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Heterocetera [EP]
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  • Summary: The five-track EP from producer/DJ J'Kerian Morgan is his first on the Tri Angle label.
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  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Resident Advisor
    Mar 9, 2015
    84
    Over its 20 minutes, the EP pushes dance music through violent twists and turns until it becomes disorienting and startling.
  2. AllMusic
    Mar 9, 2015
    80
    Heterocetera is more than a worthy successor to Damsel in Distress--it's some of Lotic's most exciting music.
  3. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Mar 9, 2015
    80
    Heterocetera is packed with writhing climaxes and blistering comedowns that leave you gasping without ever being able to forget who is behind them. Of course, confronting these contrasts remains a provocation on the artist’s part, but only ever in the best possible sense.
  4. The 405
    Mar 9, 2015
    80
    Even at five tracks, Heterocetera is a strong, visceral electronic record that maintains its ambition and intensity from beginning to end.
  5. Pitchfork
    Mar 13, 2015
    80
    His masterful way with configured elements provides the illusion of a story without dictating the narrative: Here, you decipher the tones and rhythms, and conjure your own ideas of good and evil.

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  1. johnbrenner
    Apr 16, 2015
    9
    Sometimes I think about how music in the future will sound like. Before, I could not envision what a new genre would sound like. Now that I'veSometimes I think about how music in the future will sound like. Before, I could not envision what a new genre would sound like. Now that I've listened to this EP, I'm starting to get an understanding as to where music is heading. This EP is like a breath of fresh air. It is hard-hitting and intense, yet holds a certain beauty to it. Beats that sound practically like a construction site are pressed against beautiful synths. It's almost as if there is an energy trapped inside a space, punching and kicking against the outside and trying to be released. It is the kind of music that is hard to describe, that you have to listen to yourself. All of one's senses are engulfed in the sounds. I would very much recommend this EP.… Expand

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