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- Summary: This is the debut full-length release for the Berlin-based British electronic producer James Shaw as Sigha.
- Record Label: Hotflush
- Genre(s): Electronic, Club/Dance
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Nov 20, 2012The thing that makes the LP so engaging is the fact that Shaw picks a mood and runs with it--this is not an album that lives up to the cliché of taking the listener on a journey; rather, it's a work that roots the listener to a spot and stares them dead in the eyes for an hour.
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Nov 20, 2012Living With Ghosts, probably his most punishing set of tracks to date, is a British techno album whose ancestry lies in (to name only five) James Ruskin, Oliver Ho, Surgeon, Regis and Planetary Assault Systems.
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Nov 20, 2012The truly ambient moments of Living With Ghosts are easily its most arresting, providing brief periods of respite amid the album's unrelenting greyscale grasp.
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Feb 1, 2013Living With Ghosts is an album that demands intense focus and attention.
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Dec 14, 2012In open air, Sigha's systems are chaotic and threatening, but they have a habit of choking one another off over the course of an album. Ghosts still proves, though, over and over, that Sigha has a single, awesome skill--tunneling, perverse techno.
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Nov 20, 2012Using the album as a full-length thesis on the blending of Berlin and Manchester sounds causes Living With Ghosts to feel rather analogous and tedious, at times.
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