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- Summary: Stockholm-based Alex Willner continues his ambient techno style on his third album.
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- Record Label: Kompakt
- Genre(s): Electronic, Club/Dance
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Positive: 22 out of 24
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Mixed: 2 out of 24
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Negative: 0 out of 24
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Oct 25, 2011The Field knows how to tease until it's practically torturous, while somehow never qualifying for off-putting tags like "difficult" or "experimental."
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Oct 7, 2011This is Willner's finest record yet, a composition of effortlessly gorgeous, technically fantastic, genuinely awe-inspiring music.
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Oct 5, 2011He's brought all his skill to bear on Looping, as composer and arranger and texturologist, in order to build something this simultaneously sweeping and subtle, deep and immediate.
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Oct 5, 2011Not only is Looping State of Mind Willner's most diverse and satisfying statement to date, it's an album that establishes him as one of electronic music's more subtly lateral thinkers.
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Oct 13, 2011Looping State of Mind is a bold attempt at fusing The Field's emotive tendencies with something more aggressive, and for the most part, Willner strikes the perfect balance.
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MagnetNov 15, 2011The inanely literalistic Looping State of Mind magnifies that trend [toward expansionism], offering seven mutations of his trademark sound, in a newly expansive array of tempos. [#82, p. 55]
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Oct 27, 2011If you can't tell by the horribly obvious title, Looping State of Mind is designed as a return to The Field's roots--and in many ways, that shift is enough to make it a step up from Willner's last effort.
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