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8.0
88701
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
There’s an aggression here that ignores dance music’s sexy, social side in favour of something much more confrontational
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8.0
88753
8.0 |
NOW
They’re taking a big risk by replacing pop hooks with sonic mayhem, and the new material isn’t going to fit in at glitzy Las Vegas clubs
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8.0
88776
8.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Operator’s overall refusal to do just that, its inexorable 808 death march through a digital hell, makes it MSTRKRFT’s best album yet
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7.0
88764
7.0 |
All Music
Without clear-cut standouts, Operator is really a full-album listening experience
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7.0
88751
7.0 |
Exclaim
The MSTRKRFT formula of tight, catchy loops remains unchanged after all — they've just gotten a lot darker
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7.0
88850
7.0 |
God Is In The TV
It’s heady stuff and not for the faint-hearted
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6.7
88759
6.7 |
A.V. Club
MSTRKRFT is certainly far more inventive than most, so the songs aren’t boring, just unmoored. However, it does make Operator a frustratingly uneven listen
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6.5
88700
6.5 |
Pitchfork
More than any other MSTRKRFT release, Operator sounds like the work of a band — one with punk DNA coursing through its army of analog synths
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6.0
88823
6.0 |
The Observer
The harder, almost techno-inclined instrumental tracks, such as Little Red Hen or Death in the Gulf Stream, are infinitely better than those burdened with vocals
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6.0
88768
6.0 |
DIY
A chaotic and hard-hitting return
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5.0
88726
5.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Ultimately, their third record doesn't show MSTRKRFT to be master craftsmen
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5.0
88743
5.0 |
Drowned In Sound
OPERATOR isn't a record that particularly makes one reach from the shelf for multiple playings when acts with much more invention, such as the aforementioned Justice and Aphex Twin
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5.0
89184
5.0 |
Spectrum Culture
MSTRKRFT are to EDM what punk is to rock ‘n’roll
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4.2
88705
4.2 |
Consequence Of Sound
The album shouldn’t necessarily be completely written off, but it’s unlikely too many people will be anxiously awaiting MSTRKFRT’s follow-up record after hearing Operator
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4.0
88699
4.0 |
The Skinny
Hard-partying techno heads will love the anxiety-inducing tone of Operator; others may see this as a missed opportunity, after a regenerative five-year hiatus, for MSTRKRFT to explore creative nuance over noise
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4.0
88757
4.0 |
The Guardian
Their sound has gone turbo-cacophonous, eschewing their earlier disco-licked or hip-hop swaggering style and instead taking a chainsaw to Detroit techno’s 808s
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4.0
88758
4.0 |
Evening Standard
There’s no point looking for subtlety or pretty tunes here. This is techno as punk rock, a sonic fury that definitely isn’t for everyone.
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4.0
88814
4.0 |
Q
Bursts of corrosive techno that have all the instrumental variety of a car alarm. Print edition only
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4.0
88893
4.0 |
The Irish Times
Ultimately, Operator is an angry, obnoxious – and dated – endurance test
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3.0
88987
3.0 |
Crack
There’s nothing here you’d miss if you never heard it again
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3.0
88698
3.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Track after track of interchangeable, atonal analogue synthesiser mutations whirl by, occasionally punctuated by distorted yelps that pass for vocals
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2.0
88918
2.0 |
PopMatters
With the continually progressive and impressive places electronic music and its satellite genres are going, Operator is a regression to the uninspiring basics
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