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9.5
41779
9.5 |
hhv.de mag
»Ufabulum« is beastly, ecstatic and inexhaustible. This is the end of electronic music
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8.0
42502
8.0 |
Blurt
Ufabulum easily stands as his strongest and most consistent work since Go Plastic
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8.0
41664
8.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Cold, dark, uninviting, difficult and easily misunderstood. Nevertheless, it’s something that can be quite brilliant
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8.0
41725
8.0 |
State
Marks yet another evolutionary step in the musical behemoth that is Squarepusher
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8.0
41478
8.0 |
The Skinny
Ultimately Ufabulum’s jarring stylistic schism may make the album tough to digest for many people, but the quality of Jenkinson’s craftsmanship remains constant throughout
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8.0
41481
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
No, Squarepusher doesn’t seem to give a damn, but he does want to smoosh eardrums with whacky stuff. More power to him
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8.0
41484
8.0 |
Uncut
In the form of his life. Print edition only
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7.0
41476
7.0 |
Spin
Funky as he wants to be — EPCOT-rocking splatterjazz, rainbow-tasting ravewave, Inspector Gadget ringtone funk
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7.0
41552
7.0 |
Prefix
Bluntly speaking, Ufabulum is weird as shit
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7.0
41771
7.0 |
Slant Magazine
This may not be the most challenging or experimental Squarepusher album, but it feels like a step forward for an IDM artist who's been at it for nearly two decades
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7.0
41815
7.0 |
The Quietus
At times Ufabulum seems strangely tentative, it only hitting its stride following 'Red in Blue''s cantankerous midpoint
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7.0
41710
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
To make a record that bears such a resemblance to its predecessors will only ever seem like a curious turn in a career like Squarepusher’s that has been so defined by pushing boundaries
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7.0
43704
7.0 |
No Ripcord
Much of Ufabulum sounds like it could be part of a video-game soundtrack
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6.9
41506
6.9 |
Paste Magazine
It is definitely a narrative taking place on some planet where the rain is actually ripe, red laser beams and cake happens for most meals and that’s OK. A planet that sounds pretty fun, actually
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6.3
41511
6.3 |
Pitchfork
Individual tracks can still induce a "whoa!" response from unsuspecting listeners
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6.0
41472
6.0 |
BBC
Hugely impressive, technically, but too cold and forbidding for many tastes
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6.0
41473
6.0 |
NME
A bit cold, clinical and repetitive
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6.0
42061
6.0 |
Rave Magazine
While Ufabulum is not a storming return to form, it’s at least a claim to continued relevance in the face of a UK bass scene moving on from dubstep wobbles towards ‘90s rave-ups
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6.0
43031
6.0 |
PopMatters
At 50 minutes, Ufabulum is a little exhausting and monotonous to be declared a masterpiece. But chunks of it are quite brilliant and exciting
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5.0
41544
5.0 |
musicOMH
It's a production line of half-baked ideas, diverse influences and challenging time signatures and therein lies its frustrating lack of success
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4.0
41685
4.0 |
Bowlegs
The album broods throughout but its darkest moments come in the second half with the twisted acid of The Metallurgist and the, quite frankly, mental Scopem Hard 303
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