 | The Field Looping State of Mind
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| Ranking: #150 for 2011 | |
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| 4.0 excellent | MisterTornado | October 5th 11 |
In many ways, Looping State of Mind is the unintentional dance pop sequel to Gas' Pop. That album was released a decade ago, and remains one of the most intriguing ambient albums ever recorded. The way it used lush, fragmented loops of deep sonics and almost subconscious drones is astounding. Its subtle incorporation of nature samples, which often times is difficult to decipher whether or not it's coming from your own backyard, created the ultimate effect of entranced disillusion. The Field's Looping State of Mind is similar, in that repetition is key, though replace the deeper low-ends and nature samples of Pop with thicker beats and subtle vocals samples. Looping State of Mind is the kind of dance album that's bound to be a rewarding listen each time, as subtle complexities and woven grooves are distinguished. It's also what real trance music should sound like, not that it fits the genre, but the very definition of the word. Get lost in the looping state of mind.
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| 4.1 excellent | Erwann S. STAFF | August 20th 20 |
The album title's pretty much sums it up: it's made of loops, and you gotta be in the right state of mind to be lost into them. This is halfway between dancefloor and bedroom music, the techno beats making you tap your feet while the poppy samples calls for introspection. Both work extremely well together, the record being immediately enjoyable and memorable. Another duality is interesting: organic vs. digital, the latter taking the form of hypnotic loops on top of which live bass and drums hammer an infectious groove. Love the vocal samples too, they bring some hauntology thanks to their vaporwavey tone. Awesome minimal techno.
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| 0.0 | Lewis EMERITUS | February 14th 12 |
If my listening habits in 2011 showed a unity between genre-bending and an appeal for life to occupy negative space (because at this point, as far as I'm concerned, we are forever receding, facing backwards, confusing progression), then take 'Looping State of Mind' as its inverse, the flip-side of a whole 'nother coin whose own flip-side is revealed in a continuous upending: both sides are of the same head; ambient music employed with the fervor of a discotheque; 'From Here We Go Sublime' as a microcosm breaching the celestial aspirations of 'Yesterday and Today'; all these notions exasperated into submission so that we, ever the receptive audience, consider it a blend (something "comfortable," to "wrap yourself in like a warm blanket") when in actuality The Field (one Axel Willner) is actively engaging The Audience on a whole 'nother level, where the only way 'Looping State of Mind' achieves its status as 2011's "other" hot pop commodity is because we are forced, through a looping state of the sublime, to think of it as such. Hypnosis ~ Orgasm.
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| 4.0 excellent | mcfly | January 19th 12 |
I don't remember how I found out about this guy, but I'm glad I did. I had this album on repeat for a good while last year. I think I like listening to this all the way through as opposed to FHWGS, which I like a lot, but I rather skip through.
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| 4.0 excellent | bonus | December 15th 11 |
Trance-like and yet never boring with sonic surprises throughout
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| 3.0 good | monstor344 | October 26th 11 |
This album is their catchiest, but From Here We Go Sublime is their most memorable, if that makes any sense...
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| 4.0 excellent | doofy | January 8th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jalapeno CONTRIBUTOR | December 4th 23 |
| 4.2 excellent | A.R.O. STAFF | July 7th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ryus | March 31st 23 |
| 4.5 superb | Timmy | January 11th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | Observer EMERITUS | July 30th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Pangea | April 1st 22 |
| 5.0 classic | jhop | March 11th 21 |
| 3.5 great | jesper STAFF | January 11th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Atari STAFF | December 31st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | gnardude | December 31st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jan555 | November 12th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Denis | September 28th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Juanpa | August 18th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Juca89 | July 21st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tb1114 | May 2nd 19 |
| 4.5 superb | YayoG1 | April 16th 19 |
| 5.0 classic | luci | December 27th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Alexxx | November 28th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wolfe | September 22nd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | PapiJuca | September 21st 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gueero | February 18th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | jtswope | March 3rd 17 |
| 3.5 great | p4p | November 14th 16 |
| 3.5 great | elemunt | September 28th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tom Read CONTRIBUTOR | June 21st 16 |
| 4.5 superb | ywhiat | June 18th 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Jade | April 11th 16 |
| 3.5 great | Runeii | March 15th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Munki | June 20th 14 |
| 3.0 good | ethos | May 2nd 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | craven | January 19th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | lou1000 | January 6th 14 |
| 3.5 great | bgf97 | November 13th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Matski | September 26th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | jimgorn | September 4th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | chayka | July 26th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Topaz | July 1st 13 |
| 4.5 superb | fev | May 21st 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Scala | March 13th 13 |
| 3.5 great | tnd | February 16th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Sleaper | February 2nd 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Aids | January 22nd 13 |
| 3.5 great | dwejkk | November 20th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Mikesn EMERITUS | August 24th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Rail | May 24th 12 |
| 2.5 average | lobby | April 1st 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | svjchtr | March 9th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Dotcommy | February 12th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gapwick | February 4th 12 |
| 3.0 good | porch | January 4th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Troggy | January 4th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Matt Wolfe EMERITUS | December 28th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | 4Train | November 28th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Rev | November 7th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | LumpSum | November 5th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Smevin | November 1st 11 |
| 3.5 great | gervin | November 1st 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | cuki92 | October 27th 11 |
| 3.0 good | mmadden | September 17th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | DoubtGin | September 13th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Timon87 | September 12th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Polymath | September 9th 11 |
| 5.0 classic | Yotimi | September 6th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | conradtao EMERITUS | August 22nd 11 |
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