- Summary: The debut full-length release for the Los Angeles-based South Korean electronic artist was self-produced.
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- Record Label: Ninja Tune
- Genre(s): Electronic, House, Club/Dance, Left-Field House, Korean Rap
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Positive: 9 out of 11
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Mixed: 2 out of 11
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Sep 9, 2021Before I Die firmly establishes Hye Jin’s multifaceted sound and crafts a mood that feels very of the moment.
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Sep 10, 2021Hye Jin refines her sound, pulling from trap and boom-bap, not to mention dubstep and techno, to turn out a coming of age hip-house album. Before I Die is the clearest artistic vision we've heard from Hye Jin.
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MojoSep 21, 2021A lugubrious but fresh, genre-bending take on modern club music. [Nov 2021, p.91]
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Sep 14, 2021A fairly unique record that shape-shifts through electronic tones all while giving us a clear view of her inner monologue.
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Sep 14, 2021Every song has something to do with the track that came before it but is also treated as its own memorable experience.
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Sep 9, 2021Her self-produced full-length debut feels more elaborate than her EPs while also seeming impulsive and off-the-cuff.
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Sep 9, 2021Her detached, precise narration leaves little to hold onto, and over 15 tracks, you begin to long for a little more emotion. Still, these productions are dark, atmospheric - she knows exactly how to conjure up a mood. It’s just that it’s slightly too forbidding to ever fully feel at home.
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