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- Summary: The fifth release for the experimental electronic British duo of James Ginzburg and Paul Purgas was recorded live.
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- Record Label: Thrill Jockey
- Genre(s): Electronic, Experimental Techno, Experimental Electronic
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Jan 25, 2017Coming across as a viscera-churning blast of pure sub-bass propulsion, Borders demonstrates that while Emptyset's methods may have morphed, their madness is still intact.
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Mar 20, 2017The simplistic, drone like beats of Borders numb the mind while freeing the body, so that each track is danceable and sedating. Furthermore, the brooding, deep tone of the beats, paired with an added static charge, are sonically rich and beautiful and draw the ear in.
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Jan 25, 2017Regardless of the narrative you attribute to the running order of an album after listening to this record, I felt as if I had genuinely experienced something groundbreaking, elemental, and thoroughly thought-provoking.
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UncutJan 25, 2017The album is only 30 minutes liing, but that's plenty enough exposure to live electricity. [Feb 2017, p.26]
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The WireJan 27, 2017Borders is Emptyset’s Fury Road--both heavier and cleverer than the trilogy it follows. [Feb 2017, p.47]
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Feb 9, 2017Borders functions as a gateway between traditionalist dance forms and the artier end of the electronic-production universe. It also offers new ways of understanding both by reflecting each against the other.
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Feb 2, 2017In short, this compact collection is all quite interesting, and the Rashad Becker mastering makes it sound appropriately big, but it’s essentially one for the black turtleneck crowd, and sports soberly black artwork in order to ram the point home.
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