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- Summary: This is the third mix album for the British DJ/producer, who has also remixed tracks for such artists as The Chemical Brothers, Depeche Mode, Goldfrapp, and Ladytron.
- Record Label: Kompakt
- Genre(s): Dance, Electronic
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Positive: 3 out of 5
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Mixed: 2 out of 5
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Negative: 0 out of 5
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He now presents his third compilation which, as such compilations should, demonstrates to the world that he is a man of excellent taste.
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While Pearson would likely be flattered to be told that this disc resembles a hybrid of Michael Mayer's Immer (stern, dramatic; Joy Division) and Triple R's Friends (comparatively brighter and outgoing; New Order), he might also find the description a little limiting. Yet this disc does have each one of its elder siblings’ charms: a gentle buildup and easy finish, extended trance-like passages, spongy rhythms, seemingly incongruent tracks melded with ease and restraint, almost subliminally tense transitions from menace to bliss, and even some whispered vocals.
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None of the tracks leap out on first listen as obvious show-stoppers, but Pearson's nonetheless collected the most rhythmically diverse selection of tracks to appear on a Kompakt-branded mix in quite some time.
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It’s a decent snapshot of that nebulous minimal-not-minimal sound at present.
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It’s stale, predictable, and pedestrian in its fussy perfection.