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  • Summary: The third full-length solo release for the British cellist and producer features guest appearances from Chrysanthemum Bear, Malibu and Kathryn Williams.
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  1. Sep 10, 2018
    85
    The album takes a few central tenets of dance music of the last couple of decades, and sends it fearlessly spiralling into a shimmering vision of the future. It is possibly something that will bemuse some, but absolutely enthral those willing to use it to spur the imagination--and that is often the sign of a truly provocative and thoughtful artwork.
  2. Q Magazine
    Sep 6, 2018
    80
    Far from spreading himself thin, the polymath composer seems more uncontainable with each release. [Oct 2018, p.108]
  3. Sep 6, 2018
    80
    It's a study of musical form that is innovative in its approach and experimentation.
  4. Mojo
    Sep 6, 2018
    80
    Coates uses an eccentric blend of rich strings and muffled hardcore rhythms that are seductive, haunting and deliciously weird. [Oct 2018, p.87]
  5. Sep 27, 2018
    80
    His music is inventive and intriguing and has that special quality where you’re never quite certain what will happen next. Shelley’s On Zenn-La only adds to his increasingly impressive reputation.
  6. Feb 6, 2019
    80
    More than just a worthy successor to Upstepping, Shelley's on Zenn-La reconfigures both modern classical and electronic dance music, producing a wholly original work which knows no boundaries.
  7. Uncut
    Sep 6, 2018
    70
    An engaging exercise in psychedelic computer music that sees him exploring a more satisfying style of production after the itchiness of 2016's Unstepping. [Oct 2018, p.26]

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