| 5.0 classic | commonist | April 22nd 18 |
96/100. Wow. After putting off this album for nearly six months, I finally hunkered down and listened to it in its entirety. "8" is without question a masterpiece--- in its three hour runtime, POD takes the listener through an emotional journey, stringing together 23 tracks of introspective techno. I love the ghostly synths, the pulsating baselines, the fuzzy kicks, and the tight hi-hats. Despite the albums length, I was left wanting more, as if I had just experienced something special, important, profound. Listen to this.
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| 3.0 good | Bedex | February 1st 20 |
Behemoth of a techno album clocking at nearly 3 hours. Yet its huge runtime did not bore me, and I didn't have to push myself to finish the album. That in itself is an achievement. The album is generally consistent and strong, with tracks flowing well into each other, but I found it drastically missing hooks and memorable tracks. It all flows from one mild flavour of minimalist techno to another without ever being very marking. Exceptions are 7, kinda jammy with a tasty lead, 10, a kinda jammy dub techno track that takes it time to kick in, and 16 which is the clearest cut jam here and made me go THAT'S IT, finally a memorable hook. By 15 (1hr40 in!) the album had started to feel a bit draggy, so it comes at just the right time too. For the rest, most tracks are nice but forgettable, often have bleep bloops or questionable sounds that ruin them, and the record especially lost me after 20. 21-22 are hypnotic and pounding but frankly boring, and no longer flow well with each other - the second half of 21 is nice though. 23 is a good ominous album closer, showing again that the album construction is its strength. For the rest, not much I'll remember - I'll save my notes somewhere because there are so many tracks there isn't enough space here. 3.2
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| 3.8 excellent | Erwann S. STAFF | March 20th 19 |
What a behemoth. Nearly 3 hours of minimal techno ? Still awesome.
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| 4.0 excellent | Ben STAFF | June 29th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | phylyps | January 12th 24 |
| 5.0 classic | Polvo | November 23rd 21 |
| 3.5 great | SMK | November 27th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Juca89 | November 4th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ryus | March 31st 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | lxxwj | January 9th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | luci | January 4th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ramon777 | November 14th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | elch21 | September 14th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Wolfe | July 1st 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jade | June 30th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | T5Cx | May 13th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jots EMERITUS | December 8th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | phylum | July 1st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Yotimi | May 28th 17 |
| 5.0 classic | mzeet | March 23rd 17 |
| 4.5 superb | p4p | January 16th 17 |
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