Simian Angel
by Oren Ambarchi
Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
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  1. The Quietus
    Aug 9, 2019
    80
    Certain passages evoke Popol Vuh or Cluster (for all the Brazilian flourishes, Simian Angel feels quite German) while others bring to mind avant-garde composers like Robert Ashley or Laurie Spiegel. All this is created seamlessly, the parts fusing into one another to create a vivid, if mysterious, tapestry.
  2. The Wire
    Jul 23, 2019
    80
    This is Ambarchi at his most user-friendly, waxing nostalgic for a music that never was. [Aug 2019, p.50]
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  3. Exclaim
    Jul 23, 2019
    80
    Its explorations are well considered and the rewards for following along are many.
  5. Mojo
    Jul 23, 2019
    80
    Simian Angel is a continuation of those percussive ideas [in his previous albums], but with a far more abstracted, exploded view. [Sep 2019, p.91]
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  6. Pitchfork
    Jul 23, 2019
    75
    On Simian Angel, we get a glimpse of something new: something sensitive, probing, and even whimsical.

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