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Jul 13, 2015There probably won’t be a better instrumental album than this in 2015. It will certainly be one of the most inventive, delicate and fearless records the year will offer.
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May 29, 2015Occasionally Jaga Jazzist paint themselves into a corner--the ending of the title track plucks an earlier riff out of nowhere and it feels a little like they took the easy way out--but Starfire is never anything less than thrilling.
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Q MagazineMay 28, 2015An exhilarating ride from a group who sound completely revitalised. [Jul 2015, p.108]
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UncutMay 28, 2015Panoramic, synthetically symphonic and a lot of fun. [Jul 2015, p.77]
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Jul 15, 2015Starfire certainly isn't as game-changing as LPs like Agharta and Pangaea, the mood and spirit is that of Miles in the '70s, but with the mechanically precise rhythms one would expect from a group born in the era of acid jazz.
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Jun 10, 2015Jaga Jazzist's music has never been shy on the intellectual front, and for those willing to take the plunge, Starfire's innate intricacies leave as much to be discovered as the skies themselves.
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MagnetJun 8, 2015An album that is cinematic in scope and has a harmonic narrative as complex as your favorite TV show. [No. 121, p.55]
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May 28, 2015It tends to be so tightly metered and bound by rules of its own design that it operates like clockwork. Jaga Jazzist tread this line very well, but on Starfire, they lean too heavily on technical ambition and end up choking the life out of their own tunes.
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Jul 1, 2015Starfire won't get stuck in your head for days, but you could spend weeks unpacking it and still never quite get to the bottom of it.
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MojoJun 10, 2015This is less organic, more brittle, and electronic than before and begs to be opened out in a live setting. [Jul 2015, p.93]
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May 28, 2015The tunes remain quirkily dramatic and the thematic scene-shifting spectacular, but a little thinning-out would have let Jaga Jazzist’s uniquely mercurial music breathe more.
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Jun 17, 2015Starfire is a missed opportunity. Instead of finding the holes that have yet to be filled, Jaga Jazzist have unfortunately chosen to play it safe.