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Geoff Barrow
- Record Label: Invada
- Release Date: May 1, 2012
- Summary: Portishead leader Geoff Barrow releases his latest project, a soundtrack to the comic strip series, 2000 A.D with composer Ben Salisbury.
- Record Label: Invada
- Genre(s): Electronic, Electronica, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Soundtracks
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Positive: 11 out of 13
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Mixed: 2 out of 13
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Negative: 0 out of 13
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The WireJul 24, 2012It's doubtful that the official soundtrack for Dredd will be anything as satisfying as this atmospheric homage to the mean streets of the future. [May 2012, p.56]
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May 2, 2012The album is a lovingly crafted ode to Judge Dredd, urban alienation, the cinematic sci-fi masterpieces of the late 70s and early 80s, electronic music of both the past and present, and it all hits with the weight of a cadmium steak tenderizer.
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MojoJul 18, 2012A piquant appetizer for the impending movie re-boot then, and a balm to those who still wake up screaming because of Stallone's 1995 film. [Jun 2012, p.82]
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May 21, 2012While Barrow and Salisbury have painted a forbidding picture of the overall future, their own futures as producers with an ever-expanding, consistent repertoire looks assured.
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Under The RadarJul 9, 2012Lovely as DROKK is, it does get a bit same-y past the album's halfway mark. [Jun 2012, p.152]
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May 23, 2012It's perhaps a bit long, and there may be too much repetition for some – but persist and Drokk is quite the engrossing, and sporadically discomforting, listen.
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Jul 13, 2012Packaged altogether, though, DROKK becomes a towering work that's infuriatingly middling and restricted. Barrow and Salisbury both maintained an atmosphere they establish with the first song incredibly well and offer a few thrills along the way but ultimately DROKK doesn't stand as much more than a curiosity piece for completists.