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  • Summary: The first Plastikman release from Richie Hawtin since 2003 was created for the Guggenheim's International Gala.
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  • Record Label: Mute
  • Genre(s): Electronic, Electronica, Techno, Pop/Rock, Club/Dance, Experimental Techno, Ambient Techno, Minimal Techno, Detroit Techno, Acid Techno
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  1. Jul 16, 2014
    100
    It’s an altogether different beast: a gigantic, wondrous thing to get lost in.
  2. Jun 30, 2014
    80
    The sounds are by turns troubled, angry, isolated, and wonder-struck in ways that only Hawtin can sound, and Ex adds another mysterious chapter to the Plastikman story.
  3. Mojo
    Aug 20, 2014
    80
    EX is a contemporary masterpiece. [Sep 2014, p.88]
  4. The Wire
    Jul 21, 2014
    70
    EX is flawed yet enjoyable. [Aug 2014, p.56]
  5. Jun 30, 2014
    65
    It’s better to conceive of Ex holistically, rather than as seven individual tracks—in part because the album's distinct parts tend to blend into one another, with little to differentiate them.
  6. Jul 14, 2014
    60
    Ironically, listening to most of EX feels like watching a film with the sound turned off.
  7. Jul 15, 2014
    40
    EX is not awful, but it’s certainly not good either.

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