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8.0
13525
8.0 |
The Irish Times
There’s a spine-tingling intensity to Marcos Ortega’s beats. His debut is mood- setting music that conjures up menace, eeriness and doomy drama
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8.0
13527
8.0 |
BBC
A hot album this most certainly is – hot in the sense of being so very now ... and in terms of just how caustic some of these compositions are on the synapses
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7.5
13526
7.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
The soundscapes are mesmeric in their seething intensity and the heavy, harsh techno/dub beats are to the rhythm of a creeping neurosis
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7.5
15921
7.5 |
Pitchfork
With every listen, Nothing Else becomes many things, including a crowd-pleasingly auspicious debut in a scene that could use more of exactly that
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7.0
13837
7.0 |
Blurt
Packaged in a minimal black slipcase, Nothing Else's noirish instrumentals are sonically just as zipped-up as the jacket suggests
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6.0
13529
6.0 |
Culture Deluxe
Lorn is undoubtedly at his best when he is experimenting with his sound; striving for the interesting. Unfortunately these are not regular enough; Nothing Else tends to feel like a collection of detached beats that would be more suited being in the background than given direct attention
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6.0
13530
6.0 |
NME
As synthetic strings are layered over militaristic, Timbaland-style drum rolls and treated vocals seep through despondent boom-clack there’s a sense that the drama is congealing into turgid sentiment
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6.0
13623
6.0 |
Uncut
Print edition only
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5.0
13528
5.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
The sonics that Lorn has selected struggle to capture any nuance of originality, ultimately sounding like it's all been done before
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