LMX – Habits & Addictions (Album – Meshwork Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Ambient-Pop.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: This is already the third album by LMX -the son of famous German artist Sevren Ni-Arb (X Marks The Pedwalk).
Content: LMX has been seriously involved in a rather short lapse of time. This work reflects a mature Electro-Pop sound with solid and omnipresent astral atmospheres. The vocals are very present and still produced in a robotic style. One of the songs is a remix of “Changes” which originally got featured on the debut album “Dimension Shift”.
+ + + : The best you can do is getting back to the original edit of “Changes” and next discovering the remix featured at this work. It simply illustrates the evolution and maturity of LMX. The sound became warmer and more elaborated while the space-like vocals have something sensual and mysterious. It reflects the global approach of this album which especially on both debut tracks reveal a true potential. The production of Sevren Ni-Arb is also more noticeable; LMX becoming more Electro-Pop driven… like the work of his dad without becoming an emulation. The songs are still more danceable.
– – – : The songs are becoming a little bit predictable after a while so more diversity could be the key to the next album.
Conclusion: LMX has released an interesting and refreshing Electro-Pop work while showing a true- and interesting potential.
Best songs: “Addiction”, “That Summer”, “Not Made For This”, “Changes – Remix”.
Rate: 7½.
Artist: https://lmxmusic.bandcamp.com
Label: www.meshwork-music.com / www.facebook.com/meshwork.music Read the news on ‘Habits & Addictions’.
About LMX
LMX is the son of German artist Sevren Ni-Arb of X Marks The Pedwalk, and works in an Electro-Pop and Ambient-Pop register. “Habits & Addictions” is his third album, following “Dimension Shift” and “CTRL+S”. It was produced by Sevren Ni-Arb and LMX, recorded and mixed at F.8, and mastered by Olaf Wollschläger at Cottonbeat Studio, released through Meshwork Music on October 28, 2022. Side-Line spoke with LMX about the album in a 2023 Click Interview.
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