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Oct 6, 2011Re: ECM stands out not just for its depth but for its variety, for the sheer number of musics it incorporates.
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MojoDec 12, 2011The electronic treatments melt lusciously into the acoustic source material and only occasionally ... does dissonant incongruity intrude. [Aug. 2011, p. 106]
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Oct 6, 2011Too often it becomes mere background music, albeit always pleasant and sometimes even interesting.
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Oct 6, 2011Bold and exciting, the project demonstrates the infinite possibilities available to modern producers, if only they look in the unlikeliest of places.
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Oct 6, 2011In Villalobos and Loderbauer's hands, then, the ECM catalogue becomes more than simply a stone set of recorded pieces of music (music as noun) but a further set of tools with which to music (music as verb). Which, although taking Villalobos some distance from his usual club-centric music, remains in spirit with both his and Loderbauer's usual ethos--pushing boundaries, breaking down barriers.
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Oct 6, 2011The album is incredibly rich from beginning to end, and totally unpredictable.
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Oct 6, 2011Apart from a lovely snare-drum loop on "Recat" (annoyingly, all the tracks are called Re-something or other), this is barely even a head-nodding experience.