Wearemonster
by Isolée
Frankfurt, Germany IDM artist Rajko Mueller (who records under the name Isolee) drew critical acclaim for this, his second LP and first in five years.
| LABEL: |
Playhouse |
| RELEASE DATE: |
06 June 2005 |
| DISCS: |
1 disc |
| GENRE(S): |
Electronic |
NOTES: Currently available as an import only in the U.S.

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100
Stylus Magazine
The genius of Wearemonster is that Mueller takes the clarity and mobility of house and synergizes it with the overabundance of melodies, textures, theories, and arrangement schemes found in IDM.

95
Neumu.net
Record of the year.

90
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Track-by-track stylistic swerves make the album singular and exciting, but like-minded swerves within the same tracks ultimately give We Are Monster its living, breathing charge.

90
The New York Times
Gorgeous... One of the year's best electronic albums. [29 May 2005]
90
Dusted Magazine
Five years on, We Are Monster finds Raijko Muller so confident and articulate that Rest comes off in comparison like a set of hastily scrawled clutch notes.

84
Pitchfork
We Are Monster has the depth if you have the time. Yep, here's a fun record that's a work-for-it, in-the-details record, too.

80
Playlouder
His best music has a kind of timbral vulnerability about it that makes you want to reach out and kiss his computer better.

80
Almost Cool
We Are Monster is one of those fun albums that sounds great whether you're in the mood to move or just sitting down and listening on headphones as you ride to work on the bus.

80
cokemachineglow
If it's not a truly inspiring album, it's nevertheless undeniably impressive.

80
Uncut
Finds Muller reviving a lush disco spirit he once discretely discarded. [Jul 2005, p.92]
80
ShakingThrough.net
Faultless sequencing, an array of clever (and comfortably familiar) beats, and a refreshingly optimistic, apolitical vibe make We Are Monster a keeper.

70
Q Magazine
Almost entirely instrumental, but full of a subtlety often obscured by words. [Jul 2005, p.114]

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