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| 4.0 excellent | StrangerofSorts EMERITUS | September 29th 13 |
Fresh from remixing the entire of Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories, Nicholas Jaar and Dave Harrington return with an album ambitious enough to fill the void between the dancefloor and Django Unchained’s soundtrack. Long-time Jaar fans will be on familiar turf here, though will struggle not to notice the heavier blues and rock influence and Harringtons efforts to lure him towards some late-night club bliss.
Harrington wasn’t entirely unsuccessful in this, as “Freak, Go Home” is the closest Jaar has come to rectifying his own uneasiness at his tracks’ previous lack of danceability. The tempo is pushed up, murky basslines join infectious one-two percussion and it’s all topped off with a recurring melody catchy enough to move even the most miserable of bar lurkers. However, while the dead ends, smothering vocal samples and industrial guitar finish make it more interesting, it doesn’t half result in a confusing first listen.
Elsewhere Darkside are much more chilled out, with the guitar-based, soulful bluesyness of “Heart” and overall seductive, genre-hopping instrumentation, Psychic becomes more of a come-down record than anything else. They seem to enjoy experimenting too much to be immediately accessible - “Greek Light” and “Golden Arrow” show just how far Darkside are willing to go - but Psychic still oozes the essence of cool necessary to make it a fantastic and, hopefully, successful album.
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| 4.5 superb | Kirk Bowman STAFF | July 9th 14 |
It drifts from place to place, taking the listener on a journey without even seemingly knowing where it's going. dark, emotive, chaotic, alien, progressive. Highly recommended as background music.
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| 2.5 average | FuzzyxPickles | November 6th 13 |
subtle guitar noises rockin n rollin alongside/inside/around/after some syth heavy ambiance. Dankest Jamz: Metatron/Freak, Go Home
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| 3.2 good | Erwann S. STAFF | May 6th 19 |
Finely done ambient/art/micropop idk. Quite hypnotic, but nothing that attracts me that much. That's because, if the songs do work better as detailed pieces than as immediate bangers, the details are not ~shimmering~ enough for me. soz not soz.
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| 5.0 classic | MisterMujah | February 22nd 19 |
A wholly unique and moody experience. Perfectly paired with a visualizer, hallucinogens, and a dark room. This album plays
with sound and space to build slow burns into gorgeous releases. There is some exquisite, breathless anticipation in some
of these tracks, and yet it still manages to work some fantastically dancey grooves in. I have yet to hear an album that does
what this one does so deftly.
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| 4.0 excellent | Will R. EMERITUS | October 8th 13 |
Golden Arrow alternative title: Sex in 11 Minutes. Seriously, it's that good.
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| 3.0 good | Sleaper | October 6th 13 |
wee bit disappointed. why couldnt nico jarr just do his solo radness!!!.
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| 4.5 superb | BigTuna | October 1st 13 |
Something as slow-dripped and evolutionary as Golden Arrow doesn't come along very often.
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| 4.0 excellent | lou1000 | October 1st 13 |
E'rybody be sleepin' on dis shit! People must not realise this is Nicolas Jaar
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| 4.0 excellent | iGuter | January 24th 24 |
| 4.5 superb | doofy | January 8th 24 |
| 3.0 good | gabba | December 20th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | jadeww | March 18th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ben STAFF | April 18th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Jimmy | March 18th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Polvo | August 10th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Pangea | August 7th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Corney | July 30th 21 |
| 3.0 good | matzo | July 29th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh | July 28th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jeejee | July 28th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Sowing STAFF | July 22nd 21 |
| 2.5 average | Ryus | December 22nd 20 |
| 5.0 classic | Artechi | November 10th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | kevbogz | March 5th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Phate72 | February 28th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Mojito | February 21st 20 |
| 3.5 great | Prancer | February 11th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Miguee7 | October 15th 19 |
| 3.5 great | gilly | August 19th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Juanpa | August 18th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Juca89 | July 21st 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Luisito | December 30th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ramon777 | November 14th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | espnil | November 7th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gueero | October 16th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | PapiJuca | September 23rd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | KevinMM | July 19th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | Stain95 | December 1st 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Tyll | October 30th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | matteok | July 12th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | cd908 | February 22nd 17 |
| 4.5 superb | Suli | January 9th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Behexen | November 16th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | peterj | October 7th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Tom Read CONTRIBUTOR | April 27th 16 |
| 3.0 good | adr | February 27th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | anat CONTRIBUTOR | February 26th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tiemuuu | January 15th 16 |
| 3.0 good | cndflg | December 30th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Atrophy | December 13th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | btati | November 12th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Jips | November 6th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | morry | October 14th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | OvTrvth | October 13th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | DazSkunk | September 17th 15 |
| 3.0 good | tjare | September 3rd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | dlt10 | August 7th 15 |
| 3.5 great | OSEL | June 1st 15 |
| 4.5 superb | stamp | April 26th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | RVAHC13 | March 30th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Rowdy | March 12th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | blabony | February 11th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | LamboGD | January 10th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | vineh | October 18th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pentagon | September 27th 14 |
| 3.5 great | Javimut | September 21st 14 |
| 3.0 good | jmh886 | September 17th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | T5Cx | September 9th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Athom EMERITUS | September 4th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Greem | August 22nd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | fev | July 6th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Iznie | June 22nd 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Munki | June 21st 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | SkaCali | June 13th 14 |
| 3.5 great | EJinHD | April 17th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | cbjeeby | April 14th 14 |
| 3.0 good | Moraff | March 21st 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | boopko | February 28th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | ILJ | February 23rd 14 |
| 4.5 superb | doqtor | February 12th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | chaos17 | February 10th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | lada | January 3rd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | ameypv | December 28th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Meuric | December 15th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | zundza | December 8th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | kanker | December 2nd 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Rev | November 28th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Filling | November 28th 13 |
| 3.5 great | bjorkil | November 26th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Scarfo | November 26th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | sadsquid | November 21st 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Decay | November 19th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | jorsh | November 19th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | ticsand | November 17th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Ditto | November 7th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | CWBrown | October 24th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ecotone | October 24th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | gosk8n | October 18th 13 |
| 3.5 great | craven | October 13th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | sevhar | October 12th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | a7c7e7 | October 11th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | plato66 | October 11th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Matski | October 8th 13 |
| 3.5 great | chayka | October 7th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | djunior | October 7th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Yotimi | September 30th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | clercqie | September 28th 13 |
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