• Record Label: Nettwerk
  • Release Date: Jun 6, 2000
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 7
  2. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. With an inspired cast of co-producers and guest vocalists, Movement in Still Life takes on electro-funk and breakbeat techno with plenty of room for nods to the kind of epic trance that made his name on dancefloors all over the world.
  2. 80
    Movement in Still Life is a wildly effervescent, effortless sonic bouillabaisse that works dance, rock, hip-hop, pop, new age, trance, house, you-name-it simultaneously and makes it look easy.
  3. Brian Transeau is a trance artist-- not hip-hop, big beat, breakbeat, or any other beat for that matter. And he is certainly no rock and roll artist! Yet, I listen to Movement in Still Life, and what do I hear? All those things!
  4. With Movement in Still Life however, BT (born Brian Transeau) offers something many of his peers have failed to deliver: an album that accurately and convincingly reflects dance music's present state and, possibly, its future.
  5. 70
    Many artists try their hand at varying stylistically within the same album, but often fail miserably. With Movement in Still Life, BT has turned out one of those rare albums that actually pulls it off.
User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. PaulS
    Sep 12, 2006
    9
    Incredible production. A bit too poppy/mainstream at times for my taste, however, BT is brilliant. And this shows. If you enjoyed this Incredible production. A bit too poppy/mainstream at times for my taste, however, BT is brilliant. And this shows. If you enjoyed this album--the elements that are not mainstream--check out his album ESCM, his best work. Full Review »
  2. MichaelK.
    Jul 22, 2002
    8
    Terrific driving album. Varied and enduring.