• Record Label: Hyperdub
  • Release Date: Jul 15, 2014
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. Aug 13, 2014
    80
    The Phoenix shouldn't shock those who know the producer's past.
  2. The Wire
    Jul 14, 2014
    80
    This album is not afraid of discord or rhythmic slippage, but it's delivered with an assurance that his experience and discography allows. [Jun 2014, p.51]
  3. 80
    Even given the sheer wealth of variety and detail Fhloston Paradigm crams in, it’s never lofty or inaccessible; instead, it both upholds an electronic music convention even as it carves its own singular niche.
  4. Whether it's 'Tension Remains'' collision of religious chorale and space-age pulse or the jazz-soul cyberpunk of 'Never Defeated', the result is always original.
  5. 75
    It could be argued that you need to put in some effort yourself to fully enjoy music like this that demands activity from your brain, but with a catalyst like The Phoenix, all you need to do is listen and let your mind wander into a galaxy far, far away.
  6. Jul 7, 2014
    67
    A well-polished album that sometimes feels perplexingly one-dimensional.
  7. Jul 28, 2014
    60
    The Phoenix is, ultimately, a collection of immersive and impressively well-produced analogue techno tracks, bound up in a package with overt cultural references that tend to distract rather than add to the experience.
  8. Jul 7, 2014
    60
    If The Phoenix is that feature film we were waiting for, it could stand an edit or two.

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