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One-Armed Bandit

Jaga Jazzist

One-Armed Bandit

Sixth album from the veteran nine-piece Norwegian leftfield jazz experimentalists led by Lars Horntveth

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7.5

Label
Ninja Tune
UK Release date
25/01/2010
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  1. 10.0 |   musicOMH

    Jaga Jazzist have delivered another selection of epic, psychedelic sojourns through electronics, brass and beats that consistently engage and excite
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  2. 10.0 |   No Ripcord

    This record is nigh perfect example of what can be achieved through relentless ambition, the realization of potential and the monumentally potent collective elemental force. I sincerely doubt it will be bettered for many a day
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  3. 9.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    For all its tricksy time-changes, operatic pretensions and undoubtedly virtuoso instrumentation the stench of self-indulgence is almost entirely absent from One-Armed Bandit ... it smells like a victory over the limited horizons of so much other music out there
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  4. 8.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Jaga Jazzist are clearly without peers and have crested the pinnacle of their signature sound. One Armed Bandit is their most eccentric and refined effort, a triumphant fusion of musical ideas and is consistently compelling
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  5. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    The suggestion is that Jaga Jazzist are as capable of acting on a challenge as they are at surprising as they are at entertaining. And in this assertion they are bang on the money
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  6. 8.0 |   Clash

    Big layers of instruments dual with and complement each other via weird time signatures, and inspired, complex riffs that sound like they’re scoring a car chase from a cult Seventies film
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  7. 8.0 |   God Is In The TV

    Jaga Jazzist have unleashed a rather sublime and toxic jazz-prog record into the atmosphere. Breathe dee
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  8. 8.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    Jaga Jazzist is trying to blow your mind. It is supposed to feel like a masterpiece
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  9. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Print edition only

  10. 6.9 |   Pitchfork

    One-Armed Bandit occasionally overshoots the mark, but when it doesn't, the scenic route it took to get there proves worthwhile
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  11. 6.0 |   Q

    Print edition only

  12. 6.0 |   Rave Magazine

    The polyrhythmic percussion, accessible melodicism and textural placement of synths and electric piano makes for an impeccably arranged suite of songs
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  13. 6.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    JJ live is a truly astounding experience...on record the relentless effort can become rather fatiguing
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  14. 4.0 |   Uncut

    Print edition only

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