Ulrich Schnauss knows what he likes, namely the amorphous rush of shoegaze and the swooning teenage dreams of 1980s synth-pop and goth at its most feathery and unthreatening, all of it run through a slick spritz of turn-of-the-millennium IDM. And he's been giving it to us for over a decade now, both solo and as a member of Engineers, regardless of whether or not these homages to 4AD's imperial years and the less convoluted side of Warp offer anything new or vibrant. Schnauss has managed to make a career for himself on being just pleasant enough to keep you from turning off any of his records in mid-flow, but I can't think of any Schnauss track that's surprised me or stuck with me or compelled me to click "repeat." And even if you class Schnauss as an ambient artist, well, even the best ambient music makes you want to linger in its world for one more play.