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- Summary: Chess and game theory are the themes for the latest full-length release from electronic producer Darren Cunningham under the name Actress.
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- Record Label: Ninja Tune
- Genre(s): Electronic, Techno, Pop/Rock, Experimental Techno, Ambient Techno
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Nov 7, 2023At times, these eccentric – and often downright baffling – transitions in style and tone can be disorienting, but they also speak to Cunningham’s dexterity as an electronic auteur, and his refusal to play by the rules.
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Nov 7, 2023Its deconstructions and creative alterations of underground club music forms, combined with crystalline ambient compositions -- all pieced together like a Rammellzee panoply -- cause more sensations of wonderment, comfort, and unease.
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The WireNov 7, 2023In terms of idiosyncratic yet thoroughly danceable electronic music, Cunningham remains nearly peerless. [Nov 2023, p.46]
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UncutNov 13, 2023What really distinguishes LXXXVIII is its sense of soul. [Review of the Year 2023, p.21]
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Nov 7, 2023Part of the reason why LXXXVIII is so enjoyable is all these callbacks—it's catnip to a diehard Actress fan. There's a few new wrinkles on there, sure—the jazzy chord changes, the piano, the almost formless ambient sections—but mostly it's what he does best.
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Nov 7, 2023Cunningham is capable of crafting lean full-length statements; R.I.P. and AZD are sleek and streamlined. But he’s too wily and restless to want to do that all the time, so we end up with albums like this, where he expands the canvas to make room for private jokes and stray thoughts.