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A bit more variance in terms of these aspects would have rounded everything out. Other than that minute observation, The Sun & The Neon Light is a fantastic album.
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The result is simple and sparse, but more satisfying than heavier-handed electronic projects.
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What impresses most of all about this album, however, is the accomplishment and confidence with which it's constructed, and the economical way Merziger and Kammermeier make use of the huge array of colours and sounds at their disposal.
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Booka Shade's fixation with lighting up the brain's pleasure circuits is even more shameless than in the past, but from the transcendent riff of Control Me to the hand-claps and whirling synths that propel Charlotte, it is still irresistible.
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Q MagazineThey're one of European techno's most respected names, a status enhanced by this elegant follow-up to 2006's "Movements."
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Fans can rest easy: Sun and the Neon Light is not perfect, but it's also no late-model Chemical Brothers album.