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100Pound 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.
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It is its author Kieran Hebden's best work to date and confirms the prolific young soundmeister as a major talent.
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90A far more sonically ambitious statement than its predecessors, perfectly fusing organic sounds with production techniques that are usually the preserve of underground dance producers or R&B mavericks.
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This is an album that seems to effortlessly evoke the kind of lazy summer days that everyone claims only ever happened when they were kids.
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80You could take this release and pair it up with Boards Of Canada's In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country for a back-to-back hit of sunny, frolic-in-a-sunny-field goodness.
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80When measured against Four Tet's prior output, this latest effort does come as something of a disappointment; but by most other yardsticks, it's downright brilliant.
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80Without resorting to sappy new age or yuppie lounge cliches, Hebden has created a blissed-out ambient album for the post-rave generation.
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80There's a rural beauty, crafted by man and machine, in places as exotic as an orchid.
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80An utterly modern, far-out reverie of an album. The whole thing works like a charm. [Oct 2001, p.128]
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Organic as dirt, and full of an acidhead's sense of space, this one's a winner from start to finish.
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80A strange and delightful record full of surprises. [#32, p.56]
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70It's a good-natured and engaging mix of subtle sample manipulation, music concrete, downtempo dance beats and pop experiments.
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60Hebden has a rare ability to make his delicate instrumentals engaging and unpretentious.
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