Asiatisch
by Fatima Al Qadiri
  • Record Label: Hyperdub
  • Release Date: May 6, 2014
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8

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  1. normankant
    Jun 10, 2015
    6
    This record is based on the conceptual idea of representing Asia in a generalist way, portraying it with all its popular cliches. On a musical level there's no great composition and the album tends to be boring, even if there are some good ideas here and there. In the track named Shanghai Freeway we can hear a vaporwave version of Philip Glass, while Shanzhai is an ambient cover of NothingThis record is based on the conceptual idea of representing Asia in a generalist way, portraying it with all its popular cliches. On a musical level there's no great composition and the album tends to be boring, even if there are some good ideas here and there. In the track named Shanghai Freeway we can hear a vaporwave version of Philip Glass, while Shanzhai is an ambient cover of Nothing Compares To You that creates a metaphysical post-modern atmosphere.… Expand

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Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. The Wire
    Jul 17, 2014
    50
    It's hard not to feel that this dense conceptual flotsam is arranged around a lucuna. [May 2014, p.67]
  2. Q Magazine
    May 20, 2014
    60
    Not always easy to decode, but worth the effort. [Jun 2014, p.103]
  3. Mojo
    May 15, 2014
    80
    At Asiatisch's heart is bass, gargantuan and window rattling, around which she builds an elaborate framework of complex rhythms and melodies using analogue hardware. [Jun 2014, p.93]
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