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East Of Eden

Taken By Trees

East Of Eden

Eastern-accented indie pop / folk on the second album from former Concretes singer Victoria Bergsman as Taken by Trees, recorded in Pakistan with local musicians

ADM rating[?]

7.7

Label
Rough Trade
UK Release date
08/09/2009
  1. 8.1 |   Pitchfork

    East of Eden suits Taken by Trees the way a shift from folk-pop to terrifying avant-classical suited oft-mentioned German antecedent Nico
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  2. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    The result is the coolest fusion music this critic has heard since Ry Cooder and VM Bhatt's 1993 album, A Meeting by the River
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  3. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Achieves a steadiness of fusion that holds the two musical cultures in productive tension without ever feeling forced or self-conscious.
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  4. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    Free of the patronising condescension that many Western musicians adopt when they embark on musical journeys like this, Victoria Bergsman has produced a marvellous, spell-binding album.
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  5. 8.0 |   Q

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  6. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Print edition only

  7. 8.0 |   The Independent

    ...beds of gently puttering percussion, funky acoustic guitar and breaths of flute, with subtle contrails of Eastern violin, warm harmonium drones and beguiling local vocals entwining delicately around the arrangements
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  8. 7.0 |   Clash

    East of Eden is awash with blissful instrumentals constructed with flutes, drums and traditional Pakistani rhythms such as the haunting ‘To Lose Someone’ and the luscious ‘Watch the Waves’
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