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| 4.5 superb | samloomis | March 10th 12 |
Orbital would empty your bank account if you began to collect their vast amount of singles. One of the best is
this 2x7' EP. The small fragile records only add to the aged textures throughout, and that's exactly what it's
done, aged. All too well in fact. The two 'Times Fly' tracks closely imitate the clockwork cover and maintain a
steady pace that neither rises too high or too low, giving them all a more relaxed feel and feeds into the rest
of the songs. One could almost see the slow clockwork bursting into full motion on the latter version and run
right into a ride-out of glassy pings and ticking clocks. Separating them is an alternate version of 'Sad But
New' that accents the appearance of Goldfrapp's vocals cutting in more dramatically than the album version,
appearing after the first third of the duration, circling back onto the earlier mumbles and twangy guitars. The
EP elegantly concludes with playful beeps from the rust-turned digital beeps of 'The Tranquilizer,' containing
some of their best sine wave work to date. (If you like this song then check out some Ulrich Schnauss.) These
old rusty cogs frozen in time across the artwork definitely shine again from the gradual pacing and like-
ability; which in this case is so much a part of why the EP seems to fly by, and when it ends you want to
rewind the clocks and hear it all over again... and again... and again. Timeless electronica from the great
Orbital.
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| 3.5 great | chayka | March 22nd 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Matski | September 21st 13 |
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