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Harmonic 313
- Record Label: Warp
- Release Date: Mar 3, 2009
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While the instrumentals give cause for heads to silently nod in appreciation, only a few tracks break away to make this something other than music suited for the background.
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While that’s frustrating the good stuff here is very, very good, and the less impressive fare on offer shouldn’t dissuade curious ears.
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MojoThis is room-shaking, gut-quaking stuff. [Apr 2009, p.106]
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Eccentric and idiosyncratic while still being enjoyably accessible, this is an album that reinstils the ideas that Warp's early releases did: that electronic music can be thought-provoking and stir emotion as well as moving people to make shapes.
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Machines is not just a fantastic album--easily the best work Pritchard has produced since Global Communication--it’s also an early contender for album of the year.
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Not essential, but Warp completists will find much here to admire and enjoy.
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When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence is the perfect musical equivalent to our relentless dependancy on technology.
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Q MagazineThe result is a brilliant rewiring of post-rave sonics. [Mar 2009, p.98]
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No amount of boulder-sized low-end can disguise the fact that, even when these tracks work, they usually feel like they're missing something major. And that something is a vocalist.
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UncutFrom present to future at Warp factor. [Mar 2009, p.86]
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When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence contains some of the most interesting bass-centered tracks to come out in some time, and represents a progression in the current bass scene as a whole, no matter what specific genre each track belongs to.
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It’s worth making it through these bare patches for the two gorgeous glimmers of light at the end of the album.
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For what it is, When Machines is a reasonably entertaining collection of spare beats, courtesy of a long-hibernating maestro that’s just trying to get back in the game.