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The album simply powers its way through 16 tracks of seamlessly mixed high-velocity drum'n'bass.
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Alternative PressHe tweaks frequencies and shades his queasy bass lines like the Neptunes on a diet of Red Bull and espresso beans. [Jan 2003, p.100]
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Touching Down is a fluid set that moves from track to track with little or no delineation. As a result, the album is, at times, redundant.
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BlenderTouching Down needs vocals, stylistic variation or any kind of respite from the relentless percussive onslaught. [#13, p.98]
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It's refreshing to see a high-profile album like this take a long-form risk and stand on the merits of intuition and musical construction alone.
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Entertainment WeeklyBasic yet exquisite, like perfectly cooked eggs. [Listen 2 This supplement, Nov 2002, p.14]
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Touching Down is thrilling for its purity of thought, and equally chilling for its singular modes and moods.
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MixerOne of the year's best drum 'n' bass albums. [Dec 2002, p.74]
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MojoIt's impressive stuff. [Jan 2003, p.100]
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Roni Size's new album is vapid, boring and uniform.
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Q MagazineFine for the dancefloor, less so the sofa. [Dec 2002, p.112]
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Rolling StoneWhat's left of his sound is an oddly squirrelly strain of drum-and-bass. [12 Dec 2002, p.98]
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SpinSize's fuzzy, string-laden bass bombs seem a tad sober. [Dec 2002, p.141]
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UrbTouching Down evokes the unique funk sensibilities that made his seminal V Records and Full Cycle tracks so damn fresh, while giving you the sense that England's Bristolian isn't returning to anything, since he never left it behind to begin with. [Dec 2002, p.87]