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9.0
88640
9.0 |
PopMatters
May not be the best album of the year, but it’s certainly one of the most enjoyable listens to come along within these first seven months
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8.0
88559
8.0 |
State
It may not kick off a new summer of love, but as techno and pop music for example become more willing to create music to envelop rather than puncture, its message of influence may well be strongly felt
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8.0
88562
8.0 |
The Digital Fix
The album presents a buffet of musical influences and styles
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8.0
88326
8.0 |
Loud And Quiet
A brilliant distillation of everything Beyond the Wizards Sleeve stand for: a trip in every sense of the word
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8.0
88327
8.0 |
The Guardian
The nods to the 60s and 70s are sampled and misshapen, and pitched against 21st-century electronics, menacing slabs of industrial noise and rhythms underpinned by the pulse of the dancefloor
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8.0
88328
8.0 |
Q
Against the odds, Norris and Alkan really do possess the magic touch. Print edition only
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8.0
88323
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Their penchant for freakbeat pop, dirge-funk, and disdain for genre brackets make for a brilliant debut which fizzes with inventiveness
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8.0
88324
8.0 |
The Music
An epic album that shifts across upbeat flower powered ye-ye that pops to irresistible beats and hypnotic and hallucinatory ambiences that drift into another dimension
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8.0
88428
8.0 |
Mixmag
The whole album is perfectly paced, with hypnotic grooves and simple songwriting
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7.0
88329
7.0 |
Uncut
Guest vocalists such as Blaine Harrison, Euros Child and Holly Miranda bring discrete personalities to bear on songs which trippily track the lightly fantastic. Print edition only
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7.0
88702
7.0 |
Under The Radar
The Soft Bounce is more about variation than mind-warping, though that doesn't mean there aren't moments of fringe-frolicking
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6.0
88331
6.0 |
The Independent
An utterly cosmic concoction
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6.0
88341
6.0 |
The Observer
The Soft Bounce is a trip best taken as a whole
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6.0
88513
6.0 |
The Irish Times
A cast of guest vocalists embellish woozy, wobbly tracks, but the real joys come when the BTWS chiefs stir the psych-pot themselves
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6.0
88325
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
Those expecting to waft away on a pastoral cyber-mescaline breeze are in for a surprise
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4.0
88767
4.0 |
DIY
Erol Alkan and Richard Norris’ alternate world doesn’t reap the same rewards for listeners as it does for its creators
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