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- Summary:
- Record Label: Thirsty Ear
- Genre(s): Electronic, Jazz
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 14
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Mixed: 3 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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Entertainment WeeklyMorphs subtly between hip-hop abstraction and unalloyed free-improv exploration. [Listen 2 This supplement, Aug 2002, p.23]
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Alternative PressA cohesive, 100-percent successful record. [Oct 2002, p.95]
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ResonanceOptometry will go down as the album that DJ Spooky nailed. [#36, p.52]
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It sounds as if every note, every beat, has been cut apart from the others, examined, modified, and then carefully placed back into the mix. It can be unsettling; also compelling.
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After the initial bustle of a few extremely strong tracks, Optometry wanders blindly for far too long.
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MixerNot for the masses, but a treat for those turned on by the erratic tendencies of free jazz. [Sep 2002, p.75]
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Optometry's highlights throw expectation to the wind. They're more than jazz, more than hip-hop, more than whatever the hell "illbient" actually is.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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PaulG.Jul 24, 2002A killer transition for That Subliminal Kid from a dubwise to a jazzy illbient work.
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