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9.0
17588
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AU Review
While the Arcade Fire and Interpol huff and bluster with big blowsy disappointments of albums, it was left to a dance producer and his laptop to make the most emotionally engaging album of the year so far
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9.0
17863
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Clash
One of the most innovative and mind-melding albums of the year and one that just keeps on giving
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8.5
17288
8.5 |
The Line Of Best Fit
This is an album bubbling with ideas and seems to struggle with the prospect of holding them in
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8.3
17627
8.3 |
Pitchfork
Gold Panda breathes the same kind of life into his work as Four Tet
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8.0
17514
8.0 |
The Irish Times
Gold Panda expertly arranges the sonic furniture around each track to pull the entire room together. A subtle, delectable, smart affair
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8.0
17287
8.0 |
musicOMH
An album full of interesting sounds, from unusual cut up vocal samples to clanging percusssion or atmospheric synths
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8.0
17587
8.0 |
The Fly
Electronic music with a heart
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8.0
17305
8.0 |
Q
Connects the organic harmonies of Noah Lennox's Panda Bear project with Four Tet's dizzying cut-ups. Print edition only
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8.0
17326
8.0 |
Mojo
Exquisitely constructed record. Print edition only
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8.0
17334
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Sputnik Music (staff)
There is no attachment to a single genre in the album, by no means conforming to any style of house, breakbeat or techno beats
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8.0
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NME
Just blissful
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8.0
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8.0 |
BBC
An album that sits on a pleasant fence between invention and homeliness
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8.0
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8.0 |
PopMatters
It’s safe to say Gold Panda has quickly placed himself in a 2010 roster of excellent records, next to Four Tet, Caribou, and Delorean
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8.0
18679
8.0 |
State
Never has introspection sounded so vibrant
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7.0
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7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
When Gold Panda lets the house beat sink into the background and experiments a little more with space and structure the results are gorgeous
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7.0
17371
7.0 |
Spin
Expertly rolls globe-trotting, melodic squiggles over briskly clanging rhythms, cutting and pasting while keeping his work area immaculate
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7.0
17560
7.0 |
Bowlegs
There are passages that use the DJ Shadow-styled arpeggios; there are glitchy break beats comparable to Flying Lotus
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7.0
17637
7.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Lucky Shiner feels at once painfully intimate and intercontinentally expansive
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6.8
18721
6.8 |
Beats Per Minute
It’s all a lot like a car commercial
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6.0
17891
6.0 |
Rave Magazine
While Gold Panda is a skilful producer, this debut does, at times, come a little close to sounding like background music.
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6.0
17318
6.0 |
Uncut
Sketchy beginnings, but lots of promise. Print edition only
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6.0
17506
6.0 |
The Independent
11 instrumentals are built from sample-fragments ... to create hypnotic grooves and stuttering bricolages
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