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- Summary: The second full-length release for Berlin-based experimental electronic artist Joe Seaton features the clarinet and oboe played by his father, David Seaton.
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- Record Label: Houndstooth
- Genre(s): Electronic
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Nov 10, 2017Arpo feels like a real album, with a distinct narrative and recurring themes. Most of all, it’s a captivating and original listen, from an artist who sounds like no one else.
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Nov 10, 2017Arpo is a rich and rewarding album. Each glitchy sound and fragmented beat has been meticulously pieced together, almost as if to demonstrate how opposites attract. Moreover, Super understands perfectly the post-party environment the album is written for.
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Nov 10, 2017Frequent appearances of a quavering clarinet, hardly rave culture’s go-to instrument, further enhance the very particular beauty of his vision.
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Nov 10, 2017Arpo refines and then traipses further afield than anything else in his discography.
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Nov 22, 2017This is Svenonius with just an electric guitar, a microphone, an analogue-sounding drum machine and a tape deck, creating the rawest and most stripped-back manifestation of his singular muse to date.
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The WireDec 19, 2017There are no radical leaps forward from the previous album, but that matters not a jot. The soil in this territory is rich, the flora is fragrant, and the echoes of the past harmonise together like happy memories. [Dec 2017, p.51]
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Nov 10, 2017Arpo forges lush soundscapes by drawing on ASMR techniques, layering textures over the arpeggiated hooks that drive the record. A saxophone player himself, Call Super subtly peppers hazy woodwind tones throughout, elevating the record's otherwise eclectic collage of electronic soundscapes.
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