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8.0
67967
8.0 |
Mojo
A contemporary masterpiece. Print edition only
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8.0
67974
8.0 |
All Music
The sounds are by turns troubled, angry, isolated, and wonder-struck in ways that only Hawtin can sound, and Ex adds another mysterious chapter to the Plastikman story
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8.0
67975
8.0 |
Exclaim
Much of EX comes off strikingly similar in sound, but Hawtin being the staunch veteran that he is, uses it to his advantage
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8.0
68536
8.0 |
PopMatters
One of those fleeting moments that remind you why someone is considered a legend in their field in the first place
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7.0
67968
7.0 |
Uncut
Full of Hawtin's old sleek menace and disdain for obvious peaks. Print edition only
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6.5
67973
6.5 |
Pitchfork
Long stretches of Ex find Hawtin twisting knobs not for sustained release but to make sure everything doesn't grind to a halt
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6.0
67970
6.0 |
The Fly
Restrained minimalist techno, produced with grandiose swooshes, ominous bass and rippling synthesiser lines
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6.0
67971
6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
The biggest issue here is that even at its tempestuous best, variation and ambition are two things very much lacking throughout EX
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5.0
67976
5.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Builds from a somber, myopic march into a soul-cleansing cataclysm of analog emotion
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5.0
68064
5.0 |
Clash
‘EX’ will neither enliven classicists nor win new fans. We need challenged by this artist, who normally thrives on doing exactly that
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4.5
68234
4.5 |
Crack
A middle-ground record no one wanted
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4.0
67972
4.0 |
Fact
EX is not awful, but it’s certainly not good either. Perhaps closest in tone to the gloomy ‘verbscapes of 1998’s Consumed, the album draws on familiar Plastikman tools to make brooding, spartan techno
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1.0
70622
1.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Maybe EX does belong in a museum, as far away from the dancefloor as possible. After all, dance music itself is now just as far gone
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