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| 4.0 excellent | dihstyle69 | May 12th 17 |
sakamoto created a very minimalistic project that is actually focused on everyday life events that most people ignore, considering how vulgar, minimal and on-first-glance banal they seem to be. however, from his perspective, after seeing his life on the line, these little things are huge, important, meaningful, spiritual, powerful. if we choose to disappear from the stressful world we live in and instead immerse and tune in to async, we can see that perspective too, and it's an impressive one to look through. 4
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| 0.0 | slammajamma | December 31st 17 |
dedicated to my bwoy aaron fripp ****** (no doxxing on my watch)
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| 0.0 | nocuffin | May 12th 17 |
it's quite an unflattering impersonation of the everyday; boredom is emphasised; simplicity is reduced to painful tedium. it's not totally devoid of character, but what character there is lurks in a realm so predictable that the catch-phrase "glitchy" seems more than misleading. there may perhaps be an element of deliberateness, for it would make sense for a sakamoto (or [insert other nichey faux-glitchbient guy from japan here]) to degrade rather than praise the everyday. but we live in a time characterised by instant gratification, so to draw things out so needlessly is counterintuitive. and thus we end up with a piece neither sobering nor intoxicating. rather, it's just there.
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| 3.9 excellent | Erwann S. EMERITUS | September 8th 22 |
A delicate and impeccably produced suite of electroacoustic-yy modern classical pieces complemented by field recordings, async is a moving record above all else. Emotions pour out of each tune, whether they are moody or touching.
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| 3.5 great | Rik VII (sound-off ratings out of 10) | August 15th 19 |
The most beautiful moments on async are the perfect soundtrack to a peaceful death. Life, Life - narrated by the beautiful voice of David Sylvian - is definitely a highlight, although working through the winners of the async short film contest that Sakamoto hosted has had me slightly burnt on it since it was used by 6 out of 10 directors *sigh*. Apart from those, much of the album feels like a compilation of sound experiments. One has to be eager to wallow in those for lengthy durations, which I'm sometimes still reluctant to do. Still, it's beautifully crafted. - 7.0
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| 4.0 excellent | doofy | January 9th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | zakalwe | December 13th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | phylyps | July 26th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | kiri | June 28th 23 |
| 4.5 superb | FunJan | March 1st 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Greem | February 5th 23 |
| 5.0 classic | Tobmast | October 6th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | chwe | August 2nd 22 |
| 4.5 superb | DadKungFu EMERITUS | February 24th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | BoUrACia | February 20th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Prole | November 23rd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Prancer | October 13th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | hel9000 | June 20th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | Torger | November 29th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wolfe | August 15th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Yebele | January 26th 19 |
| 2.5 average | Akifexx | October 16th 18 |
| 2.0 poor | 2ool | June 16th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | xuewen | March 6th 18 |
| 3.5 great | bmelt | February 23rd 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Faraudo | February 18th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Gueero | February 17th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Zeneren | February 17th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | vovi | February 17th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Project | February 16th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Mojito | January 11th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | PaabL | December 29th 17 |
| 3.5 great | jtswope | December 20th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Risodo | December 18th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ulshad | December 16th 17 |
| 3.5 great | YakNips | December 10th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Snuron | October 1st 17 |
| 3.5 great | Brandon | September 9th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | wangz | August 31st 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | gilly | August 28th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | niaL | June 17th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | tyler | May 7th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | TwigTW | May 2nd 17 |
| 3.0 good | Zeta | April 30th 17 |
| 3.5 great | anat | April 28th 17 |
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