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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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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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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 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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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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Q MagazineMay 28, 2015An exhilarating ride from a group who sound completely revitalised. [Jul 2015, p.108]
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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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UncutMay 28, 2015Panoramic, synthetically symphonic and a lot of fun. [Jul 2015, p.77]