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Nov 7, 2017Belief System is not only Special Request’s most definitive piece of work, but it will also, probably, prove to be Paul Woolford’s magnum opus.
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The WireDec 11, 2017It’s all extraordinarily listenable thanks to Woolford’s clear vision in tracing various threads of connection between these forms of electronic funk. However, sometimes the direct, hyperspecific references, which can have such impact in club contexts, distract from the flow in the context of an album, and the moments where he navigates the spaces between those specifics become the most enduringly impressive. [Nov 2017, p.62]
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Nov 13, 2017But even if it isn't brilliant all the way through, Belief System is still an achievement. 12 of its tracks are as electrifying and giddy as you'll hear all year.
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Dec 18, 2017The project's new direction is unexpected, and it works quite well. Woolford is still more of a master of dubplate pressure than cinematic soundscapes, but this is a promising direction for him.
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Nov 7, 2017The result is an LP that displays an encyclopaedic knowledge and understanding of its references, without being reduced to mere reference.
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Nov 7, 2017Belief System should clearly have been released as two separate albums; one that's a candidate for album of the year and one that's completely forgettable.
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Nov 7, 2017By drawing out the minutiae of Belief System’s rigid conceptual framework, Woolford loses the spontaneity and audacity that made this music so thrilling in the first place.