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Apr 7, 2014Motion uses some new approaches, but ultimately it fits in just fine as another solid entry in a rich and rewarding body of work.
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UncutMar 31, 2014Motion files nicely alongside Fripp & Eno, or Klaus Schulze, a set of rippling, drowsy circuitry, laminated with silvery guitar drones. [Apr 2014, p.76]
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Mar 31, 2014Motion represents something different, with its first three tracks being composed and realized from the ground up in the recording studio, seeing Holtkamp move away from some of the live looping and sample-based composition of previous work.
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Mar 31, 2014It shows that regardless of environment, aesthetic and personnel, Holtkamp is as capable as ever of making quietly unassumingly transporting music.
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Mar 31, 2014Mountains and Holtkamp have been around long enough that it’s hard not to have some expectations coming into a new record, and yet here Holtkamp subverts them just enough.
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Mar 31, 2014Overall, Holtkamp's constant push into uncharted territory on Motion – Connected Works is highly respectable and a new step forward for him, but its length and fatiguing, aggressive timbre hold it back from being his most pleasurable release to date.
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Q MagazineApr 23, 2014There's nothing here to suggest Holtkamp should think about giving up his day job anytime soon. [May 2014, p.111]