Elemental - Demdike Stare
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  • Band members: Miles Whittaker, Sean Canty
  • Summary: The album collects the four-part vinyl EPs released last year into one set.

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  1. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Mar 7, 2012
    90
    On Elemental, Demdike Stare give us glimmers of melody - looped chimes or listless piano figures - shivering out from the cloud of reverb, but for the most part what we get are dub shadows of songs, low on contrast and grainy with dust particles, uncanny echoes and malevolent drones.
  2. Drowned In Sound
    Mar 7, 2012
    80
    There really is very little out there like this, and Demdike is a very acquired taste. If you've got the stomach for it then Elemental is their banquet - 18 nightmares you'll want to revisit.
  3. Mojo
    Apr 25, 2012
    80
    Heavyweight and sodden like the starry mills of Satan. [May 2012, p. 103]
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  4. All Music Guide
    Mar 22, 2012
    80
    They're in an increasingly crowded field but hover well above all of their contemporaries.

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  1. AlexxTrusc
    7
    The British duo Demdike Stare on their album "Elemental" combines elements of electronic with darker ambient style, which makes songs like "Mephisto's Lament" or "Kommunion" creates a specific atmosphere while listening, in spite of its compositional simplicity . Fourty-minute LP works primarily on the imagination of the listener and can often tangle in the composition the note of macabre .… Expand

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