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Oct 6, 2014Atomos is an outstanding, thoughtful piece of work which should see their reputation rise to a new high.
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Oct 3, 2014This is a slow-burning, deeply resonant collection with a stirring potency and the capacity to truly wow.
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MojoNov 6, 2014The resultant instrumental album, although about atmosphere and texture, is more filmic and wide-screen than before. [Nov 2014, p.99]
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Nov 3, 2014ATOMOS is certainly a sensitive and thoughtful piece of work on its own, but the ultimate success of the listening experience is in its ability to stir an emotional reaction, and impose a state of thoughtfulness on the listener--and presumably on the dancer too.
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Oct 8, 2014Atomos is a very powerful work and one which could well bring modern classical music to the attention of people with only a passing interest in it, in much the same way as Philip Glass and Steve Reich have done.
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Oct 7, 2014As with the self-titled album, this is all glacial, entrancing ambient-neoclassical--with O'Halloran's sensitive and melodic piano a central element--that soothes, suitable for both foreground and background listening.
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Oct 6, 2014Despite their new compositional brief, A Winged Victory for the Sullen’s music is still, at its core, just a beautiful example of orchestral ambient music, in the most Eno-est sense of the word: music that you simply join and leave, not music that starts and stops.
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Q MagazineOct 3, 2014It's a strange and beautiful album, one that's hard to turn away from. [Nov 2014, p.102]
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Oct 3, 2014The beauty of this record lies primarily in its poise and composure; that it sounds fantastic, at times, just feels like an added bonus.
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Oct 16, 2014AWVFTS adapts, making ATOMOS louder and more mobile than its impeccably tentative predecessor—more volatile and disjointed, with basses you can feel in your body because this is for the body.
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UncutOct 3, 2014More suited to contemplation and drift than dance, perhaps, and with Gavin Bryars-like strings and low-level electronics making the 11 pieces more voluptuous than ever. [Oct 2014, p.67]
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Oct 16, 2014Atomos is, to my ears, a more uneven offering than the debut, lacking the gem-like balance of its predecessor. The upside is that Atomos is perhaps a more challenging listen, featuring a broader sonic palette that contains more distinct highs and lows, both of mood and of merit.
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