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- Summary: The debut full-length studio release for Depeche Mode's Martin Gore contains 16 instrumental electronic tracks.
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- Record Label: Mute
- Genre(s): Electronic, Pop/Rock, Club/Dance
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MagnetJun 4, 2015A shockingly vital, crackling, unencumbered solo instrumental record. [No. 120, p.55]
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Apr 29, 2015For all the album's modest ambitions, it doesn't lack for variety.
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Apr 27, 2015For all that it created and shaped, of course, nothing entirely feels like it's simply planned out and fully structured--elements emerge in the mix, parts quietly but directly drop in, emphases shift from beats to swirling, quiet loops or the reverse.
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May 20, 2015Casual Depeche Mode fans won't like MG's buzzing, whirring, fluttering soundscapes, which resemble impressionistic entries from Eighties sci-fi and horror soundtracks, but still there's something enchanting about the way the songs work together and build suspense.
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Apr 24, 2015MG is not dissimilar to Kuedo’s 2011 album Severant--without, perhaps, the direct link to modern dance culture, but with no less command of mood and atmospherics.
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MojoMay 20, 2015The only drawback is that 16 tracks and 55 minutes feel too long for a set of minimalist adventures. [Jun 2015, p.91]
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Q MagazineApr 29, 2015MG is a frequently intriguing set of intimate modernist atmospherics. [Jun 2015, p.108]
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