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- Summary: Jack Dangers returns with his first Meat Beat Manifesto album since 1998's 'Actual Sounds and Voices.' The Orb's Dr. Alex Paterson and turntablist Z-Trip guest.
- Record Label: Run Recordings
- Genre(s): Electronic
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Positive: 8 out of 12
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Mixed: 3 out of 12
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Negative: 1 out of 12
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UrbLittle on RUOK possesses commercial cache, but what is that against a career-defining turn? [Nov 2002, p.96]
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MixerManages to be simultaneously more minimal and more menacing. [Nov 2002, p.79]
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From the first few minutes of RUOK?, it's clear he's begun another shift, from the dense sampladelic dance of Actual Sounds + Voices to a sparse, haunted style that leaves much to the imagination but still displays acres of production prowess.
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UncutA hugely inventive collection. [Jan 2003, p.119]
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RUOK? sees Dangers with his abilities at their fullest, but with aspirations in a less interesting direction.
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While the beats and programming are done well, much of it simply seems like slight variations on tracks that he's already done.
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The WireMBM's wholehearted embracing of the familiar is stronger than ever, erasing any freshness or innovation, and cancelling out all distinguishing features. [#226, p.72]
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Positive: 0 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 1 out of 1
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JasonDec 11, 2004
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