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Neon Dreams

L-VIS 1990

Neon Dreams

Night Slugs label & club boss James Connolly with a debut house and electro album featuring an array of guests and collaborators

ADM rating[?]

6.5

Label
Island
UK Release date
03/10/2011
US Release date
11/10/2011
  1. 9.0 |   DIY

    It feels like Connolly has distilled his influences, personality and record collection into something new and vital. And the end product is almost perfect
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  2. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    Neon Dreams is nothing that hasn't already been done, but Connolly has had his ear to the ground for the last few years on the party circuit and he wears this experience across the album with no hint of unease
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  3. 8.0 |   Q

    Impeccably produced without being too polished. Print edition only

  4. 7.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Connolly has produced a timeless and tireless electro record
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  5. 7.0 |   Clash

    His music is possessed with a depth and texture that leaps beyond cheap synth stabs and a bouncy bassline
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  6. 7.0 |   BBC

    Connolly has chosen to eschew cold, state of the art technology in favour of the warmer, analogue hardware of yesteryear ... there's a fine line between retro and retrograde, which Connolly neatly avoids stepping over
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  7. 6.2 |   Pitchfork

    None of these tracks are particularly bad; it's simply a case of too much. Too many songs with varying themes and no overarching vision to tie them together
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  8. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    In spite of its sustained house antics, L-Vis 1990 never gets the chance to soar, or to live up to the promise of his own label’s inventiveness
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  9. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Vocalists Samantha Lim and Javeon McCarthy bring a yearning soulfulness to these rather smooth club tracks. Print edition only

  10. 5.0 |   The Digital Fix

    Made up mainly of shimmering house tunes, often pleasant but way short of memorable
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  11. 4.0 |   NME

    Overwrought muzak. Print edition only


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