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Beckett references numerous stylistic signposts across the multifaceted recording’s thirteen tracks--Merzbow, Chain Reaction, Fennesz, Techno, Pole--but manages to personalize his music too by infusing its cool, abstract minimalism with a sensual warmth and melodic pop sensibility.
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Alternative PressYou appreciate his delightful little melodies and quirky rhythmic tics more because you have to strain to hear 'em. [Aug 2003, p.110]
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These minimalist songs are surprisingly and undeniably funky.
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The WireUnlike a lot of electronica, the music never lapses into mere tastefulness. [#235, p.75]
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For those who prefer less academic wave crushing and more pop elements in their electronic music, Player, Player pleasantly delivers the goods.