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Ay Ay Ay

Matias Aguayo

Ay Ay Ay

Second album of primal electronica from the Chilean born, Cologne-based singer and producer

ADM rating[?]

7.4

Label
Kompakt
UK Release date
02/11/2009
  1. 9.5 |   The Quietus

    Ay Ay Ay is a stunning album. To all intents and purposes, Chilean-born, Cologne-raised Matias Aguayo has fashioned an a cappella album that could only have been made in the 21st century
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  2. 9.0 |   musicOMH

    So for highly original dance music that's difficult to categorise, start right here for a new sonic experience. Is it techno? Is it house? Neither really - but it's primal, life-affirming and powerfully personal, demanding to be heard
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  3. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   NME

    Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    Each track is infectious and often quite delirious, with Aguayo’s user-friendly vocal twists and turns providing a scatter of hooks that would be impolite to ignore
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  6. 7.0 |   Clash

    Immediately enjoyable, thanks in part to Matias' pleasing voice, in all it's incarnations, from his childlike singing to the oohs, aahs and tss, 'Ay Ay Ay' is one of the most unusual, and yet likable albums of recent months
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  7. 7.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    This is silly, sexy music
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  8. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    It’s a clever and often highly entertaining album with inbuilt limitations, but if you buy one record this year whose title is possibly a reference to Bumblebee Man from The Simpsons, it should probably be this one
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  9. 6.0 |   Uncut

    Print edition only


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