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- Summary: This is the latest full-length release for the mysterious Japanese electronic producer.
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- Record Label: Demdike Stare
- Genre(s): Club/Dance
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Dec 23, 2020The progression in Atobe's work is incremental. Beyond the title-track, Yes mostly does away with the classy, tech house-style snap prevalent on 2018's Heat. For an artist that emerged as a model of consistency, Atobe takes a surprising amount of left turns.
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Dec 23, 2020Yes picks up where Heat left off and borrows some of the same presets, like a distant, faintly echoing house piano and an insistent little tick that functions in lieu of a hi-hat. But it's shorter and more evasive.
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The WireDec 23, 2020He introduces a dirty P-funk bassline to an endless whorl of hi-hats and swelling chords on “Ocean 1”, sounding tougher and sexier than ever, and the album’s middle section lays out long, uninterrupted trails of conga drums and Latin jazz piano, reaching a radiant crescendo on the title track. [Sep 2020, p.62]
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Dec 23, 2020Where Heat introduced warmth to Atobe’s music, Yes has made it smooth.