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Like Kid A's little brother, Manic Expressive pops and gurgles through spacey, multi-textured compositions.
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Alternative PressBoth soothing and exhilarating. [Jan 2002, p.84]
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This is mellow, ambient electronica that takes its time in getting where it's going, and rewards patient listeners.
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MagnetMerging synth orchestration and genuine strings ins't new, but [Marc] bianchi pushes the form toward and organic/technological inevitable. [#52, p.89]
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A rather mousey, introspective record, awash with the wishy-washy sounds of shoegazing, and yet not without its precise, audacious moments.
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If the whole album had the strength of the final track, I would be seriously pleased. But it does not. Rather, Manic Expressive as a whole sounds like a failed attempt at a) minimalism, b) ambient, and c) IDM.
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Q MagazineThe embryo that is Manic Expressive promises much from the future. [Nov 2001, p.122]
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Shredding PaperIf there is a problem with Expressive, it's that it now sounds as if Bianchi may be copping to trends.... But overall, the moody synthetics suit his style. [#11]
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UncutAir and Zero 7 are perhaps the nearest reference points. [Dec 2001, p.106]
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UrbNext to the Eels and Atmosphere, eclectic and earnest self-examination hasn't sounded this interesting (not to mention entertaining) in a while. [Aug 2002, p.118]
User score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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ChrisFJul 31, 2006