Review: LISm, Ellen Allien's seventh full-length, is a curious beast. Co-produced by fellow Berlin producer Bruno Pronsato, it takes the form of a single, 45-minute track and is apparently based on the soundtrack she wrote with Thomas Mulker for the Drama per Musicadance performance at the Pompidou Centre, Paris, in 2011. The 30-second clip available here doesn't do the undulating music justice; in the space of 45 minutes, it groggily stumbles between crystalline electronica, horror-inspired moodiness, droning ambience, neo-classic piano compositions and half-vocal oddness. As atmospheric as an off-kilter soundtrack should be, it's Allien's most interesting and involving work for some time.
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