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Sep 1, 2016The album imagines pop as computer-generated architecture: vivid, plastic and physics-defying.
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The WireOct 21, 2016The mix between organic and technological sonics, including the harmonious tones of Williams's own voice, makes for a mesmerising debut. [Sep 2016, p.59]
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MojoSep 2, 2016The results, like a digestible Oneohtrix Point Never, are gloriously sweet natured. [Sep 2016, p.93]
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Aug 29, 2016Motion Graphics’ contradictions--simultaneously placid and disorienting, warm and chintzy, intimate and distant--make it a seductively unusual listening experience as warm as the surface of your laptop. There’s no irony here; Williams’ lucid machine dreaming is deeply felt.
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Aug 29, 2016The sounds, the atmosphere, the intense creative playfulness all present in Joe Williams’ latest project are amazing things to behold, but after it’s over, some good old-fashioned bass, drums and guitar make for a nice palate cleanser.
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Sep 9, 2016The aural familiarity of tracks such as ‘Anyware’, with its warp-speed cellphone melodies, imbibes Motion Graphics with warmth and, above all, joy.
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Aug 29, 2016Motion Graphics is a highly intriguing album of warped bitstream pop.