Sensorimotor Remixes
Next Year:2017

Sensorimotor is a studio album by American musician Lusine, released on March 3, 2017, through Ghostly International.

Background and release

Sensorimotor was announced on January 10, 2017, four years after Lusine's previous album on Ghostly International, The Waiting Room. The same day, a single, "Just a Cloud", featuring Vilja Larjosto, was released.[2] On February 12, a second single, "Won't Forget", was released, also featuring Larjosto.[3] Sensorimotor was released on March 3, 2017.[4] A music video for "Just a Cloud" was premiered by Vice on March 30, which used a custom lighting rig featuring 2,300 LEDs and was directed by Michael Reisinger in collaboration with Alex Borton.[5] A remix album, Sensorimotor Remixes, was released on September 15, 2017.[6]

Reception

According to review aggregator Metacritic, Sensorimotor received "generally favorable reviews" from critics. A reviewer wrote to Mojo that the album contains "[b]ig, warm music that doesn't shout loud, yet makes itself heard."[7] Timothy Monger of AllMusic said that, with the album, Lusine "takes another evolutionary step forward, seeming strangely natural in his skin of manipulation." A reviewer for The Wire said that the album "settles into a solid groove of high end electro pop with just enough dust to keep it grounded."[8] A The A.V. Club writer described it as a "pleasant, if unmoving slice of electro ambience". Exclaim! Will Pearson thought the album wasn't as strong as other Lusine albums released through Ghostly. Landon MacDonald of PopMatters said the album "is an exercise in doing many things well but nothing truly great."

Personnel

Release history

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DateFormat(s)Label
WorldwideMarch 3, 2017Ghostly International

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Murray . Gordon . 2017-03-16 . Billboard Dance Chart Upstarts: Lucas & Steve, Blanck Mass & Lusine . 2023-08-27 . Billboard . en-US.
  2. Web site: Ghostly announces new Lusine album, Sensorimotor . 2023-08-25 . Resident Advisor . en.
  3. Web site: Leight . Elias . 2017-02-14 . Move Past Heartache With Lusine's 'Won’t Forget:' Exclusive Premiere . 2023-08-27 . Billboard . en-US.
  4. Web site: Sensorimotor . 2023-08-25 . Ghostly International . en.
  5. Web site: Holmes . Kevin . 2017-03-30 . [Premiere] 2,300 LEDs Sync Up with Beats in Lusine's New Music Video ]. 2023-08-24 . Vice . en.
  6. Web site: Sensorimotor Remixes . 2023-08-25 . Ghostly International.
  7. Mojo. April 2017. p. 97
  8. The Wire. April 2017. p. 62