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- Summary: Darren Cunningham's latest album as Actress was partially inspired by John Milton's Paradise Lost
- Record Label: Honest Jon's
- Genre(s): Electronic, Club/Dance
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 21 out of 21
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Mixed: 0 out of 21
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Negative: 0 out of 21
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Apr 27, 2012To call it album of the year at this stage wouldn't so much be pre-emption as an actual understatement.
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Apr 23, 2012'R.I.P.' is both an update on the bass explorations of restless Britain and perhaps a timeless thesaurus of blistered tones and ideas that younger producers will beg, borrow and steal from for years to come.
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May 9, 2012The majority of the album places Actress closer to the superbly creative, evocative, and mind-altering terrain inhabited by Oneohtrix Point Never, with detectable traces of early-'80s Roedelius and Moebius, as well as Autechre.
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Apr 25, 2012The seemingly strange power that Actress has is to disorient the listener (i.e., the visceral shock accompanying the tonally maximal "Shadow From Tartarus"), though this contrast mostly allows for R.I.P.'s intricate and detailed beauty to thrive just beneath the cracks.
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May 9, 2012Now that the percussive elements are conspicuously absent, however, Actress requires a more thorough listen–and those that give it full attention will be rewarded with layers upon
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Jun 15, 2012It's the sound of a DJ just getting started after everyone's gone home.
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Apr 30, 2012Splazsh's followup simply doesn't hold the same tension or drive.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 4
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Mixed: 1 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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Apr 24, 2012
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Jul 7, 2013
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Nov 28, 2021
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May 12, 2012
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