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85 out of 100

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9.0 out of 10

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  • Summary: The second Four Tet album from producer Kieran Hebden (who is also in the band Fridge), 'Pause' is a dense, eclectic collection of a variety of electronic and live instrumentation and found sounds.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. PopMatters
    100
    Pound for pound, the songs of Pause are far more interesting and multi-layered than most of your general ambient music available on the shelves today.... A mesmerizing work.
  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    90
    It is its author Kieran Hebden's best work to date and confirms the prolific young soundmeister as a major talent.
  3. Q Magazine
    60
    Hebden has a rare ability to make his delicate instrumentals engaging and unpretentious.

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
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  1. JonFriskC
    10
    Fantastic
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  2. jasonh
    10
    A one-man mission to bring folk music kicking and screaming into the 21st century...slips effortlessly between genres, adding hip-hop and R'n'B to an already potent mix of influence... has the ability to create exquisite soundscapes that are also moving expressions of human emotion.… Expand
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  3. GordonK
    9
    A must have Album for all Electronica lovers. Less jazzy and more eclectic than his previous releases but with the same stunning production. Clearly influenced by the likes of Eno, Reich & Susumo Yokota as well as Big Beat, Jazz and Psychedelia, the album remains amazingly seemless and complete. Catch him live if you can. … Expand
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