Regional Surrealism
by Konx-Om Pax
Metascore
64

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. PopMatters
    Nov 21, 2012
    70
    The songs here seem to belong to some larger context with all the fleshy meat ripped off, leaving the existing framework held together with only the most barebones sutures.
  2. The Wire
    Aug 2, 2012
    70
    Regional Surrealism has a quality familiar from Ghost Box releases and from Boards of Canada's discography. [Jul 2012, p.70]
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  3. Resident Advisor
    Aug 2, 2012
    70
    Regional Surrealism [is] somewhere you'll want to lose yourself again and again.
  5. Clash Music
    Jul 27, 2012
    70
    Regional Surrealism is an antidote to a busy life, and the arresting portal into a strange man's mind.
  6. Fact Magazine (UK)
    Jul 27, 2012
    70
    Regional Surrealism will leave you with a sense of the unresolved, but that's no bad thing: think of it not as a neatly contained expressive statement so much as a window onto a deeply idiosyncratic meditative practice.

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  1. jmcpIII
    Aug 30, 2012
    6
    This one took a couple of listens to sink in but even when I thought it had thoroughly saturated...it still felt like there was something toThis one took a couple of listens to sink in but even when I thought it had thoroughly saturated...it still felt like there was something to be revealed, something else hidden in all the empty space the album created. But that is the problem with Digital Surrealism, its gives you the impression that there is more beneath the surface when there simply isnt. This sonic trickery wreaks havoc on each listen because Konx-Om Pax does an excellent job at creating a familiar ambient sound, but due to the album's mediocre execution it cant help but point to something much better than itself (Oneohtrix Point Never, Aphex Twin, etc..). The record then naturally suffers from this lack of an original distinguishing statement. This is however at its core a very promising debut, there are some great sounds on this record that suggest a budding talent.… Full Review »
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