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10.0
59519
10.0 |
The List
It’s a sublime voyage and a feast for the imagination
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8.5
59364
8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
A record that is all to easy to lose yourself within
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8.0
59361
8.0 |
The Skinny
Machinedrum is one of the most inventive producers at the high-tempo end of modern bass music, and this is his strongest, most coherent work to date
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8.0
59563
8.0 |
Fact
On paper Vapor City looked like Stewart’s descent into a sump of his own pompousness; in reality it’s anything but
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8.0
59363
8.0 |
Clash
The electrifying nature of the first cut comes as a bit of a tease, setting you up for a (albeit nicely ambient) fall
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8.0
59516
8.0 |
The 405
Each element holds cinematic qualities that build and develop a sense of environment, an environment that requires, if not demands, the listeners further cognition
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7.8
59602
7.8 |
Pitchfork
When you crank this album loud, it's not just the beats that rattle the system, though they're as crisply forceful as ever. It's the intricate musical subtleties Stewart weaves through them that blow your hair back
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7.0
59362
7.0 |
NME
Retains a zeal for fiddly, intricate beats, but recalibrates them
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7.0
60206
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
It is a release that slowly gets under your skin
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7.0
61467
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Where 2011's Room(s) messed with hyper, drum-machined-driven Chicago footwork, here the rhythms veer toward rolling drum and bass breaks, and the mood is a lot more relaxed
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6.0
59415
6.0 |
The Observer
Tracks that, more often than not, are the kind to dutifully admire and find interesting, rather than lose yourself to on a dancefloor
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6.0
59454
6.0 |
Time Out
A tad less spook and a bit more variety would have made ‘Vapor City’ just that little more hospitable
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6.0
59676
6.0 |
musicOMH
The first four songs of Vapor City are exemplary of Stewart’s ability to retain his best skills as a producer while splicing in new effects here and there. If only that innovation had held up for the rest of the record
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6.0
60193
6.0 |
Q
A dense sci-fi metropolis, rich in atmosphere, but light in the edge and unpredictability of urban life. Print edition only
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