''Lumineux Noir'' is the third studio album of the
Greek synthpop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s a ...
duo
Marsheaux
Marsheaux is a Greek synthpop duo formed in Athens in 2003. The group is composed of vocalists, songwriters and keyboardists Marianthi Melitsi and Sophie Sarigiannidou. The name Marsheaux is derived from the first syllable of each band member's ...
. It was released on 19 July 2009 by Undo Records. According to the
Side-Line magazine, it did not "bring an evolution in sound, but shows a growing maturity in song writing and production".
[ It is reminiscent of 1980s synthpop with tracks that have been compared to Ladytron,][ Chemical Brothers][ and Client.][
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Reception
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.[ According to the '']Sonic Seducer
''Sonic Seducer'' is a German music magazine that covers gothic rock, new wave, EBM and other kinds of electronic music and culture. The magazine is noted for organizing the annual M'era Luna Festival. Since its inception in 1994, the ''Sonic S ...
'', the album was approaching the style of Client and Ladytron while offering more different moods than Marsheaux's previous releases.[
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Track listing
Standard edition
Limited edition
This double disc was only produced with a limitation of 1,000 copies, and only available via the Out Of Line music label.
References
External links
Official site
Undo Records site
2009 albums
Marsheaux albums
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