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Excavation

The Haxan Cloak

Excavation

Second release from producer Bobby Krlic, dealing in dark electronica drone, ambient techno and industrial IDM

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8.0

Label
Tri Angle
UK Release date
15/04/2013
US Release date
16/04/2013
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  1. 9.0 |   Beats Per Minute

    Excavation is vivid and physical, each moment meticulously and purposefully crafted. Honestly, the record’s moment to moment geography is jaw dropping
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  2. 9.0 |   Spin

    An awesome and absorbing listen
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  3. 9.0 |   musicOMH

    An album that encompasses the meaning behind the phrase “it’s always darkest before the dawn”
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  4. 8.7 |   Pitchfork

    It's bold and domineering, the kind of music that towers over you and casts a giant, intimidating shadow
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  5. 8.0 |   All Music

    Deserves to be listened to under headphones in total darkness
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  6. 8.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    The album is not a grooved disc or a folder of .mp3s. The album is a conversation between vibrating air and the brain
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  7. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    One submits to it, leaving baffled and wholly impressed, if far from conventionally entertained, by its mastery of sheer desolation
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  8. 8.0 |   Clash

    Spine-tinglingly brilliant
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  9. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    The Haxan Cloak's crepuscular nightmare-scapes are hypnotic, compelling, and in their understated, minimalistic way, exquisitely beautiful
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  10. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Not much happens, and what does happens is fairly frightening
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  11. 7.0 |   DIY

    This album, for a short time, will make you question your sanity and the world around you
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