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7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

  • Summary: The latest release for Canadian electronic artist Aaron Funk features modular synthesizers.
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  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Feb 22, 2016
    90
    The album is a sharp, thrilling experience, and easily one of Funk's most focused works.
  2. Feb 22, 2016
    90
    Fans will still recognize his inimitable approach to propulsive off-kilter rhythm and dissonant timbres, organized into fluid yet alien structures, but the sound is deeper, and its inherent joy all the more resonant.
  3. Uncut
    Feb 29, 2016
    80
    One of his most engrossing albums yet, a gorgeously unsettling collection of itchy electronics. [Apr 2016, p.81]
  4. Feb 22, 2016
    74
    Traditional Synthesizer Music feels not so much traditional as a refresh: a suite of music that is crafted and ferociously complex, but at its root a pure and primal thing, high on its own chaos.
  5. Apr 6, 2016
    70
    It's Venetian Snares going back to the root of his influences by means of a longer-established medium. An admirable idea well executed, but as a listener I'm just not ready for a drill & bass revival and as such this album beggars few repeat plays.
  6. Feb 24, 2016
    70
    Throughout the record there's the vague notion that Funk is taking a swipe at the synth fetishism that's made modular systems achingly hip again in recent years. Traditional in essence it may well be, but it's done with arched eyebrows and a knowing smirk.
  7. The Wire
    Mar 8, 2016
    50
    It's only when that rhythm programming is either stripped right back or broken apart that you get a sense of overabundant glee in playing with the blurts and splurts of the synth timbres, and this feels like more than the generic, albeit impeccably executed IDM record that the title rightly suggests. [Mar 2016, p.53]

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