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- Summary: This is the second full-length release for Los Angeles-based producer Mtendere Mandowa.
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- Record Label: Brainfeeder
- Genre(s): Electronic, IDM, Left-Field Hip-Hop
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Positive: 9 out of 14
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Mixed: 5 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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Apr 8, 2014At just 40 minutes in length it's concise to say the least, but the result is a hearty meal that will subtly introduce you to a new flavour every time you return.
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Apr 8, 2014E s t a r a is a step above genre-bending; this is genre-carving.
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Apr 29, 2014His newfound control on Estara makes the flowing sounds and uplifting moods that distinguish him within the beat music scene all the more expressive.
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Apr 8, 2014This album was crafted amid relative calm, and this peacefulness is present in every track.
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Apr 8, 2014E S T A R A is almost hypnotic in its tendency to make each individual track blur itself into an indistinct piece of a loosely memorable whole, one with little impression actually retained even if it jumps from mood to mood.
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Apr 17, 2014It might have fewer surprises and off-kilter oddities than we’d hoped for, but it definitely won’t kill your buzz.
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Q MagazineMay 20, 2014For all its surface activity, this twitching, fidgety aesthetic is still all icing and no cake. [Jun 2014, p.121]
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Oct 28, 2019
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