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9.0
55903
9.0 |
Drowned In Sound
At a time when many electronic albums sound more like mixed sets than collections of songs, this expansive double album is all the more impressive, with its 33 abruptly separated songs holding the listener captive within Zomby’s edgy world for well over an hour
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9.0
55907
9.0 |
All Music
If there's any development, it's that Zomby has become slightly more impressive at referencing past sounds in dance music
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8.0
55904
8.0 |
The Independent
An after-hours, nocturnal experience
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8.0
55905
8.0 |
Clash
With its decade-sweeping delve into the rave, volume one is a truly outstanding work. If only Zomby had downed tools and stepped away. As it turns out, 12 out of 16 tracks on volume two make use of those recurring trap tropes
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8.0
55906
8.0 |
Q
Moving in ways that are hard to explain. Print edition only
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8.0
56138
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
The taut but tension-filled tracks all breeze by in a cohesive, ethereal churn
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8.0
56148
8.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
This beautiful mess of splatter-painted hi hats, creaking kick drums, and swooning synth patterns, as confusing as it may be, is something to behold
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8.0
56294
8.0 |
The 405
It's one of the most engaging albums you're likely to come across this summer. You're kept guessing in a way few artists have the skill or vision to execute
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7.9
55923
7.9 |
Pitchfork
The tension between Zomby's adoration for his heroes and his aberrant creativity fuels With Love, less a homage to the past than an intensification of it
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7.0
56354
7.0 |
No Ripcord
He may be happy to use stock reference points such as the rave siren so overused in todays music, but when the rest of his work that surrounds it is so engrossing this is forgivable
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7.0
56150
7.0 |
DIY
A flawed collection that is on a par with Zomby’s previous work but one that is minted in the producer’s unique persona
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7.0
56055
7.0 |
Fact
If someone compiles their favourite 12 tracks from it, they may well have their album of the year, but in its current state With Love is pretty far from a classic
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6.0
56155
6.0 |
Mojo
Over 33 tracks, With Love's blackout material is thinly stretched. Print edition only
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6.0
55940
6.0 |
The Skinny
Paints a picture of an artist in his comfort zone; a one-time maverick who has started, at last, to sound somewhat predictable
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6.0
55974
6.0 |
Spin
The climax to years of activity in which new ideas were thrown around like volleyballs. Aside from its sheer heft, though, it's hard to imagine it converting anyone who doesn't already care
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6.0
55908
6.0 |
NME
Begs to be compared to ‘Richard D James’-era Aphex Twin. But that would be an overstatement of Zomby’s ability, and ‘With Love’ is too pompously curated and lacking in the empathy that fuels all great dance music to deserve the accolade
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5.0
56665
5.0 |
The Quietus
Indeed, while With Love is an ambitious and entertainingly composed undertaking, offering glimpses into Zomby’s varied inspirations, it can still be frustratingly piecemeal and somewhat self-indulgent
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4.0
56725
4.0 |
Uncut
The execution is consistently weak. Print edition only
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4.0
58721
4.0 |
PopMatters
Listenable in the way a lot of middling electronic dance music is
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