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Regional Surrealism

Konx-Om-Pax

Regional Surrealism

Leftfield electronica on the debut album from Glasgow producer Tom Scholefield, who's also a graphic designer who's worked with Hudson Mohawke and Rustie

ADM rating[?]

6.6

Label
Planet Mu
UK Release date
23/07/2012
US Release date
31/07/2012
  1. 9.0 |   hhv.de mag

    In its best moments, the world comes to a halt
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  2. 8.0 |   Bowlegs

    A collection of vivid vignettes, Regional Surrealism successfully translates Scholefield’s contemplative images and atmospheres into sound and can hold its head high amongst the illustrious company its soundscaper has designed for
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  3. 7.0 |   The Quietus

    Play it in the dark and you start having visions. It messes with your skull, this kind of demonic musique-concrete full of unexpected explosions, synth flashes, groans, shivers and howls
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  4. 7.0 |   Spin

    Cyber-minded graphic designer gets synaesthetic, turning bubbles and vectors into chirps and drones
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  5. 7.0 |   Clash

    An antidote to a busy life, and the arresting portal into a strange man’s mind
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  6. 6.0 |   The Skinny

    Too formless for some ears, but those with a psychedelic bent will find rich rewards
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  7. 6.0 |   musicOMH

    Each track on this record is built up from repeating four- or eight-bar cells assembled like building blocks and the simple construction of the music pales on repeated listening
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  8. 6.0 |   Pitchfork

    Konx-om-Pax feels like various strains of abstract thought circling one another, with only the loosest of ties binding them together
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  9. 6.0 |   Q

    Glasgow creative fashions eerie soundscapes. Print edition only

  10. 5.0 |   NME

    Ultimately, it sounds like what it is: the work of an evidently clever fellow with a time-consuming day job
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