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Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 9 out of 13
  2. Negative: 0 out of 13
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  1. Jan 27, 2015
    60
    Though the album lacks a unifying aesthetic, and a couple of pieces have a slight "interlude" quality, the strongest elements highlight Lipstate's unwillingness to place definitions or limitations on her music.
  2. Jan 27, 2015
    60
    With all that early potential, the rest of the album sometimes can’t keep up. The record, though, never loses its way, remaining a convincing and mysterious sonic space throughout, one often worth getting lost in.
  3. Jan 20, 2015
    60
    Throughout Fantastic Planet her music sounds ordered and restricted. It’s a sound that suits some but, given that previous Noveller records thrived on unfolding at their own pace, the jury is out on how far Fantastic Planet benefits from being constrained by its determination to fit preconceived structural limits.
  4. Jan 12, 2015
    60
    Noveller has created a pretty, stretched, tasteful, insubstantial record.
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  1. Feb 2, 2015
    7
    Noveller - is an instrumental project of Sarah Lipstate. Now, it bases in Brooklyn (USA). Except music side, she make movie and videoNoveller - is an instrumental project of Sarah Lipstate. Now, it bases in Brooklyn (USA). Except music side, she make movie and video instalattion, so Fantastic Planet should strengthen any conceptual video.
    Acting in a manner of Ben Frost, adding cosmism with synths, buzzing and experimental guitars (looking like late Pink Floyd), Lipstate creatures a picture of space. But it is not wide and not all - catching. It has lack of scope and additional pair of hands. You can feel, that this kind of music made just one person - track about dream sounds like track about dream. But a feeling of hypnotic experience during travel - the best present of this album.
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