Excellent. I like his work as he keeps it quite varied. Podgelism was a great album and the remixes were top notch.

Good stuff.

Looking forward to hearing him air the new material at Sonar By Day.

lusine is a really musical aLUSINEation,

I CAN NOT WAIT FOR THIS TO REACH MY EARS

3,5 star? Quite underrated if you ask me. The diversity on the album is unique compared to most dance music releases these days and his production is way way beyond average.

diversity sounds like the right thing to do!

'McIlwain is a subtle and smart producer, and while sometimes he can seem more subdued than is necessary, there's a lot to uncover here.'

For me Lusine's main appeal has been always been how blatantly punchy and unsubtle his beats are! Looking forward to hearing this a lot

one of the best albums of the year for me, really sophisticated, forward thinking and musical.

great album
i think RA have been losing slowly over the last year when it comes to reviews and thi is an example

Agreed. This album gets at least 4/5 from me. An excellent, diverse selection of tracks from a producer who just keeps getting better with age...and another notch on Ghostly's belt. They've been killing it this year!

Excellent album. 4-4.5/5 from me..

An ever evolving, different sound, yet still easily recognizable as his own work. To me, it is overall not as good as Serial Hodgepodge, but there certainly are some great tracks on here.

I kind of stumbled haphazardly unto this album; and I was not disappointed.
I want to say that the vocal processing done on the tracks is possibly one of my favorite parts of the album. But I think it may be the layering of synths, beats, and the processed vocals which really tie the whole album together.

4.5/5 for me Id say.

incredible. never heard about this artist. Enyway nice music.

Full support for a while now... Good new music.

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4-4.4/5 as well...very very nice one..

A Certain Distance is still growing and evolving its sounds to me, each time I listen to it the more I like it.

Alot warmer than Lusine's previous releases and alot more accessible to the untrained ear.

An exclusive live mix from Lusine featuring 3 untitled tracks can be found at Inverted Audio for download, enjoy it!

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I've been a fan of Lusine from his first appearance on Isophlux (*as L'usine), and to be honest this isn't my favorite album of his just yet. Here's the thing about that though, his music has a way of growing on me - 'Serial Hodgepodge' is still his best to me, but that wasn't my favorite when it first came out either. Ask me again in a year and it's likely that i'll see all the goodness in this album that is currently hidden :]

What makes this album still a Lusine album is undoubtedly the percussion production, which haven't changed much over the course of his releases but are without doubt one of his strongest elements.

two dots....amazing

very bad album.
this is not idm that i love

I've been following his career for the past 10 years and 'A Certain Distance' is by for his most accomplished work to date. I agree this album deserves a 4.5.

As for this not being 'IDM', THANK GOD! Do people even use that term anymore? It's incredibly pretentious and in my opinion takes away from the emotive quality that many so called 'IDM' artists were actually going for.

I have really enjoyed Lusine for a while now, but at this point my feelings on this album are mixed. I think that the second half of it is fantastic. Some of his strongest stuff, even. But what he tries to do in the first half with vocals doesn't work very well for me. Just finished listening to his earlier album "Language Barrier," and I enjoy it far more. 3/5.

I'm with Sean. 4.5.

this is adult-contemporary, easy listening nothingness. you could play it in the most banal restaurant. if this wasn't on Ghostly nobody would pay it any mind at all.

RA's review hits the nail on the head.
And...Double Vision, Gravity and Tin Hat are amazing!

Lovely.

deepest music... very nice)

3/5 stars? WAY better than that man. This album is near perfect.