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- Summary: The second full-length release from British electronic producer Blawan features a guest appearance by Monstera Black.
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- Record Label: XL Recordings
- Genre(s): Electronic
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Oct 14, 2025SickElixir channels his metal background into a masterpiece of slanted techno. These 14 molten tracks judder from industrial hip-hop to syncopated sludge, redefining what a techno album can be.
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Oct 9, 2025Seven years on, the leering, all-encompassing grime of SickElixir melds dozens of Roberts’ subsequent discoveries and revelations into a brutish, unhinged gestalt; its clamorous swagger makes “Tasser” look like a curio.
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The WireOct 9, 2025His whispery delivery on "Sonkind" over buzzsaw synths evokes Nine Inch Nails, and Monstera Black's sweetly resigned vocals on "Rabbit Hole" hit like a lullaby in an abattoir simulator. "During Elevation" is punctuated by the throat-catch of tears but somehow, it's all still squelchy, pounding good fun. [Nov 2023, p.63]
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Oct 9, 2025SickElixir is the sound of technology having long widened the disparity between the ruthlessly wealthy and those clinging on by the half moons of their brittle fingernails. .... Blawan has provided the perfect soundtrack for us to writhe about to, like maggots in the dark.
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Oct 9, 2025A headlong dive into a troubled mind working overtime, it isn’t a journey you might want to undertake on a nightly basis. That said, it’s a journey worth taking.
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Oct 9, 2025SickElixir is the most challenging listen in Blawan's catalog, which makes it all the more unexpected that it's his first album for such a high-profile label, but it still contains some fascinating material.