Lumineux Noir

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Lumineux Noir
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Studio album by
Released19 July 2009
RecordedStudio "Spacelab" (October 2008 - January 2009)
Genre Synthpop, electronica
Length51:46
Label Undo, Out of Line
Marsheaux chronology
Peekaboo
(2006)
Lumineux Noir
(2009)
E-Bay Queen is Dead
(2012)

Lumineux Noir is the third studio album of the Greek synthpop duo Marsheaux. It was released on 19 July 2009 by Undo Records. [1] According to the Side-Line magazine, it did not "bring an evolution in sound, but shows a growing maturity in song writing and production". [2] It is reminiscent of 1980s synthpop with tracks that have been compared to Ladytron, [2] Chemical Brothers [3] and Client. [3]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Sonic Seducer(favourable) [3]

Professional reviews compared the style to 1980s synthpop and contemporary acts. The Side-Line magazine wrote that Lumineux Noir showed "a growing maturity in song writing and production" and that the track "Sorrow" was reminiscent of And One. [2] According to the Sonic Seducer , the album was approaching the style of Client and Ladytron while offering more different moods than Marsheaux's previous releases. [3]

Track listing

Standard edition

No.TitleLength
1."Exit"4:06
2."Breakthrough"4:07
3."Summer"3:58
4."Stand By"4:19
5."Radial Emotion"4:02
6."Loss Of Heaven"4:23
7."Destroy Me"4:32
8."Faith"4:05
9."Ghosts"4:13
10."It's Fine Now"4:49
11."Thousand LEDs"4:14
12."So Far"4:33
13."Sorrow"4:17

Limited edition

CD 1
No.TitleLength
1."Exit"4:06
2."Breakthrough"4:07
3."Summer"3:58
4."Stand By"4:19
5."Radial Emotion"4:02
6."Loss Of Heaven"4:23
7."Destroy Me"4:32
8."Faith"4:05
9."Ghosts"4:13
10."It's Fine Now"4:49
11."Thousand LEDs"4:14
12."So Far"4:33
13."Sorrow"4:17
CD 2
No.TitleLength
1."Breakthrough - Radio Edit"3:42
2."Breakthrough - Fotonovela Remix"6:47
3."How Does It Feel?"4:26
4."Breakthrough - Auto Auto Remix"3:58
5."Breakthrough - Marsheauxxxx Remixxxx"4:31
6."Summer (Radio Edit)"3:47
7."Summer (August 15th Remix)"6:00

This double disc was only produced with a limitation of 1,000 copies, and only available via the Out Of Line music label. [5]

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