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Hive Mind

Ital

Hive Mind

Onetime producer of brutal electronica as Sex Worker, Daniel Martin McCormick has now turned to house, under his latest guise as Ital

ADM rating[?]

6.8

Label
Planet Mu
UK Release date
13/02/2012
US Release date
06/03/2012
  1. 8.1 |   Beats Per Minute

    Whereas many knob-twiddlers can get lost in their crowd pleasing (or crowd pulverizing) dynamics, McCormick commits to his 4/4 road map instead of leaving it behind
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  2. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    After multiple listens, the desire to rip apart Martin-McCormick’s stitched together freak is assuaged by a desire to submit to it and play it on repeat, to revel in its drive, energy and emotion
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  3. 8.0 |   Pitchfork

    Martin-McCormick has delivered as messy and thoughtful a take on house as we're likely to hear this year
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  4. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    A concentrated, focused and exciting work that should bring Martin-McCormick and the Ital moniker to a wider audience
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  5. 7.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    Hive Mind is constantly shifting, with its steady four-to-the-floor undercurrent deceptive of its transient parts
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  6. 7.0 |   AU Review

    Funky and sinister in equal measure
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  7. 7.0 |   Clash

    Deep dance for when there aren’t enough hours in the day
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  8. 6.0 |   The Quietus

    It's warm, careworn analogue music trapped in a crisp digital skin
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  9. 6.0 |   Uncut

    A genuinely fresh hybrid. Print edition only

  10. 6.0 |   Q

    Sounds at once strange and familiar. Print edition only

  11. 5.5 |   Prefix

    It ultimately lacks cohesiveness and direction to evolve into something truly outstanding, but still remains intriguing enough to possibly earn points with the more adventurous listeners
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