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May 4, 2018There hasn’t been a more purely enjoyable record released in 2018.
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MixmagJul 6, 2018He's arguably produced his near-masterpiece LP. [May 2018, p.114]
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May 17, 2018Knock Knock is full of surprises, and Koze is floating, in a meditative stance, watching over your shoulder as you revel in its resplendent glory.
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May 14, 2018The result is an eclectic mix of tempos and moods that maintain Kozalla’s sense of whimsy without sacrificing earnestness.
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May 10, 2018A record notable not only for its considerable length (16 tracks) but its sense of cohesion and staggering brilliance.
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Apr 30, 2018Koze’s superb imagination makes him able to mesh genres and styles that in the normal world shouldn’t work, but this is Koze’s world and we are just living in it--for now at least.
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May 4, 2018If Knock Knock is a more conventional album than the more psychedelic and twisted Amygdala, it’s also a more affecting one. The fact that some of the guests appear more than once (Murphy gets two turns, as does Sophia Kennedy, the vocalist who released her strong debut album on Pampa last year) lends cohesion, and the production is extra lush.
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May 2, 2018It probably wasn't hard for Koze to look beyond house, because it never completely won him over. Knock Knock makes a case for others to do it as well.
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May 23, 2018This is the kind of album you might find yourself less inclined to play all the way through than scroll through the tracklist and queue up songs at will, but there’s enough great music here that you could have a new favorite song every day.
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May 7, 2018The record isn’t immediately absurd, but rather keeps its composure and subtly turns convention on its head with a smile.
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May 4, 2018A set that's seamlessly transporting, front to back.
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May 4, 2018An absurdly emotional, innovative album.
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May 1, 2018This album continually bends and warps, jumps and starts, fully absorbing its antedecents and regurgitating a masterstroke of contemporary electronic music.
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May 1, 2018Solo productions add ballast to an already solid outing; Knock Knock deserves your response.
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MojoApr 30, 2018The magic of DJ Koze lies in the unique complex musical terroir he's built. [May 2018, p.93]
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Q MagazineApr 30, 2018Knock Knock is a visionary blend of minimal techno and armchair psychedelia, jammed with canny features. [Jun 2018, p.117]
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May 2, 2018Favouring whirligig aimlessness, knock knock doesn’t repurpose electronic music like Amygdala; but in avoiding “things and sounds,” it never has aspirations otherwise. Pleasure both innocent and decadent is its prerogative.
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May 17, 2018It aims for the head more than it does the heart, and that's fine. It's an approach that makes it an easy album to appreciate, even if it is tremendously difficult to love.
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May 7, 2018When the album comes to a close--with pulsing bass and swirling vocal layers slowly fading out--it feels like the end of some strange Odyssean journey, one that you may want to embark on again before long.
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Apr 30, 2018The album has its lows (a few songs drift too close to dorm-room-hookah music), but the highs vastly outnumber them. DJ Koze has created another fascinating album out of a world of sounds.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 34 out of 40
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Mixed: 4 out of 40
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Negative: 2 out of 40
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May 4, 2018Beautifully sewn elements of folk, hip hop, and house into an eclectic mix that is given care, pacing, and soul
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Jul 27, 2022
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Aug 16, 2018