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- Summary: Strictly Kev releases the first full-length DJ Food release in more than 10 years.
- Record Label: Ninja Tune
- Genre(s): Electronic
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Positive: 3 out of 7
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Mixed: 4 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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Feb 16, 2012Surprising as it may be, coming from masters of the quick-cut DJ collage, The Search Engine is a journey worth taking from beginning to end, uninterrupted.
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Feb 1, 2012The barefaced Daft Punk-like sampling culture is really ephemeral, now that DJ Food has upped the calibre of practical electronica and aesthetic trip-hop.
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Feb 10, 2012Though a touch disjointed, at times, The Search Engine is a trip.
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MojoFeb 1, 2012[Prey] and the sprawling jazz'n'world beats suite of Magpie Music prove that there's still life left in DJ Food. [Feb 2012, p.98]
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Q MagazineFeb 13, 2012A functional quality is leavened by guest voices. [Feb 2012, p.104]
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UncutFeb 1, 2012The patchwork of Orb-like sonic tapestries and guest vocals by some uncharacteristically gnarly rock veterans is not hugely original, but still manages to engage. [Feb 2012, p.84]
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Feb 1, 2012The over-riding impression is that this is a tired, conservative and weirdly insular album.
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Positive: 0 out of 1
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Mixed: 1 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Apr 26, 2012
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