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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

  • Summary: The second full-length release for the British electronic producer Ross Tones includes natural field recordings from around the small English village he held the recording sessions at.
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  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Jan 19, 2017
    90
    Embers could (and should) start over then, urging all software to "repeat all" and every DJ to throw side one back on the bed of coals.
  2. Jan 20, 2017
    90
    The record plots a gorgeous curve from open to close, with earthy drum rolls rubbing up against rusty industrial buzzsaw synths and field recordings serving as segues.
  3. Jan 19, 2017
    80
    The album ends as it begins, with the smoldering remains of a dying fire, driving home the album's theme of interconnectedness. Another absolutely stellar work from Throwing Snow.
  4. Mojo
    Jan 19, 2017
    80
    It's dense and intense digital compositions enter your headspace with stealth or, at other times, occupy it with an assault of breathless beats. [Feb 2017, p.95]
  5. Uncut
    Jan 19, 2017
    70
    A different, more elegant affair. [than 2014's Mosaic]. [Feb 2017, p.38]
  6. Feb 6, 2017
    70
    ‘Recursion’ sprawls across its six minutes like modern-day Bach, while ‘Prism Pt 1’ is loping analogue house that jerks and pivots to an idiosyncratic tempo.
  7. Jan 31, 2017
    50
    Throwing Snow’s latest does not do justice to those environmental paradoxes. Instead, he hones in rigidly on a narrow conception of darkness and foreboding that grows stale. This rigidity gives the album a closed-off feel that ultimately constricts the flow of emotion and makes for a cumbersome listen.
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