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- Summary: The second full-length release for the experimental electronic producer was influenced by the events at Ferguson as well as the Occupy and Black Lives Matter movements.
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- Record Label: Hyperdub
- Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock
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Positive: 11 out of 15
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Mixed: 4 out of 15
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Jun 2, 2016It’s reminiscent of that doyenne of experimental electronica, Laurie Anderson--and that’s a heck of a compliment.
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MojoMar 24, 2016Its loose theme is authority: on Curfew and Battery, beats hit like police baton rounds, sirens wail and every chord feels significant. [May 2016, p.91]
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Jun 3, 2016Unlike your average grime productions, these tracks are rarely propulsive or tailored for the dancefloor, but rather shift and shake convulsively under the weight of stark, metronomic beats, swathes of sub-bass and icy synth swirls. Listen carefully, and there is a certain melodicism nestled in the heart of this album, but its tone is despairing and subdued, glimmers of light in a dark and uncaring world.
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Mar 10, 2016Overall Brute is a frustrating mish-mosh of middling and artful. When it’s working, there is a certain panache in the high-powered, informationally dense musical speedballs she creates.
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Mar 18, 2016In essence, Brute is dark ambient grime, with Al Qadiri's stamping drums and probing bass frequencies heard less frequently than her synthesized choirs and horns. At its most vivid, it evokes the feeling of anticipating a shove or a bean bag round.
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The WireMar 8, 2016There are moments of serene beauty, like "Oubliette" and the seductive gondola romance of "Fragmentation," but the album's action scenes feel glossy and detached, picturesque rather than visceral. [Mar 2016, p.42]
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Mar 3, 2016Her more grime-like productions bite with milk teeth, and melodies forget the errands they were sent on. Do her anaemic laments symbolise a generation being drained of its political lifeblood? Perhaps, but they aren’t enjoyable to listen to.
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