Dependent and Happy
by Ricardo Villalobos
  • Record Label: Perlon
  • Release Date: Sep 25, 2012
Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. The Wire
    Jan 8, 2013
    80
    The synthetic sounds are more liquid and alive, the rhythms more nonchalantly funky, the unfolding narratives more gripping than previous work. [Dec 2012, p.64]
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  2. Dusted Magazine
    Sep 26, 2012
    80
    Maybe people with better audio equipment or a more jaded approach to electronic music have been enjoying him this much all along, but the remaining 47 percent are in for a surprise.
  3. Pitchfork
    Sep 26, 2012
    82
    It's true that destruction can be an act of creation, but the same goes the other way around: In building, Villalobos, with his big ideas and cheerful disposition, tears down.
  5. Resident Advisor
    Sep 26, 2012
    80
    Dependent and Happy sounds like the hungriest dance music that Ricardo Villalobos has recorded in some time.
  6. Fact Magazine (UK)
    Sep 26, 2012
    70
    This CD version has some outstanding moments, and at times is a masterful lesson in dream-like production.

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