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  • Summary: This is the fifth full-length solo release for the German electronic producer.
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  • Record Label: PIAS
  • Genre(s): Electronic, Techno, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Electronic, Ambient Techno, IDM
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The Magic in You
Hold me for the last time Closer to your heart Never give in Although I can't win your love Where to begin? Is it a sign, I dream of? Never gonna... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Dec 2, 2016
    80
    His new LP feels like a return to the resonance of his earlier work.
  2. Nov 15, 2016
    80
    As a fully absorbent headphone experience, there is plenty to uncover, but like its title suggests, No Further Ahead Than Today works just as well as a mindful, almost meditative experience.
  3. Mojo
    Nov 22, 2016
    80
    No Further Ahead Than Today's 10 chromium-smooth synth-pop essays are so meticulously, lavishly and mellifluously constructed that listening to them is like being dosed up with dopamine. [Jan 2017, p.96]
  4. Nov 15, 2016
    70
    This is energized, “up” music, cosmopolitan and tailor-made for strolling around a big city; the flow of traffic and people, a world in motion.
  5. Uncut
    Nov 15, 2016
    60
    Though the title track and "The Magic In You" recall his early triumphs, it's all a bit 'shoe-business' as usual. [Dec 2016, p.37]
  6. Q Magazine
    Nov 15, 2016
    40
    While Love Grows Out Of Thin Air spins exquisite patterns from chiming synths and electronic blips, The Magic In You sounds like Empire Of The Sun remixed by Jean-Michel Jarre. And not in a good way. [Jan 2017, p.112]
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