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- Summary: The second solo release for the artist known for his work with Guardian Alien, Liturgy, and Ex Eye features contributions from Michael Beharie, Justin Frye, Maria Kim Grand, and Curtis Santiago.
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- Record Label: RVNG Intl.
- Genre(s): Avant-Garde, Experimental Electronic, Structured Improvisation, Process-Generated
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MojoSep 21, 2017Fox spins electro-acoustic polyrhythmic patterns and grooves of a deep-space spirituality. [Oct 2017, p.98]
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The WireOct 11, 2017The result is an intuitive and spacious sound. Controlled but organic and broken down into contained but naturally arcing pieces, The Gradual Progression becomes a set of sequences using long drum rolls, cloudlike synths and eventually gentle vocal noises and ascents.
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Sep 20, 2017Sometimes the album sounds like typewriters hammering away, sometimes like a child mindlessly poking a wind chime, but it all pulses with the same energy—the kind that powers the brightest ambient music, the most ecstatic jazz, the most serene New Age.
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Sep 20, 2017With The Gradual Progression, one definitely gets the sense that Fox is making an unselfconscious attempt to forge forward with music, an unabashed statement for progression. Though it’s not entirely successful, one has to admire this kind of ambition. He’s made an album that’s hard to describe in both generic and theoretical terms.
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MagnetSep 20, 2017The Gradual Progression manages to keep a curious balance between high-concept art and Fox's own fiercely independent spirit and virtuosic talent. [No. 146, p.55]