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Slice Thrills up into its individual pieces, and Ellen Allien's third studio record is flawless.
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Thrills hits upon a unique and confident path that doesn’t seem forced or contrived.
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UrbShe's made some excellent and creative dancefloor techno here, but like so much great techno of the past, it fails to gel into a definitive album. [Jul/Aug 2005, p.99]
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Alternative PressProvides enough thrilling moments to make sense on or off the dancefloor. [Sep 2005, p.168]
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Berlinette seemed more pointed, pulled with precision and grace into the pop idiom. When you think you've got this one nailed down to a black and white electro-aesthetic, the splayed strands of its hair start pollocking acidic paint all over the place.
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She's onto some good shit here, but there's too much learning on the job.
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Ellen Allien's Thrills supports the truism, not always easy to hear from the outside, that not all beat-driven techno works primarily as dance music.
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Thrills is technical to a “T” and plenty competent, but its lack of stylistic push or spread marks its void of hunger or ambition, a space that the mechanized heart of Berlinette nearly pumped blood into.
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Much of the sharp rhythm programming and quick dynamic changes that marked her previous effort is replaced with more straightforward 4/4 beats and relentless dirty basslines that unfortunately repeat themselves to the point of annoyance.
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The music here feels not so much modern as refurbished.
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In a genre that’s desperate for new ideas, Allien’s lack of advancement on Thrills makes for a little less enjoyment.
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edouardpAug 19, 2005