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Total Folklore

Dan Friel

Total Folklore

Second solo full-length release of experimental noise, electronic effects and assorted field recordings from the former member of Brooklyn outfit Parts & Labor

ADM rating[?]

7.4

Label
Thrill Jockey
UK Release date
18/02/2013
US Release date
19/02/2013
  1. 9.0 |   No Ripcord

    Such is the intense expulsion of ideas that the attention is almost overcome, an aspect which Friel must have been conscious of by including a trio of intermissions
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  2. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    This joyful little geode of an album – a 38-minute pocket of melodies that cluster, sparkle, and spike – has a powerfully anti-cynical energy to it
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  3. 8.0 |   All Music

    He's successfully found his own niche in noise, and his creativity and determination to reinvent music is worthy of high praise
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  4. 7.5 |   The 405

    It's a fascinating, vibrant and utterly euphoric listen
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  5. 7.5 |   Beats Per Minute

    Friel goes full technicolor, embracing the saccharine as well as the head-splitting, gleefully (and sacrilegiously) disregarding the rulebook that accompanies most standard issue noise
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  6. 6.0 |   PopMatters

    This feels fresh, like a new collection pushing his sounds in new territories
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