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  • Summary: The debut full-release for the trio that includes Stereolab's Tim Gane, Joe Dillworth, and synth maestro Holger Zapf, features guest appearances from Deerhunter's Bradford Cox, Spacemen 3's Sonic Boom, and Mouse on Mars' Jan St. Werner.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 14
  2. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Uncut
    Feb 2, 2016
    90
    Due to Joe Dilworth's propulsive drumming and Holger Zaf's synth work, these 12 tracks never stray into stuffiness. [Mar 2016, p.71]
  2. Feb 22, 2016
    80
    The default groove might be early 70s motorik--Tardis Cymbals is a typically beatific workout--but tracks Blowing My Nose Under Close Observation and Hi-Hats Bring the Hiss are proper dance music, while the Sonic Boom-enhanced Planetary Folklore is both spacey and creepy.
  3. Feb 22, 2016
    80
    It was sometimes unclear when Stereolab's mid-century references were meant as kitsch, but here, Gane & co.'s retro-futurist flashback feels optimistic, as though convinced that the key to fulfilling the promise of a new era were just one perfect rhythm away.
  4. Magnet
    Feb 12, 2016
    70
    On its own terms, Void Beats Invocation Trex is a Cavern worth exploring. [No. 128, p.53]
  5. Feb 19, 2016
    70
    Void beats enjoys advantages over lesser Stereolab releases like 2001’s Sound-Dust by offering a rockish danceability they never explored. But the Faustian bargain also ensures there’s no easy pop song like 1996’s “Cybele’s Reverie” or 2008’s “Self-Portrait With ‘Electric Brain’” to break up the largely instrumental bleep-sweep.
  6. The Wire
    Feb 18, 2016
    70
    This is a good record. It's probably the best record by a group named after a situationist art installation you'll hear all year. But I'd be surprised if it came [on] top of any other list. [Feb 2016, p.48]
  7. Feb 2, 2016
    60
    The band doesn’t come off sounding as distinctive as Gane’s most praised ensemble, but there’s certainly potential in abundance.

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  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. Mar 16, 2016
    9
    Εδώ είναι ο πρώτος δίσκος του 2016 που θα τον καταχωρίσω από τώρα στους καλύτερους της φετινής χρονιάς.
    Μετά από 2 ώρες 30 λεπτά και 45
    Εδώ είναι ο πρώτος δίσκος του 2016 που θα τον καταχωρίσω από τώρα στους καλύτερους της φετινής χρονιάς.
    Μετά από 2 ώρες 30 λεπτά και 45 δευτερόλεπτα έχω μείνει άναυδος, με το στόμα ανοιχτό, εντυπωσιασμένος και τα μυαλά έξω από αυτό τον πλανήτη. Απίστευτο το μουσικό μείγμα του " Void Beats/Invocation Trex", συν το απίστευτο mix που υπάρχει στον δεύτερο δίσκο "Flashing Noise Mix For Bleep".
    Η δουλειά των Cavern είναι έτσι ακριβώς όπως θα ήθελα τον σύγχρονο ηλεκτρονικό ήχο. Χωρίς μουσικά σύνορα με πολλές επιρροές και ακούσματα από τους δημιουργούς, με τρέλα, φαντασία και τόλμη. Να τολμάς και να περιλαμβάνεις με απόλυτο δέσιμο,συνοχή και αρμονία από Jazz και fusion μέχρι rock, psychedelia, kraut, electro και ότι άλλο βάζει ο νούς σου.
    Κλείνοντας να πω ότι οι Cavern είναι το ηλεκτρονικό project του Tim Gane των Stereolab με κορυφαία features από τον Bradford Cox (Deerhunter) και τον Jan St. Werner (Mouse On Mars).
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