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- Record Label: Erased Tapes
- Release Date: Jan 13, 2017
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- Summary: The third full-length release and first soundtrack for the electronic duo is a soundtrack for Jalil Lespert's French 2016 film.
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- Record Label: Erased Tapes
- Genre(s): Electronic
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Mixed: 4 out of 10
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Jan 17, 2017Iris is that very rare thing: a soundtrack that can make a superb stand-alone listen.
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The WireJan 27, 2017The duo have created a world of two halves; a land of tension and mystery that collides with a place of release and transcendent sorrow. [Feb 2017, p.55]
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Feb 6, 2017A heavy bass throb infects ‘Retour au Champs de Mars’, beating out a slow, muted rhythm like a submarine engine, while the pair channel labelmate Nils Frahm with the emotive strings, piano and frazzled electronica of ‘Comme on a Dit’.
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Jan 20, 2017The duo’s effective use of reverbs and filters works wonders here, transporting the listener through an array of the same kinds of sounds, but they're treated whole-heartedly and differently with each moment.
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Feb 1, 2017Ultimately, though, it becomes hard to identify individual tracks without keeping a close eye on the tracklisting as you go.
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Jan 12, 2017The resulting album feels like an exercise in understatement, and contextually it’s difficult to know whether it’s a case of self-restraint or a situation in which the shackles are being enforced.
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Jan 25, 2017Recorded in Budapest with a 40-piece string orchestra in tow, the Iris soundtrack feels far too paint-by-numbers, gathering yearning strings to ebb and flow atop xeroxed prairies of arpeggiating synths. It’s muzak for gritty thrillers, maintaining a thin soup of emotion with enough colour to paint the background without muddying the foreground.
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