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Operator Image
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  • Artist(s): Jesse F. Keeler, Alex "Al. P." Puodziukas
  • Summary: The first new full-length release in five years for the Canadian electronic duo of Jesse F. Keeler and Al-P guest vocals from Chain And The Gang's Ian Svenonius.
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  1. Positive: 7 out of 18
  2. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. Jul 22, 2016
    80
    MSTRKRFT and Keeler have never been ones for half measures. Operator’s overall refusal to do just that, its inexorable 808 death march through a digital hell, makes it MSTRKRFT’s best album yet, not to mention an impressive approximation of DFA1979’s live show, in spirit if not in sound.
  2. Jul 19, 2016
    80
    MSTRKRFT themselves have quit trying to mask anything about their sound or approach, electing instead to deliver the turbo-aggressive noise record they’ve always threatened to make.
  3. Jul 20, 2016
    70
    The MSTRKRFT formula of tight, catchy loops remains unchanged after all--they've just gotten a lot darker.
  4. Uncut
    Jul 19, 2016
    60
    The blitzkrieg is offset by a vein of black humour, epitomised by Ian Svenonius' hilariously pitiless guest vocal on "Party Line." But as with any military campaign, fatigue eventually sets in. [Aug 2016, p.80]
  5. 50
    Ultimately, their third record doesn't show MSTRKRFT to be master craftsmen.
  6. Aug 10, 2016
    40
    With Runaway, MSTRKRFT find a balance between the antagonistic incursion and electro-funk wizardry, but asides from that standout, the record as a whole is a jarring affair.
  7. Jul 28, 2016
    20
    With the continually progressive and impressive places electronic music and its satellite genres are going, Operator is a regression to the uninspiring basics.

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