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Luciano Berio: Laborintus II

Mike Patton

Luciano Berio: Laborintus II

The latest Italian excursion from the former Faith No More frontman is a tribute to the composer's experimental work

ADM rating[?]

6.9

Label
Ipecac
UK Release date
30/07/2012
US Release date
24/07/2012
  1. 9.0 |   Blurt

    A profound journey
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  2. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    A fine performance of this seminal avant garde work
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  3. 7.0 |   Spin

    Luciano Berio's 1965 orchestra/tape collision crisper, creepier, narrated by a rock star prone to screaming
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  4. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    The whole thing is totally nuts, and it really is a lot to take in. But then again, Laborintus II engages our brains as well as our ears, forcing us into asking some pretty big questions on a political front as well as on an aesthetic front
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  5. 7.0 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    A strange and unique creation that despite being far from the days of Mr. Bungle and Faith No More, feels completely and totally Mike Patton
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  6. 7.0 |   All Music

    A very nearly dazzling endeavor that rewards patience mightily
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  7. 6.7 |   A.V. Club

    As with most of what Patton does these days, Laborintus II is challenging, uncompromising, and bordering on inaccessible, but the talented musicians involved pull off some truly eerie and gripping passages
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  8. 6.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    A very abstract work that runs the gauntlet from quiet, jazzy atmospherics to brazen, unsettling primal noise
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