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- Summary: This is the debut full-length for the Berlin-based electronic artist was influenced by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Terry Riley, Raymond Scott, and German Krautrock.
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- Record Label: Technicolour
- Genre(s): Electronic
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Jun 30, 2017This album, on Ninja Tune offshoot Technicolour, presents an idiosyncratic take on electronic music that’s imbued with deep emotional content, yet danceable. All the while his engineering capabilities shine through, giving the album a polished touch.
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Jun 30, 2017An album that is stacked full of mind-transporting moments, rendered by carefully selected, produced and deployed analogue elements. It’s a lot to pack into 40 minutes, but it ensures that Theory Of Colours is not only a noteworthy debut album, but a statement of beautiful, fascinating intent from Dauwd.
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Jun 30, 2017They are rich and full with understated textures seamlessly fused together that he allows to stretch and expand or to contract and shrink. In different ways, each of these seven tracks entices you to engage with them, whether it be the way they move your feet or the manner in which they engage your brain.
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Jun 30, 2017Here, unknowable sounds hover, skitter and undulate against a backdrop of refined, futuristic grooves.
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Nov 7, 2017Dauwd takes more risks on this album than on his prior releases, and it ends up being his most rewarding work yet.
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Jul 5, 2017Theory Of Colours works equally well as a collection of chill-out jams or club tracks for DJs. It's a dance floor album that isn't all that concerned with the dance floor, which makes it a pleasure to listen to from front to back.