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Olympic Mess

Helm

Olympic Mess

Second full-length release from the London-based electronic artist Luke Younger

ADM rating[?]

7.2

Label
Pan
UK Release date
15/06/2015
US Release date
23/06/2015
  1. 8.5 |   Crack

    A sprawling, hour-long masterpiece of rich textural ambience and, potentially, PAN’s finest release yet
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  2. 8.5 |   The Quietus

    On an album where he seems to draw back from anything overtly demonstrative, Helm ultimately creates a work of profound and brooding honesty
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  3. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    Olympic Mess isn't a complete shift in direction for him. It's merely one step toward the outer rim of a very large and very dark shadow
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  4. 7.2 |   Pitchfork

    It might be slipperier, even, than his previous work, despite the fact that Olympic Mess is his most structured record yet. Beneath the hazy, abstracted shapes, there's a sense of flow and a sense of purpose
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  5. 7.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    Despite containing actual head-nodding rhythms, Olympic Mess is as gloriously unwieldy as its title suggests
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  6. 6.0 |   Mojo

    He has blended ghost-echoes of dub, techno, and house to oddly soothing effect. Print edition only


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