Water is simply awash with supreme moments of serene and scintillating musicality.
Berlin-based avant-pop explorer mixes high art with high drama.
Post-transition, her voice has developed into a more delicate yet deeply expressive instrument, and her soaring vocals magnificently blend with her rumbling beats and atmospheric, neo-classical arrangements.
Lotic has introduced us to an entirely new side of herself, and like the moving water, it’s purposeful, powerful and never-ending.
The fluidity and confidence of the record makes it feel like the arrival of Lotic in her true form.
As it stands Water is a transition record, signalling a direction of travel but inconsistent and frustrating.
Certain experimental electronic elements sound great and unique, but as a whole, the album feels hollow and somewhat incoherent. Also, the beeping on Always You is irritating, potentially borderline brain-damaging.