- Band Name: John Wizards
- Record Label: Planet Mu
- Release Date: Sep 3, 2013
- Summary: The full-length release for the South African duo of Emmanuel Nzaramba and producer John Withers includes influences from African, electronic, R&B, reggae, and soul music.
- Record Label: Planet Mu
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 14
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Mixed: 1 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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Aug 30, 201390Its stylistic diversity can be off-putting at first. But the more you listen, the more it all comes together.
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Sep 20, 201390This is music that's instantly, wordlessly evocative while also invitingly open-ended. [No. 102, p.57]
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Aug 30, 201380There’s a lot to like about this summer soundtrack packed to the left of your luggage.
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Oct 16, 201380Every one of its 15 tracks brings something new to the table. [Nov 2013, p.90]
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Sep 3, 201375As it is now, John Wizards is an effortlessly fun, pan-global pop record that stands on its own, no qualification needed.
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Sep 3, 201374John Wizards is, to paraphrase the anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss' opinion on animals, "good to think with." But that won't make people want to listen to it. What will is its hip diversity, sunny disposition, and the fact that Withers never asks more of his audience than he's willing to give: A man of contract, he puts his clients first.
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Aug 30, 201360While it's not a great record, the world would be a marginally better place if people were drooling over John Wizards rather than Vampire Weekend. [Sep 2013, p.90]
Score distribution:
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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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