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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

  • Summary: This is the latest full-length release from British electronic producer James Holden.
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  • Record Label: Border Community
  • Genre(s): Electronic, Electronica, Techno, Trance, Club/Dance, Experimental Techno, Experimental Electronic, Progressive Trance
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. 100
    The result is magnificent: “dance” music that bursts out of the grid with retro textures, prelapsarian oscillations, birdsong and bells.
  2. Apr 4, 2023
    90
    Holden has created a life-affirming hour in the musical heavens, just as the title promises.
  3. 90
    Imagine This is a High Dimensional Space of All Possibilities is one of those rare records that is very long but doesn’t seem to have an idle moment. The album becomes deeper and more rewarding with each consecutive track.
  4. Mojo
    Mar 31, 2023
    80
    An ecstatic update on classic techno. [Apr 2023, p.86]
  5. The Wire
    Apr 4, 2023
    80
    The way these surprises are smuggled in via skilful sonic illusions attests to Holden’s wide listening habits, and his judgement for bringing different sounds together like an old school studio producer. [Apr 2023, p.54]
  6. Mar 31, 2023
    80
    Each track is inevitably a wild combination of memories, ideas, and influences – midi-fied sacred harp singers clash with squiggly synthesis, fiddle collides with the most absurd funk bass. Meanwhile, the spectre of prog is everywhere and the club is never far away. Amazingly, it all works.
  7. Apr 6, 2023
    70
    The album does a good job of rekindling the connection with our younger, hopeful selves.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. Apr 2, 2023
    10
    This is something special. Listen to it all, initially might sound overcrowded, but bear with it, get drawn in and by the time you hit track 7This is something special. Listen to it all, initially might sound overcrowded, but bear with it, get drawn in and by the time you hit track 7 'Continuous Revolution', you'll know its a work of art painted by a genius. Old school trance with super transcendental vibes but so new at the same time. Some of it even reminds me of Mike Oldfield. Headphones on for this masterpiece. Expand
  2. Jul 30, 2023
    8
    It's cool to be kind in the hope. I almost said "made with love" but you can never go back.
  3. May 17, 2023
    7
    This is a body of work that takes its time to build itself up, there are some interesting choices of sounds and loops right here with anThis is a body of work that takes its time to build itself up, there are some interesting choices of sounds and loops right here with an interesting vision too, but this experiment and ambient exploration shifts itself so widely that it can lose any kind of sense of focus. I do would recommend giving it a try, just to get to know the right way of exploring and creating a sense of space, but there is still a sense of time, intensity and sensibility that must be found. Expand
  4. May 11, 2023
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This album is actually realllyyy reallly bad. It’s just so boring. Common land: boring. (Mind you most popular) the album opens with: you are in the clearing which is sooo bad. And ends with the song: you can never go back. Which is not only bad but also such a corny title to end the album with. Def a must NOT listen Expand