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May 27, 2016That’s just what this album’s got. A heart. Mathmatical, mechanical parts that once evoked landscapes, snowscapes, a view frozen in time now evoke emotions and memories. Fleshy stuff, any mistakes made with a smile. It’s that searched for human touch, something no mere tin man could create.
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Jun 14, 2016The Triad edges ever closer to the purely experimental, with another tentative step rather than a bold foray into the electronica wilds, but for now it’s a worthy diversion from the well-trodden paths of other techno producers.
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May 23, 2016The result is an album that creates its own world, one it feels like you could reach out and brush with your fingers.
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May 19, 2016Tracks on The Triad are often busier, denser and more wild than their predecessor. Gone are the carefully layered compositions and _sparse wintry landscapes and arrived have more free flowing jams.
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MojoMay 9, 2016The Triad's twinkly elegance is packed with rich detail that greatly rewards deeper investigation. [Jun 2016, p.96]
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Q MagazineMay 9, 2016Weber's trademark fusion of cascading chimes and subdued yet propulsive rhythm has expanded radically in scope. [Jul 2016, p.113]
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May 9, 2016The Triad is a commanding reminder of Weber's unparalleled restraint in unveiling the full spectrum of his constructs. [May - Jun 2016, p.96]
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Jun 23, 2016The Triad has no standouts and doesn’t even stand out in the Pantha du Prince catalog. What it does do well is provide a consistent listening experience, blending all of Hendrik Weber’s strongest proclivities into a 10-song, 63-minute album best thought of as a mix.
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UncutMay 24, 2016Shame about the occasional guest vocals, which veer a touch drab compared to their glittering backdrops. [Jul 2016, p.78]
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May 19, 2016The Triad is an expansion of Pantha du Prince's otherworldly sound into a more human realm, but it still maintains its ethereal, magical qualities.
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May 18, 2016Overall, The Triad is a satisfying reminder that Pantha Du Prince is still the best at what he does.
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May 9, 2016Pantha remains less interested in constructivist concept pieces than interlinked studies riffing on a consistent theme, in which naturalistic splendor is conveyed by the interplay between thumping dynamism and sedate tranquility.
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May 31, 2016All of Weber’s best qualities as a producer are on display on The Triad, his fourth album and first in six years. But The Triad also reveals a previously unforeseen Achilles’ heel: the guy doesn’t have a clue what to do with vocals.
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May 20, 2016One hates to say it of a pleasant record, but much of it seems like background music for shiny-looking bars, where people pose around before the action starts.
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May 20, 2016As far as Pantha du Prince standards go, those expecting bangers will find that this is a slower paced, subtler, more meticulously detailed album than ‘Black Noise’. Yet for every dark, dreary, wintery moment, there’s more than enough of luxurious, melodic techno bliss to make up for it.
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May 20, 2016Pantha Du Prince describes The Triad as 'about more human ways of interacting... about meeting up and jamming' and, in many ways, it does resemble something close to a jam session where unpolished but great ideas are worked out to be developed more fully later.
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May 19, 2016While this first solo album in six years is elevating, and intricate in its elegance and rhythmic propulsions, it remains uncluttered by the chaos of true, visceral emotion.
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May 26, 2016Most of The Triad lacks darkness or tension, which results in a lack of depth and contrast.
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Jun 2, 2016At over an hour long with just 10 tracks, The Triad is built from moments of refined beauty stretched across a frame that might be just too big, its many slow moments shrouded behind gradual shifts in its dense fog of ambient noise.