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Dec 7, 2011The whole sternly focused thing is laced with enough emphasis on sound design to function as an immersive headphone listen, while at least two-thirds of it can drain one's energy on a dancefloor.
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Oct 31, 2011Ghost People is the sound of Martyn cozying up to house music and mastering it, as close to focused and standing still as a restless artist like him could ever get.
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Oct 20, 2011From his eulogy of Detroit strings and deep beats, to London's ambiguous constant reinvention of bass culture, these are tracks that will hold their own in any city with DJs operating at the forefront of the shifting beat.
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Oct 20, 2011While the key tracks here could all hold up as singles, they're joined with interludes that make Ghost People an uninterrupted flow.
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Oct 20, 2011Consistent ruggedness, the sort that brings wicked grins of appreciation, shows a toughening up for new employers.
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Oct 20, 2011It demonstrates his considerable talent as a producer, for he has crafted a cutting edge album that is extremely engaging and enjoyable.
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Oct 20, 2011If the Dutch producer's last album 'Great Lengths' was an exercise in contemplative, spacious dubstep, then Ghost People is instinctual; muscles tensed in observance of the cerebellum's basest of commands.
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Oct 20, 2011While it often lacks the moodier, polyrhythmic highs of Great Lengths and the character that came with it, Martyn's efforts to make it back through no-nonsense propulsion nearly make up for it.
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The WireDec 6, 2011Dance album of this level of consistent quality are rare. Yet ultimately, no groove in this album particularly reach out and little new, different or memorable is offered for the imagination. [Oct 2011, p.65]
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Nov 17, 2011Where he goes from here remains to be seen, but if this is just a first step in his rebellion against the conventions of the rabble of the garage scene, then his next move might be the game changer this was supposed to be.
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UncutNov 11, 2011The mechanised backbeat rarely strays too far from the dancefloor, but the ever-shifting textures keep it interesting. [Nov 2011, p.91]
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Q MagazineNov 8, 2011Classy cross-pollination of techno and dubstep.[Nov. 2011, p. 136]
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Nov 8, 2011Great album. It doesn't hit you with anything at the beginning but slowly wins you over. There is never any 'wow' moment but the sounds very original.