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- Record Label: Phantom Limb
- Release Date: Oct 7, 2022
- Summary: The latest full-length release for London-based electronic producer Loraine James was inspired by composer Julius Eastman's work.
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- Record Label: Phantom Limb
- Genre(s): Electronic
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Oct 7, 2022Out of devastation, Loraine has pieced together an album to cherish.
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The WireOct 7, 2022This is unmistakeably a Loraine James record – the synths are capacious and the beats are intricately counterintuitive – but Eastman’s work has clearly been generative. [Oct 2022, p.44]
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Oct 7, 2022Building Something Beautiful For Me is a gentler listen by comparison [to 2019's For You and I], with some anger still there – just distilled into something more gleaming and triumphant.
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MojoOct 19, 2022James's reputation as one of electronic music's most daring, inquisitive artists grows record by record. [Dec 2022, p.91]
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UncutOct 7, 2022Her light, airy palette, punctuated by arresting stabs and scattershot rhythm, is informed by vintage Squarepusher and Plain - but Eastman's pioneering work as a black, gay musician operating in challenging times clearly resonates with James. [Oct 2022, p.32]
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Oct 25, 2022On Building Something Beautiful, she appears more interested in weightless washes of tone, often drifting and beat-free, which is a curious approach for Eastman‘s work, particularly because it fails to illuminate much about what James found in it.
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Oct 7, 2022The record ultimately feels like something of a minor work in James’s already imposing output, but remains a pointer to both her and Eastman’s sparkling talents.