Jiaolong - Daphni
  • Band Name: Daphni
  • Record Label: Merge
  • Release Date: Oct 16, 2012
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76 out of 100

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  • Summary: This is the debut electronic full-length release for Dan Snaith [aka Caribou] as Daphni.

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  1. Positive: 21 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. Los Angeles Times
    Oct 16, 2012
    88
    Jiaolong boasts nine timeless dance-floor bangers that resurrect a moment.
  2. Mixmag
    Oct 26, 2012
    80
    By going back to the first principles of house he's built something very new and very wonderful.
  3. The Wire
    Dec 5, 2012
    80
    The results are sketches, in the best sense: unplanned, absorbing accidents as new pathways, concerned with mood rather than architectural precision. [Oct 2012, p.60]
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  4. No Ripcord
    Oct 22, 2012
    60
    Barring a few notable tracks, this debut from Snaith under the Daphni name, fails to coalesce into anything resembling the creative designs of his previous records.

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