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The WireMar 11, 2015Prekop's approach to synth composition is refreshingly free from pomposity and self-regard, his ego dissolving amid cascades of fizzing electronic sounds and beatific melody.[Mar 2015, p.56]
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Feb 23, 2015Taken as a whole, The Republic is a heady yet enjoyable collection of electronic sounds that retains the graceful beauty Prekop has breathed into all of his creations, just with a slightly different approach.
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Mar 4, 2015This is music that proudly exists as sonic information, music that invites you to meditate on how a simple tone with a halo of white noise, pulsing along in medium tempo and working through different melodic combinations along a major scale, makes you feel.
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Jun 1, 2015Tthe 15 pieces within hum with oddly soothing tones and rhythms, like New Age music swimming through mystical Roger Dean-esque topographic oceans.
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Feb 26, 2015Given time, these transmissions work on a person like a vast overgrowth, subsuming one’s fastidious human preoccupations. When it hits you right, it’s like that first big beam of sunlight after weeks of cloudy sky.
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Feb 25, 2015As much as consistency has forever been The Sea and Cake’s stock in trade, doing away with it has served Prekop’s own progression well.
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UncutFeb 20, 2015For the first half of The Republic he extracts effervescent hisses and trills from his gear, fashioning a fragrant if unremarkable video score, while in the final section he lets loose, relatively speaking. [Mar 2015, p.80]
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Feb 20, 2015Although it suffers from its divided track list, The Republic reveals Prekop finding comfort in his newly discovered instrument.
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Feb 20, 2015The Republic may not be an album that will make headlines but it shows a musician immersed in his art achieving a real consistency and equilibrium of sound.
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Feb 20, 2015For those fans of the Sea and Cake who are intrigued to hear their main songwriter develop some different ideas, this album is worth investigating. On the other hand, if you've never heard of Sam Prekop before, yet you are keen to hear some edgy and creative music made with modular synths, then this is definitely worth a listen.