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Ask The Dust

Lorn

Ask The Dust

Second album of dub, techno, IDM and more from the Milwaukee-based producer Marcos Ortega

ADM rating[?]

7.7

Label
Ninja Tune
UK Release date
18/06/2012
US Release date
26/06/2012
  1. 8.0 |   BBC

    Less gritty, less grimy, and more digital in its overall sound but no less inventive than its predecessor, Lorn has thrown down another musical challenge that’s well worth rising to
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  2. 8.0 |   NME

    Lorn remains dark and scary, but he’s learning to communicate with the masses
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  3. 8.0 |   The Arts Desk

    This is music that, regardless of its provenance, gets under your skin
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  4. 8.0 |   Q

    A strange, spooked and deeply involving record. Print edition only

  5. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Where his previous album sounded exactly like a dry collection of discrete demo takes, Ask The Dust is an integrated statement of intent from start to end
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  6. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    The use of his own voice, live percussion and the extensive focus on melody on Ask The Dust all increase the sense of a personal project
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  7. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    A thing of frightening beauty
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  8. 8.0 |   Spin

    Wisconsin bass artist delivers black dub, feral growling, evil EDM....When the zombies win, this plays on repeat
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  9. 8.0 |   All Music

    One of the more interesting and compelling electro albums of 201
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  10. 8.0 |   hhv.de mag

    Lorn’s best album
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  11. 8.0 |   Clash

    Lorn builds winning improvements on an already victorious formula of boom-bap nightmares gone crypt walking
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  12. 6.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    The scope might be limited, but at least one truth shines out: he writes songs of unembellished rawness, sharp as a knife and tight as the proletariat wallet
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