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Drokk: Music Inspired By Mega-City One

Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury

Drokk: Music Inspired By Mega-City One

An album of vintage synth soundscapes from the Portishead mainman in collaboration with film score composer Salisbury

ADM rating[?]

7.5

Label
Invada
UK Release date
07/05/2012
US Release date
30/04/2012
  1. 9.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Reader you have to get this album
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  2. 9.0 |   The Quietus

    A lovingly crafted ode to Judge Dredd, urban alienation, the cinematic sci-fi masterpieces of the late 70s and early 80s, electronic music of both the past and present, and it all hits with the weight of a cadmium steak tenderizer. What more could you want?
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  3. 8.0 |   Prefix

    A rich, complex and conflicted soundtrack for the best comic book movie never made
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  4. 8.0 |   AU Review

    Drokk soon unravels and grows increasingly mesmeric the more you allow it to draw you in
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  5. 8.0 |   Mojo

    A piquant appetiser for the impending movie re-boot. Print edition only

  6. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    Drokk should not be dismissed as a niche project - it’s dark, rich and compelling in its own right
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  7. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    The duo create a soundscape of interlocking melodies and rhythms which are completely absorbing and hypnotic
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  8. 7.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    ‘Drokk’ has a stylish commitment to authenticity that can’t be knocked
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  9. 7.0 |   Uncut

    The bulk of these puttering analogue scowls can be filed as John Carpenter cast-offs.Print edition only

  10. 7.0 |   Spin

    Minimalist ode to Judge Dredd's 2000 AD is ultimately reverent homage to John Carpenter's 1981
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  11. 6.7 |   Pitchfork

    Provides Dredd fans with a chance to fix this music to their own favorite stories, giving the unrelenting decay and despair of Mega-City One the ferociously solemn musical backdrop it's always deserved
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  12. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    The overriding feeling is that the once trailblazing Barrow is becoming complacent in middle-age. Because DROKK feels hackneyed
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