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- Summary: This is the debut full-length release for the London-based producer/videographer who has who has collaborated with likes of Björk, Arca and FKA twigs.
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- Record Label: Hyperdub
- Genre(s): Electronic
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Positive: 5 out of 8
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Mixed: 3 out of 8
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The WireNov 27, 2019Debut album Labyrinth is Kanda’s most sophisticated solo effort to date, swaying through 13 tracks of gorgeous melodies and electroacoustic layers that skip and skitter between beats and material states. [Dec 2019, p.48]
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Nov 27, 2019Labyrinth is a site for self discovery: a place to get lost in and emerge with a new understanding of yourself.
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Feb 7, 2020Labyrinth is strong, but dwarfed by connections to work which have made an indelible mark upon popular culture in a way this album likely won’t. There is still substance to these compositions however: it’s an electronic, neo-gothic record which brims with strangeness and decay.
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Dec 6, 2019Over the course of its thirteen tracks, Labyrinth loosely chronicles growing anxiety and its dissolution, peaking at “Mino” before settling into a level of serenity at “Bunny.” Kanda is most successful when he interrupts the album’s emotional arc.
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Q MagazineNov 27, 2019Entering his maze of influences can initially prove a challenge. ... But over 13 tracks clarity slowly emerges. [Jan 2020, p.109]
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MojoNov 27, 2019It takes several listens to mentally sync wit its wonky, lurching rhythms. [Jan 2020, p.91]
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Dec 2, 2019Kanda’s aptitude for melody is mixed and sometimes abandons him altogether, making the likes of Enigma and Garnet rudderless, but when he locks into one, his work becomes really compelling.
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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