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- Summary: The fourth release for Jimmy Tamborello as Dntel includes guest vocals from Will Wiesenfeld (also known as Baths) and Nite Jewel.
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- Record Label: Pampa
- Genre(s): Trip-Hop, Techno, Downtempo, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Electronic, Downbeat, Experimental Techno, Glitch
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Alternative PressDec 6, 2012While he doesn't go too far into weeds with avant-garde tendencies, Aimlessness is still a daring collection of electronic pop. [Jul 2012, p.90]
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Nov 20, 2012Although it may not represent a complete return to form, it's still a welcome stop on a production career that appears to have a lot of life left in it.
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MagnetDec 6, 2012There's some filler in the form of ambient doodling, but JT's pop sensibilities peek through frequently enough that it's a fair trade. [No.88, p.55]
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Nov 20, 2012Essentially, Aimlessness is a jovial affair that promises more in its first half than it can deliver in its second.
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Nov 20, 2012Tamborello's textural sensibilities remain, but his ability to supercharge glitch into something intoxicating and luminous seems to have dipped out the back.
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Nov 20, 2012Times changed; Dntel, less so. Aimlessness, his third album of new material, arrives without context, scene, or convenient narrative.
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Nov 20, 2012After several spins, it appears that 'edginess' is precisely what's missing here; in fact, the listener is left pining for it, as almost every track floats along at its own pleasant, blissful pace--easy to swallow but difficult to digest.