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85

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  • Summary: The self titled compilation contains 17 tracks that were self-released from electronic producers Kowton (Joe Cowton), Peverelist (Tom Ford), and Asusu (Craig Stennett).
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  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
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  1. Nov 20, 2013
    90
    Not sequenced in simple chronological order, Livity Sound feels like a real album even when you know it's not. That's a testament to the unity of their aesthetic and the clarity of their vision, with three years' worth of tracks from three different producers all sounding like they could have been made in the same session.
  2. Nov 20, 2013
    81
    The tracks, and the arid stare their grooves perpetuate, are like crop circles drawn into the UK hardcore continuum: functionally new, eerily primeval.
  3. Nov 20, 2013
    80
    As anyone who’s spent a night lurking by the subwoofers knows, these tracks have the power to rearrange internal organs. Uncomfortable though that may sound, it’s a pleasure to experience.
  4. Nov 20, 2013
    80
    It’s essential for anyone looking for new, truly underground music--but not quite perfect.
  5. Nov 20, 2013
    80
    Each of the eighteen tracks gathered on Livity Sound absolutely wrecks on a big rig, ripping ragged from the speakers, turning small basement rooms into packed, humming resonance chambers and settling teeth and viscera rattling.
  6. The Wire
    Dec 13, 2013
    80
    At nearly two hours long, it can get claustrophobic and anti-exuberant out of these tunes' native club element.... Nonetheless, there's an undeniable freshness.
  7. Nov 20, 2013
    80
    As much as Livity Sound has something for everyone, there's no denying how carefully defined a sound these three have honed.
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