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Architecture of Loss

Valgeir Sigurðsson

Architecture of Loss

The third solo album from the Icelandic producer and electronic artist (the man behind Feist's Metals and Björk's Vespertine) is in fact a score for a Stephen Petronio ballet

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Bedroom Community
UK Release date
24/09/2012
US Release date
24/09/2012
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  1. 9.0 |   PopMatters

    Let me say straight away that this is an absolutely beautifully crafted and perfectly realized album
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  2. 8.0 |   All Music

    Architecture of Loss is the kind of "because he can" release that fully justifies being in control of things, an indulgence in the best sense
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  3. 7.0 |   Pitchfork

    Using a small ensemble, a deliberately limited vocabulary, and electronic processing, Sigurðsson doggedly transforms minimal material, much of it focused on the viola, stepping out of its habitual niche below the violin and above the cello for a star turn
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