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8.0
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8.0 |
Mojo
Orbital remain a comforting presence, and still have plenty to say. Print edition only
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8.0
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Record Collector
It’s deliciously danceable, but Ringa Ringa (The Old Pandemic Folk Song), a collaboration with the Mediaeval Baebes, masks a darker heart
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8.0
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The Arts Desk
Their first to feature a welter of guest vocalists; it could have been a disaster, but it’s not
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8.0
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Clash
Orbital’s revised sound sees them cement themselves at the forefront of electronic music
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7.7
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Northern Transmissions
Instead of the recycled beats the many of their EDM peers have been spinning their wheels too, no pun intended, over the last few decades, Orbital sound energized, fresh and as original as when they started
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7.0
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All Music
Even at their most dystopian, Orbital never lose their excitement for exploring new sounds, and Optical Delusion doesn't get bogged down in cynicism or nostalgia
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7.0
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Slant Magazine
They’ve explored spacey atmospheres and grim, political content before, but Optical Delusion feels more like a document of the times than a sci-fi fantasy: a rave just before the end of the world
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7.0
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PopMatters
Orbital’s Optical Delusion is what we have all grown accustomed to with them, but there are plenty of bold moments that skew the imagination with each revisit
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7.0
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Uncut
They add multiple voices, such as Dina Ipavic and Penelope Isles. this can result in a slightly disjointed and incohesive listen, but sometimes, as with Anna B Savage on the pulsing "Home", they get the alchemy just right. Print edition only
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6.0
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musicOMH
The electronic duo are back with beats, synths and an army of vocal guests on an album that’s rarely far from a musically inspired moment
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6.0
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The Observer
A flurry of guest vocalists all have things to say on the duo’s potent 10th album, and yet the real magic happens when they’re left to their own devices
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