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81

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6.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 21 Ratings

  • Summary: The fifth full-length studio release for electronic artist Darren Cunningham was inspired by such things as Blade Runner, Rammellzee, and Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 17
  2. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Apr 14, 2017
    100
    AZD marks a triumphant return for Actress.
  2. Q Magazine
    May 9, 2017
    80
    He'll never be an easy listen, but for now Actress has found a happier role. [Jul 2017, p.104]
  3. Apr 13, 2017
    80
    If you put in the effort this is one of the most rewarding albums of the year so far, but like pronouncing its title, don’t be surprised if you don’t get it first time.
  4. The Wire
    Aug 8, 2017
    80
    Darran Cunningham's most immediate and body-rocking record to date. [May 2017, p.44]
  5. Apr 12, 2017
    79
    For all its artfully-deployed discordance, AZD maintains a musicality that holds the listener close.
  6. Apr 19, 2017
    70
    The result is a mix that is less concept-driven and less unified under a singular identity than previous releases.
  7. Apr 13, 2017
    60
    Rather than arcane and austere, though, his fifth album is by turns bleakly beautiful and playfully rampant.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. Jul 18, 2017
    9
    AZD, enveloped with less fuzz than it's predecessors, creates a pulsing, dynamic platform on which for toes to tap. The vision is realized andAZD, enveloped with less fuzz than it's predecessors, creates a pulsing, dynamic platform on which for toes to tap. The vision is realized and aligned while still maintaining an uncanny haze which connotes the "azid" nature of the album title's inherent pronunciation. Expand