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Q MagazineOct 27, 2015Clearly le maestro hasn't lost his touch. [Dec 2015, p.114]
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Oct 14, 2015On bygone albums he has displayed his own level of assertiveness; this is strictly a diffuser of pent-up situations, perfectly balanced between the background and forefront of your get together.
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MagnetOct 14, 2015It's world-class vibe-out music, equally well-suited to deep headphones listeners and SkyMall soundtracks alike. [No. 125, p.61]
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Oct 14, 2015Not everything that he turns his hand to here comes off, but when it does, the results are characteristically spectacular, and do more than enough to preserve St Germain’s reputation as an electronic musician of rare complexity--one who’s made a trademark of pulling off convoluted ideas with crispness and flair.
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Oct 21, 2015St Germain conjures up rich and atmospheric landscapes equal to Navarre's earlier work. They're different from where we last left him, but they still seem to find him right at home.
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Nov 9, 2015Approach it as a much more relaxed, refined, and ethnobeat version of St. Germain.
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Oct 14, 2015As with Tourist, it’s possible to feel these combinations are a little too smooth; it’s also possible to feel uneasy about a white European appropriating black musical styles. But Navarre is clearly a conscientious producer with an ear for detail, and in the case of the almost free-jazz Hanky Panky, the music here is rich indeed.
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Oct 14, 2015The result sounds like something that's already been comp'ed to death by Putumayo.