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- Artist(s): Glenn Astro
- Summary: The debut full-length collaboration from the Berlin-based producers Max Graef and Glenn Astro features influences from electronic, funk, hip-hop, and jazz.
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- Record Label: Ninja Tune
- Genre(s): Electronic, House, Pop/Rock, Club/Dance, Left-Field House
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Jun 20, 2016This mischievous ethos has rarely been better displayed than on this often uneasy listening set from Berlin-based, old-school activist DJs Graef and Astro who, after name-making solo careers, came together last year to form their Money $ex imprint as a platform for their woozy marriages of obscure vinyl sensibility and startling aural foraging.
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May 31, 2016These are their beloved records, guzzled up, internalized, and regurgitated in new unrecognizable forms; music of the past as perceived by modern minds; an even balance between tight live instrumentation and charming studio nous. Give this record a few spins, and you’ll succumb to their peculiar, but beguiling world too.
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May 31, 2016A commendable summation of the casually cool take on house and downtempo hip-hop that has defined the work of these two producers to date.
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May 31, 2016On occasion the constantly shifting patterns can get a bit itchy and unsettling, but for the most part it’s a joyful creation.
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May 31, 2016The Yard Work Simulator may not be everybody’s cup of tea to listen through from beginning to end, but as a piece of work it is more unique, exploratory and interesting than many others that will be released this year.
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The WireJul 18, 2016Built around the usual sluggish grammar of instrumental hiphop, the tracks seems at times to collapse in on themselves, swollen with lugubrious 1970s jazz funk keyboards, strategically aimless organ vamps and miscellaneous concrete samples. [Jun 2016, p.60]
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Jul 5, 2016Even if Graef and Astro don't seem to be headed anywhere in particular, it's still fun to hitch a hot-boxed ride with them.